Immediate Harm Even from “Delayed” Health Reform Repeal, Urban Institute Finds [feedly]

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Immediate Harm Even from "Delayed" Health Reform Repeal, Urban Institute Finds
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Congressional Republicans claim that, when they repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) early next year, they can avoid hurting consumers by delaying the elimination of its Medicaid expansion and marketplace subsidies for two years or more.  This delay, they say, would ensure that "no one is worse off," as House Speaker Paul Ryan put it, while Republicans


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Impact of Affordable Care Act Repeal [feedly]

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Impact of Affordable Care Act Repeal
// Center on Budget: Comprehensive News Feed

Some 29.8 million people would lose health insurance coverage if the Affordable Care Act is repealed, data from the Urban Institute show. These fact sheets provide state-by-state data on the number of people who would lose coverage and the loss of related federal funding.


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North Carolina voters’ anger about privatized infrastructure projects should serve as a warning to policymakers [feedly]

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North Carolina voters' anger about privatized infrastructure projects should serve as a warning to policymakers
// Economic Policy Institute Blog

Donald Trump's preliminary plans for an infrastructure spending bill include a heavy role for private sector financing. We have argued elsewhere that this raises troubling questions. If our arguments have not yet persuaded policymakers on the dangers of wholly outsourcing infrastructure investment to private developers, perhaps they will be convinced by the result of a public-private partnership (P3) in North Carolina—an exercise in privatization that may have helped swing that state's gubernatorial race.

Prior to the election, there was some speculation about whether or not an unpopular public-private partnership (P3) infrastructure deal in Charlotte would affect its outcome. The Charlotte Observer explains why initial indications suggest that this unpopular toll road did indeed likely sink the incumbent Governor McCrory's bid for reelection. The issue is simple: North Carolina voters saw that the P3, which was sold on the basis of having a more innovative and competitive private sector direction, instead just became pure crony capitalism. The company got profits and excessive control in dictating what should be publicly-accountable decisions about public investments. North Carolina residents got tolls and are likely on the hook for taxpayer-funded bailouts. All in all, it is a clear cautionary tale about relinquishing control of infrastructure investments.

The Charlotte P3 financed the building, operating, and maintaining of new tolled express lanes on I-77. With mayors and governors usually hoping that ribbon-cutting on new infrastructure projects will be a boon to their campaigns, it may be surprising that additional lanes to alleviate congestion in a growing region would help sink a campaign. However, as is always the case with P3s, the devil is in the details.

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Racist, fascist leader Richard Spencer spoke Tuesday night at Texas A&M of Trump's Republican Party:"The Republican Party is the party of white people."

For us. Southerners this is not new. That has been the whisper campaign that has driven the Republican takeover of Southern politics.

But now one of the leaders of the Trump victory and colleague of Trump's number 1 advisor is trumpeting publicly the role of today's Republican Party as instrument of white power. Remember Spencer's followers did the Nazi salute in celebration of Trump's victory.

Of course, we remember the endorsement of Trump by the KKK and it's leader, David Duke.

This is Trump's coming Administration and his Republican Party.

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EPIC Radio Podcasts:Health Crisis looming in Jefferson County, WV -- Are You Crazy -- Dec 7, 2016

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EPIC Radio Podcasts:Sammi Brown, Diesel and Abel Eakin Occupy WV 12-6-16

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The Washington Post: Retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly picked to head Department of Homeland Security

... More and more military...the Fascist whiff keeps getting stronger

Retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly picked to head Department of Homeland Security
http://wapo.st/2gUisuc