CBO: Senate GOP health-care bill would leave 22 million more people uninsured by 2026
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The Washington Post ^
| 6/26/2017 | Amy Goldstein
Senate Republicans’ bill to erase major parts of the Affordable Care Act would cause an estimated 22 million more Americans to be uninsured in the coming decade — about 1 million fewer than similar legislation recently passed by the House, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
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State Senate OKs health coverage for many immigrants here illegally
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Los Angeles Times ^
| June 2, 2015 | By PATRICK MCGREEVY
The state Senate on Tuesday approved a hotly debated measure that would allow many immigrants in the state illegally to sign up for special healthcare programs that would offer the same benefits as Medi-Cal. State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) said his proposal provides “what we can realistically achieve now” for the
estimated 2 million people in the state illegally. “We are talking about our friends. We are talking about our neighbors and our families who are denied basic healthcare in the richest state of this union,” Lara told his colleagues.
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State Senate OKs health coverage for many immigrants here illegally
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LA Times ^
| 06/02/15 | Patrick McGreevy
The state Senate on Tuesday approved a hotly debated measure that would allow many immigrants in the country illegally to sign up for special healthcare programs that would offer the same benefits as Medi-Cal. “We are talking about our friends. We
are talking about our neighbors and our families who are denied basic healthcare in the richest state of this union,” Lara told his colleagues.
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Senate moves bill with up to $15,000 fines for sharing memes online
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theamericanmirror.com ^
| July 26, 2019 | VICTOR SKINNER
A bi-partisan bill working its way through Congress could drastically change how copyright claims are processed, and would create a system to impose up to $30,000 in fines on anyone who shares protected material online. In
other words, the Congress wants to make it easier to sue people who send a meme or post images that they didn’t create themselves, essentially a giveaway to lawyers who sue unsuspecting suckers for a living. The Senate Judiciary Committee last week approved the “Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019,” which “creates a voluntary small claims board within the Copyright Office that...
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(California) State Senate OKs health coverage for many Immigrants here Illegally
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LATimes ^
| 6-3-2015 | Patrick McGreevey
The state Senate on Tuesday approved a hotly debated measure that would allow many immigrants in the state illegally to sign up for special healthcare programs that would offer the same benefits as Medi-Cal. The action comes just days after lawmakers significantly scaled back the plan, which originally would have offered state-subsidized
Medi-Cal to people in the country without authorization. State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) said his proposal provides “what we can realistically achieve now” for the estimated 2 million people in the state illegally. We are talking about our friends. We are talking about our neighbors and our...
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Obama: 20 million people gain coverage under 2010 health law
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Washington Post ^
| 03/04/2016 | By Laurie McGinley
President Obama energetically touted the success of the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, saying that an estimated 20 million people have gained health coverage since the law was passed in 2010. During
a trip to Milwaukee, Obama cited a new administration report attributing the increase in the number of insured Americans to provisions that created health insurance marketplaces where consumers can buy private plans, expanded Medicaid, required insurers to cover people with medical conditions and permitted young people to stay on their parents’ health plans until they turned 26. The president’s trip was designed to reward Milwaukee for its success...
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Medicaid Blew $26 Mil on Health Coverage for Dead People (Florida alone)
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Judicial Watch ^
| December 16, 2016
The government spent a breathtaking $26 million to provide dead people—who were poor when they were alive—with health insurance in one state alone, according to a new federal audit. The
benefit was administered through Medicaid, the federal-state health insurance program for the needy and the astonishing multi-million-dollar figure applies to just Florida but similar atrocities are likely occurring in other states. American taxpayers may wonder how this could possibly happen, though fraud and corruption are rampant in government, especially in welfare programs. First let’s explain how Medicaid, jointly funded by federal and state governments, functions. The Centers for Medicare &...
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California gov signs health care bill extending coverage to some undocumented residents
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cnn.com ^
| 11 July 19 | hapnHal
Washington (CNN)California has become the first state to extend health care coverage to some undocumented young adults through its Medicaid program. Democratic
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed SB-104, which extends health care benefits to individuals 19 to 25 years of age, regardless of their immigration status. The bill was introduced earlier this year and was initially proposed by Newsom as part of a larger health care package. It is expected to cover some 90,000 low-income residents between the ages of 19 and 25 and to cost the state $98 million in its initial year. The coverage would take effect...
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Paperwork Problems Drive Surge in People Losing Medicaid Health Coverage
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WRAL ^
| 7/29
The nation's top health official implored states to do more to keep lower-income residents enrolled in Medicaid, as the Biden administration released figures Friday confirming that many who had health coverage during the coronavirus pandemic are now losing it. Though
a decline in Medicaid coverage was expected, health officials are raising concerns about the large numbers of people being dropped from the rolls for failing to return forms or follow procedures. In 18 states that began a post-pandemic review of their Medicaid rolls in April, health coverage was continued for about 1 million recipients and terminated for 715,000. Of those...
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Bill Cancelling Mandatory Health Insurance Coverage for Abortions Submitted to State Duma
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Interfax ^
| 5/19/15
Moscow, May 19, Interfax - Members of all State Duma factions have supported a bill allowing only state-run healthcare institutions to perform abortions and cancelling mandatory health insurance coverage for abortions. The
press service of head of the State Duma committee for family, women and children Yelena Mizulina, a co-author of this bill, said that, according to the proposed document, performing abortions outside of state-run healthcare institutions should carry a fine of 50,000 rubles to 200,000 rubles for citizens, a fine of 500,000 rubles to 800,000 rubles for officials, and a fine of 500,000 rubles to 800,000 rubles for entrepreneurs...
