Here are a few stories that have less to do with the very real medical or economic aspects of this crisis, and more… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 21, 2020
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Trumpcare: $800,000,000,000 taken from poor to give to rich. @realDonaldTrump now starts to kill Americans for money nytimes.com/2017/06/21/ups…
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Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) June 22, 2017
BREAKING: Senate Republicans unveil health care bill scuttling Obama law, cuts Medicaid, slashes taxes for wealthy.
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The Associated Press (@AP) June 22, 2017
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Wow. Older enrollees get screwed. They go from paying 6-9.5% of income to 8.3-16.2% of income. Above 350%: from 9.5… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) June 22, 2017
Medicaid covers:
64% of nursing home residents
60% of kids with disabilities
49% of births
20% of all Americans… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
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Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) June 22, 2017
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It maims Obamacare, cuts off Planned Parenthood, and slashes Medicaid. All for a rich man’s tax cut. Read the bill. budget.senate.gov/bettercare
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) June 22, 2017
"The ADA sought to guarantee that the places we share...truly belong to everyone." —@POTUS: go.wh.gov/XjMMtj snpy.tv/2a2DJet
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 26, 2016
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10:30AM: President Obama receives the Presidential Daily Briefing
8:50PM: President Obama departs the White House
9:50PM: President Obama arrives in Philadelphia
10:30PM: President Obama delivers remarks to the Democratic National Convention
11:40PM: President Obama departs Philadelphia
12:35AM: President Obama arrives at the White House
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Valerie Jarrett: Today POTUS called Pauline Beck to tell her the home care rule has been finalized—in 07’ he took a walk in her shoes
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Reuters: Obama to extend wage law to cover two million home care aides
The Obama administration said on Tuesday it will extend the protection of U.S. minimum wage and overtime law to almost 2 million home health workers who assist the elderly and disabled.
Home health aides, personal care aides and certified nursing assistants will be brought under the coverage of the Fair Labor Standards Act, effective in January 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor said in a statement.
“Today we are taking an important step toward guaranteeing that these professionals receive the wage protections they deserve while protecting the right of individuals to live at home,” said Thomas Perez, who was sworn in on September 4 as President Barack Obama’s new labor secretary.
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