Source: Nick Wing / The Huffington Post Americans for Prosperity, a conservative organization backed by the billionaire Koch brothers, took aim at Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) on Monday, accusing him of working against his state’s interests with his apparent change of heart on Obamacare. In a statement, AFP said that Scott’s recent signal that he was willing [...]
This week’s winner of The Biggest Damn Lie is GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. During the first presidential debate, Mitt Romney said that he is not in favor of a $5 billion tax cut. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center concluded that Mitt Romney’s tax plan would cost $4.8 trillion over ten years. Plus, Romney stated [...]
We’re hearing a lot these days about entitlement reform — a lot of talk about Medicare, for example, and we’ll get to that in a latter show. But today, we want to take a look at what entitlement reform may mean to folks who use Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, also known as [...]
One in 4 Texans has no health insurance. The president’s signature piece of legislation –The Affordable Care Act– seeks to fix that problem in part by expanding Medicaid. But some governors say they’ll opt out of making Medicaid larger. (July 17)
Roland Martin, Norman Robinson, anchor at WDSU-TV; Jarvis DeBerry, columnist for the “Times Picayune”; and Sabrina Wilson, reporter for Fox News 8 discuss states potentially turning down Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Plus, a discussion on New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu confronting the murder rate amongst African-American males. MR. MARTIN (VOICEOVER): Lots of [...]
Source: Tom Cohen / CNN Washington - House Republicans voted Wednesday to repeal President Barack Obama’s signature health care reform law despite Democratic objections that the move was a waste of time. The vote amounted to political theater because the measure is sure to die in the Democratic-led Senate and the White House has made clear Obama [...]
Roland Martin, Dana Loesh and CNN’s Don Lemon discuss Mitt Romney’s mixed message on the health care mandate. Is the health care mandate a tax or a penalty?
At the top of our agenda this week: the Supreme Court upholds most of the President’s healthcare bill, but rejects forcing states to expand Medicaid. What the Supreme Court decision means to you. And Attorney General Eric Holder is held in contempt of Congress. We break down the healthcare law with medical doctor and Democratic [...]
President Obama’s signature accomplishment, the Affordable Care Act –healthcare reform — was ruled constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court this week. It was a close, 5 to 4 decision, with the conservative Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the four liberal justices. The only African-American on the Court, Clarence Thomas, was opposed. Seven million more [...]
Roland Martin and the Washington Watch roundtable discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act and what the ruling means for the 2012 presidential election. This week’s Washington Watch roundtable features MSNBC political analyst and former communications director for the Democratic National Committee, Karen Finney; Georgetown University political scientist, Dr. Chris Metzler; Obama [...]
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