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California Senate Passes Bill Mandating Insurance Coverage of IVF, Surrogacy for Homosexuals
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LifeSite News ^
| 6/15/23 | Calvin Freiburger
The bill would redefine 'infertility' in California law to include homosexual partners and extend mandatory coverage of in vitro fertilization to them.SACRAMENTO (LifeSiteNews) — In the latest example of the Golden State’s efforts to satisfy the LGBT lobby, California lawmakers are in the process of redefining “infertility” in state law to extend
mandatory coverage of in vitro fertilization (IVF) to homosexual partners. Fox News reports that Senate Bill 729, which the California Senate passed in May, defines “infertility” as “a person’s inability to reproduce either as an individual or with their partner without medical intervention,” a definition encompassing couples that...
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Senate Panel OK’s Bill that Could Limit Snowbird Access to Citizens Insurance Coverage (Florida)
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Florida Politics ^
| January 26th 2022 | Christine Jordan Sexton
Florida legislators are taking another crack at trying to blunt the growth of the state-created Citizens Property Insurance by targeting snowbirds as well as the agents who sell policies from the insurer of last resort. The
Senate Banking and Insurance Committee Tuesday unanimously approved SB 186 without debate. The bill would also potentially subject Citizens' customers to higher surcharges if the large carrier is hit with huge losses associated with hurricanes. Under the Senate bill it would become harder for seasonal residents and visitors to maintain Citizens insurance coverage if they are using it for vacation homes that are not...
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Indianapolis health department threatens $1,000 fines for businesses violating public health orders, people violating mask mandate
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FOX 59 ^
| August 11, 2020 | FOX 59
INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Marion County Public Health Director Dr. Virginia Caine announced tougher sanctions in the fight against COVID-19. Caine said, “The time for warnings is over,” as she threatened immediate $1,000 fines to business violating public health orders and individuals violating the mask mandate. If
you see a violation, Dr. Caine asks you to call 317-221-5500 to make a report so an inspector can investigate. This comes as Marion County’s seven-day daily positivity rate for COVID-19 tests climbs to 9.2%. That’s about four percentage points higher than what experts say is comfortable for battling the...
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FAA Fines Airline Passenger More Than $10K For Refusing To Wear Mask
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The Hill ^
| 07/08/21 | CAROLINE VAKIL
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Tuesday that it had fined a passenger $10,500 for refusing to wear a face mask during a February flight. In
a press release, the agency said that a passenger had taken an Allegiant Air flight on Feb. 27 going from Provo, Utah, to Mesa, Ariz., and allegedly refused to wear the mask properly over both his nose and mouth. "Flight attendants instructed him seven separate times to wear his facemask properly, and each time he moved it off of his nose after the flight attendant walked away," the release said. "When told that he...
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Illegal Immigrants Hit with $500,000 Fines for Refusing to Leave the Country
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NN ^
| 04-07-19 | Jay Greenberg
President Donald Trump's administration has begun issuing massive fines to illegal immigrants who are refusing to leave the country, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prepares large-scale nationwide arrests and deportations.Illegal immigrants are being warned they will be fined nearly a half-million dollars for refusing to leave the U.S. after judges order
their deportation.According to a Tuesday report by National Public Radio, Edith Espinal-Moreno, a Mexican illegal alien living in Ohio, has already received a fine of almost $498k for ignoring an October 2016 "removal order."
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District Court Fines Austin, TX, $9,000 for Refusing Carry of Handguns at City Hal
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Breitbart ^
| January 17, 2019 | AWR Hawkins
On Thursday, the Travis County District Court ruled that the City of Austin, Texas, violated the law by barring handguns in City Hall and assessed a nine thousand dollar penalty against the city for the violation. The
concealed carry of handguns has been legal in Texas for decades and open carry for Texas’ concealed handgun license holders became legal on January 1, 2016. In the January 17, 2019, ruling, Judge Lora J. Livingston explained that the Plaintiff was able to show that open carry was refused on April 4, 2016, April 6, 2016, April 12, 2016, July 1, 2016, July 29,...
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The Senate GOP's New Health Care Bill Is Just Obamacare, But Less Of It
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Reason ^
| June 22, 2017 | Peter Suderman
When congressional Republicans began drafting health care legislation at the beginning of the year, critics worried that the result would not be the repeal and replace of Obamacare that the GOP had long promised. Instead,
they warned, the Republican party was on track to produce something more aptly understood as "Obamacare lite"—a watered down version of the law that is already in place.
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Prostitutes speak out against Senate health bill
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Cnn ^
Licensed prostitutes in Nevada, working in legal brothels, are organizing against legislation they say will devastate them, other prostitutes across the nation and their families. With
Obamacare (Affordable Care Act), now under threat of being repealed and replaced, "thousands of prostitutes nationwide were, for the first time, able to obtain affordable health care insurance for themselves and their families," said a press release issued Thursday.
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New York state fines Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign for not having workers’ compensation coverage
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wordpress ^
| January 11, 2019 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
New York state fines Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign for not having workers’ compensation coverage Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims to support worker rights.However, according to this article that was just published by the New York Daily News, the state of New York fined her campaign $1,500 because it broke the law by not having workers’
compensation coverage.I guess Ocasio-Cortez supports workers’ rights for all workers except her own.
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Senate GOP delays vote on health care bill
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nypost.com ^
| 06/27/2017 | Mark Moore
Senate Republicans have delayed the vote to repeal and replace ObamaCare until after lawmakers return from the July 4 recess, CNN reported on Tuesday.
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