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Red State Medicaid Donut Hole Death Panels
Millions of Americans are now realizing that they’re too poor to afford Obamacare – and it’s all thanks to Republican lawmakers across the country.
Twenty-five states - which are either controlled by a Republican governor or have a Republican legislature - have refused to expand Medicaid coverage to their citizens under Obamacare - in what are purely political moves. As a result of the “red-state donut-hole” - nearly 5 million Americans remain uninsured - and are unable to get healthcare through Obamacare.
And - a recent study by researchers at Harvard University and the City University of New York found that as many as 17,000 Americans could die directly because of "the lack of Medicaid expansion in opt-out states." So - millions of Americans will still be without healthcare thanks to Republicans. It's time to force Republican lawmakers to finally embrace Medicaid expansion - like they did when it was first rolled out in 1965. If they won't then 2014 is the time to vote them out of office, for refusing to accept federal tax dollars that would give health coverage for the poor.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Why the KXL Pipeline MUST be rejected... plus Congressman Keith Ellison, My Country 'Tis of Thee (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
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Need to Know: Why the KXL Pipeline MUST be rejected...- Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) 
Daily Take: Philip Seymour Hoffman didn't have to die...
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Friday's Daily Stack 
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Philip Seymour Hoffman didn't have to die...
Hour Two: Could a real progressive minimum wage fix happen soon?- Peter Schiff, The Peter Schiff Show
Hour Three: KXL pipeline...what's missing from the State Dept. report?- Ryan Koronowski, Climate Progress
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Full Show 1/31/14: We Know What Christie Did Last Summer
Tonight's "Big Picture Rumble" discusses the new details suggesting Chris Christie new about the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge, how death penalty states are considering using firing squads and how five million Americans remain uninsured because of Governor's opting out of Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. In tonight's "Conversations with Great Minds" Thom talks with Campaign for America's Future Co-Founder Robert Borosage and Senior Fellow Richard Eskow.
Thom Hartmann on the News: January 31, 2014
ALEC: Medicaid is Just a Loan!
The Real Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Are we Heading to a World Wide Depression?
Brunch With Bernie January 31, 2014
The Thom Hartmann Program - January 31, 2014
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Thom and Louise Hartmann founded the New England Salem Children's Village (NESCV) in New Hampshire in 1979. With states delaying payment for the children they entrust to the village, they need help with cash flow. Can you help? Now on Facebook. |
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