How can someone with such dreamy eyes be such a turd?

House Speaker Paul Ryan (who said once he was reformed and would not treat people who are poor with a newfound respect) has announced new legislation that will repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and defund Planned Parenthood, to boot. Here’s more on the topic. And what would happen if Planned Parenthood is defunded? From …

Supreme Court decides not to decide on birth control

On Monday, the Supreme Court sent back to the lower courts seven cases that that august body had consolidated into one big ol’ hairy birth control case. This says the court punted on the case, brought by various religious groups who fear the birth control portion of the American Care Act (Obamacare) violates their religious freedom. …

That was the week that was

So last week, we saw the Supreme Court uphold the Affordable Care Act’s subsidies, and, the next day, marriage equality — which prompted some in the media to call it Pres. Obama’s best week ever, though that seems off to me. We saw the sad burials [pictured] of some of the victims from the Emanuel …

Supreme Court rules in favor of Obamacare

(Which is a bit of a “Suck it” to the hordes of naysayers who’ve been trying to kill it to replace it with the system we’ve had forever that really wasn’t working all that hot, anyway.) In a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court shot down a challenge that would have (from the link): erased …

How do religious women feel about the birth control mandate? Pretty OK, actually.

A University of Michigan study says that support for religion and birth control actually can mix when it comes to the Affordable Care Act’s (Obamacare) birth control mandate. In fact, the proportion of Protestant and Catholic women who believe employers should cover contraception are similar  — 66 percent and 63 percent, respectively. And although my …

Many families would have difficulty paying insurance premiums

A new Kaiser Family Foundation study says that one of the things that is credited with keeping healthcare costs low — higher cost sharing with consumers — is crippling for families struggling to make ends meet. Which raises the question, what means the “affordable” in “Affordable Care Act?” You can read the report here. And …

The death of Obamacare? I didn’t even know it was sick.

Arguments are ongoing at the Supreme Court in King v. Burwell, the third Obamacare (Affordable Care Act to precise historians) case to reach that august body. Add to that some 56 attempts to repeal the thing by elected officials who oughta know better. And because they don’t, I will helpfully post this. A tinge more …

“Manly firmness,” my ass

Sharon sends this, a fabulous New York Times story that tells of a Missouri state representative whipping out the doofus cliches and calling on, well, let’s quote the Times, who quotes Rep. Mike Moon (who stands by his manly statement because he’s manly and all): “each member of the Missouri congressional delegation endeavor with ‘manly …

Girls? Feel the tingle?

As of today, a host of preventive healthcare services for women should be offered without cost, thanks to the Affordable Care Act. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, those services include: Well-woman visits. Gestational diabetes screening that helps protect pregnant women from one of the most serious pregnancy-related diseases. Domestic and interpersonal …

Well, THIS stinks.

You can read more about The Commonwealth Fund report here. I just wrote about this for C-HIT. I’ll let you know when it runs.