Draft Includes Opioid Funds to Lure Republicans Concerned About Loss of Medicaid-Funded Treatment Advocates: Pulling Medicaid Expansion Will Worsen Opioid Crisis; Opioid Funding Is No Substitute for Medicaid Expansion Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 22, 2017. A discussion draft of healthcare legislation released this morning confirms plans by Senate Republican leadership to pursue[Read More…]
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Western Environmental Law Center Statement: Interior to Rewrite or Rescind BLM Methane Rule
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2017. Yesterday, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke told the Senate Energy Committee the Trump administration will rewrite or rescind the Bureau of Land Management methane waste rule. The methane rule, which was carefully crafted over four years and accounted for nearly 300,000 public comments, sought to[Read More…]
Hundreds of Illinois Voters Rallying Today, June 22, to Save the Affordable Care Act & Stop TrumpCare
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 22, 2017. Illinois voters will rally today, Thursday, June 22 to help save the Affordable Care Act and stop TrumpCare. The rally will be held in the Federal Plaza, 230 South Dearborn Street in Downtown Chicago beginning at 2:30 p.m. Today’s rally in Federal Plaza caps off statewide “Healthcare[Read More…]
Democrats Should Feel Good About What Happened In #GA06
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Democrats should feel pretty good about what happened in the old GA06, or GA-06, Georgia’s 6th congressional district. Democrat Jon Ossoff lost to Republican Karen Handel. The race was highly touted on the left, right, and center. The race was the most expensive[Read More…]
NOAA, USGS and Partners Predict Third Largest Gulf of Mexico Summer ‘Dead Zone’ Ever
Larger-than-average low and no oxygen area may affect the region’s shrimp fisheries Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2017. Federal scientists forecast that this summer’s Gulf of Mexico dead zone – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life – will be approximately 8,185 square miles,[Read More…]
Global Coral Bleaching Event Likely Ending
But scientists forecast high ocean temperatures may persist in some areas Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2017. After analyzing satellite and model data, NOAA’s experts say coral reefs around the world may finally catch a break from high ocean temperatures that have lingered for an unprecedented three years, the longest period since[Read More…]
ACLU, Advocates Raise Alarm About Impact of American Health Care Act on People With Disabilities
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2017. The American Civil Liberties Union, more than a dozen disability rights organizations, and several senators will sponsor a congressional briefing today that will examine the devastating impact of Medicaid per capita caps on people with disabilities. The American Health Care Act (AHCA), adopted by the House[Read More…]
Republican Senate Health Care Bill Submitted to CBO. It’s Even More Severe Than the House Bill
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2017 By First Amendment According to Andy Slavitt, via Twitter, the Senate health care Trumpcare bill is even more severe than the House bill. “Mean” per Donald Trump, who’ll sign it into law. I didn’t think it was possible, but Senate Republicans have outdone their radical House[Read More…]
Chicago March for Palestine on the International Day of Al Quds, Friday, June 23
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2017. The Al Quds Day March for Palestine and Quds in Chicago will take place on Friday, June 23, 2017 at 4:30 PM at Consulate General of Israel (Ogilvie Train Station), 500 W. Madison St. Chicago and march to Daley Center. On this day of Al Quds we[Read More…]
Emergency Rally Calls on City Hall to Increase Funding & Political Action Toward a Public Health Approach to End Record Overdose Deaths in New York City
New data shows 1,347 overdose deaths in 2016, a 46% increase from 2015; 6th consecutive year of increases in overdose deaths. Data also shows disproportionate impacts among black New Yorkers, Staten Island and Bronx residents and those living in high-poverty neighborhoods. City Hall, NYC—(ENEWSPF)—June 16, 2017. Dozens gathered on the[Read More…]
