Remember when President Trump promised he wouldn’t repeal Obamacare without replacing it with something immediately? Well, we can add that whopper to his growing list of broken promises made to Americans. Yep, he apparently bamboozled us again. Now make no mistake about it, the House and Senate bills that would replace Obamacare would cripple Rural […]
Posted on June 30th, 2017 by Rural Outlook
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The Senate Trumpcare/McConnellcare bill doesn’t do anything to reassure Americans they will have access to affordable comprehensive healthcare coverage, coming close to mirroring the hazardous-to-your-health House-passed rewrite of the Trumpcare/Ryancare bill that we’ve already told you about here. Once again, rural and small town Americans can expect sticker shock and less coverage when they get […]
Posted on June 26th, 2017 by Rural Outlook
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For the second time in three weeks, a major national newspaper has taken a long look at the disparities between rural America and urban America. First, The Wall Street Journal showed how rural measures of well-being resemble those of inner cities 20 years ago. Today, The Washington Post reports in a multi-story package, “The political […]
Posted on June 19th, 2017 by Debby
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Rural America took a real hard kick in the seat of the pants when the GOP House leadership went behind closed doors a couple of months ago to concoct a tax cut plan for the wealthiest Americans disguised as “health insurance reform.” Under that scheme millions of Americans would lose coverage altogether, most of us […]
Posted on June 16th, 2017 by Rural Outlook
Filed under: Elections, Health Care, Insurance Reform, Religion and Spirituality, Senate, Taxes, Uncategorized | No Comments »