Jennifer Parrott, a certified nurse practitioner, left, talks with a doctor about a patient at the Oklahoma Health Sciences Emergency Department, in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 13, 2016. Source: AP/Sue Ogrocki Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. As Medicaid turns 51 this year, many opportunities lie ahead for this vital program[Read More…]
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Center for American Progress Analysis Shows Medicare Saving $2 Trillion Over the Next 10 Years Due to Bending Cost Curve
A doctor examines a patient at a clinic in Sacramento, California, on February 18, 2016. Source: AP/Rich Pedroncelli Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. A new analysis from the Center for American Progress looks at the dramatic decreases in long-term projections for Medicare spending. Using spending projections from the Congressional Budget Office,[Read More…]
Without Change, African-American and Latino Families Won’t Match Current Average White Wealth for Centuries
Report Calls for Major Federal Policy Shifts To Address Growing Racial Wealth Divide WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. If current federal wealth-building policies remain in place, it will take the average African-American family 228 years to amass the same amount of wealth that white families have today and it will[Read More…]
Three Proposals in Trump’s Economic Speech Are Not What They Seem
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. Donald Trump tried to frame his speech yesterday as a reset of his economic policies, but in reality, he doubled down on more of the same: an approach to the economy that would cost jobs with massive tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations. Let’s take[Read More…]
Former Republican EPA Administrators Endorse Hillary Clinton
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 9, 2016. William D. Ruckelshaus, the first Administrator of the EPA under President Richard Nixon—and the fifth under President Ronald Reagan—and William K. Reilly, the EPA Administrator under President George H. W. Bush, today endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. “Republicans have a long history of support for the environment dating back[Read More…]
New CNN Report Highlights Trump’s Hypocrisy on Jobs (Video)
https://youtu.be/OKZbRN1hW68 NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2016 Trump: “It will be American workers who are hired to do the job.” Trump: “These are people that shouldn’t be in our country. They flow in like water.” Source: http://www.hillaryclinton.com
Already Debunked Lies in Trump’s Economic Speech—Round 1
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2016. Donald Trump is not known for telling the truth. For example, here’s 101 of Trump’s greatest lies. As Thomas Wells, Trump’s former attorney said, “The man lies all the time.” Still, Trump outdid himself lying today in his economic speech in Detroit. While we’re sure there are many more[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It – Washington Post: The Problem with Donald Trump’s Plan for Child Care
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2016 By: Max Ehrenfreund In a speech on economic policy in Detroit Monday, Donald Trump put forward a new idea for helping American families pay for child care: Allow taxpayers to deduct child-care expenses from their incomes. Under Trump’s proposal, families with children would save money when[Read More…]
VoteVets PAC and Priorities USA Launch New Television Ad Featuring Gold Star Mother (Video)
Ad, titled “Michelle,” features Michelle DeFord, who lost her son in Iraq. On Trump’s treatment of the Khan family: “I would like to tell Donald Trump what it feels like; the sense of emptiness that only losing a child can bring. Those people should be honored and treated with kindness[Read More…]
AFL-CIO: Trump Economic Speech Ironic, Deceitful, and Simply Offensive
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 8, 2016. Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Donald Trump’s Economic Plans: Donald Trump has spent his life getting rich by hurting working people. Now he returns to Michigan for an economic speech almost one year to the day after he suggested automakers move production from Michigan[Read More…]
