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“Pro life” hypocrisy in action

National Right to Life is one of the backers of the push to repeal Obamacare. Things shouldn’t shock me anymore, but this does. When National Right to Life and other anti-choice groups talk about their values — ones that many people find very appealing — they talk about “promoting respect for the worth and dignity of every individual human being.” The state affiliate of NRTL, the Georgia Life Alliance, even states in their mission statement,

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Keep up the pressure: Tell Senators no Obamacare repeal!

The Senate healthcare bill has suffered another crushing defeat, but leaders on Capitol Hill are scrambling to keep the measure alive. The U.S. Senate has been considering their version of the American Health Care Act — the disastrous Obamacare replacement that would gut Medicaid and put health insurance out of reach for many — over the past couple of months. Their version of Trumpcare is sometimes known by the acronym BCRA, which stands for the

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Tell Ga. Senators to oppose new healthcare bill today!

The Senate health care bill just released Thursday does not bode well for many Georgians. Our rural communities will be some of the most impacted by the proposed cuts to Medicaid, higher premiums and reduced consumer protections. So many rural communities are already facing the devastating impacts of hospital closures or cuts to services. Pregnant people are particularly vulnerable, and pregnancy complications can become life threatening when the nearest labor-and-delivery ward is forty miles away

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Health care rallies around the state opposing Trumpcare

Groups gathered to protest Trumpcare around the state Monday, encouraging U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue to veto the measure, also known as the American Health Care Act (AHCA). The measure will impact the one in five Georgians who rely on Medicaid and threatens $4 billion in funding for Georgia over ten years. Republicans in the Senate, unable to secure enough support, have delayed voting on the measure until after the fourth of July holiday,

Education

How Trumpcare targets schools and low-income students

The American Health Care Act or “Trumpcare” could end up targeting schools directly because the proposed cuts to Medicaid will greatly affect school-age children as well as school resources. The AHCA, as currently written, decreases the amount of money given to schools to pay for speech therapy, occupational therapy, and medical equipment. Schools are required to have these special education services but Congress only partially pays for them as it is. As Claire Suggs, with

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Missing: Have you seen this bill? Republicans hiding AHCA

A select group of Republicans in the Senate are pushing for a vote on the American Health Care Act or “Trumpcare” in the next week, but no one has even seen the bill. There’s a mere 13 senators leading this disaster, squabbling over and deciding health care for millions of people behind closed doors. Even other Republicans in the Senate are complaining that they haven’t laid eyes on the bill. The GOP players haven’t held