Researchers estimate administrative savings at $504 billion annually CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2017. Proposals floated by Republican leaders won’t achieve President Trump’s campaign promises of more coverage, better benefits, and lower costs, but a single-payer reform would, according to a commentary published today [Tuesday, Feb. 21] in Annals of Internal Medicine, one[Read More…]
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Treatment Gaps Persist Between Low- And High-Income Workers, Even With Insurance
Low-wage workers were less likely to get preventive care even though many of those services are available without cost-sharing under the 2010 health law. MINNESOTA–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2017. This article first appeared February 17, 2017 on Kaiser Health News. By Michelle Andrews Low-wage workers with job-based health insurance were significantly more[Read More…]
CPAC Invites Alt-right Milo Yiannopoulos to Keynote for His Hatred, Disinvites Him Over Pedophilia
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2017 By Hunter Sad face. The Conservative Political Action Conference, aka “CPAC”, has been steadily re-inventing itself as the platform for America’s worst people for some time now, so it wasn’t too much of a surprise when they selected Breitbart’s own alt-right troll and white nationalist apologist,[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on Leaked Trump Immigration Enforcement Plans
NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–February 20, 2017. Joanne Lin, American Civil Liberties Union senior legislative counsel, issued the following statement on President Trump’s leaked immigration enforcementplans: “This is immigration enforcement under Trump: due process, human decency, and common sense are treated as inconvenient obstacles on the path to mass deportation. The Trump[Read More…]
A Nod To The Park Forest Police Department With Media Under Fire
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- In the midst of unprecedented language by a United States President directed against the press, the Park Forest Police Department issued a welcome statement to members of the media Sunday. The statement was made via the department’s Facebook page, and spoke of the[Read More…]
Bill Maher: The Magic Republican (R) Allows Them to Get Away with Anything
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–February 18, 2017 By Egberto Willies Bill Maher’s New Rules segment was exceptional this Friday. He called out Trump and the Republicans in general for doing things no Democrat would get away with using examples in the mode of Jon Stewart. Bill Maher noted in this sad but hilarious excerpted[Read More…]
New Website Highlights Extent of Wall Street Influence in White House
Despite Campaign Promises to Drain the Swamp, Trump Names Enough Wall Street Executives to Field a Baseball Team WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2017. As spring training kicks off, Our Revolution on Friday launched WallStreetLackeys.com, a site that aims to shed light on the fact that President Trump has surrounded himself with[Read More…]
Florida Supreme Court Upholds Block of State’s 24-Hour Mandatory Delay for Abortion
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —(ENEWSPF)–February 17, 2017. In a victory for abortion access, the Florida Supreme Court yesterday blocked a law that prevents a woman who has decided to have an abortion from obtaining the procedure for at least 24 hours after meeting with her doctor and forces her to make an[Read More…]
New Approach Oregon: Congressional Cannabis Caucus Kicks Off in Washington, D.C.
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 16, 2017. A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives, have formed the Congressional Cannabis Caucus. The kick-off press conference occurred at 2 p.m. Eastern time today. U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) has championed efforts to reform marijuana laws since 1973, including being a strong advocate for Oregon’s Measure 91[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending February 11, 2017
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 16, 2017 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending February 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 239,000, an increase of 5,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 234,000. The 4-week moving average was 245,250, an increase of 500 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
