Improving Affordable Care Act
Sue from Kirkwood writes: The ACA is a start, but it is deeply flawed. If you feel the same, what changes would you make to improve it? Do you favor a single-payer health care system, similar to Medicare? If so, how would we pay for it? Response from Arthur Sues’s…
Medicare-for-All prevents Hobby Lobby fiascoes
So we hear that workers are beholden to employers. After all, in the private sector it is the “employers” who hire workers. But if the relationship is only between employer and employee and the employers are the bosses, then what protection do workers have against unreasonable, unfair, and just plain…
Wagner supports Boehner frivolous lawsuit. I don’t.
Ann Wagner supports John Boehner’s frivolous effort to sue President Obama for “not faithfully executing the laws of our country.” Boehner and House Republicans say the President “has exceeded his constitutional authority through executive actions on a range of issues, from delays in the implementation of the healthcare law to…
Affordable Care Act
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week on Hobby Lobby’s lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate, requiring employers’ healthcare policies to cover the cost of contraceptive care. My hope is that the Supreme Court will turn down Hobby Lobby’s request. In my view, corporations are not people,…
