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Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services Seeks Feedback for Number Crunching Study to Make Health Care Less Expensive from the People Who Make Health Care More Expensive
Monday , 13, August 2018 Election 2018, Obamacare Leave a commentThe Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (MIDIFS) asked for innovative ideas on how to stabilize and lower costs on health insurance in Michigan today. Who are they asking? The presidents and CEO’s of health insurance companies. The state budget for 2019 provides for an actuarial study to implement a state innovation waiver provided […]
Paul Ryan 2013: Not Giving Up On Destroying Health Care
Saturday , 18, March 2017 Obamacare, Sad! Leave a commentPut this on continuous loop or do whatever it takes to get it through your head this is Paul Ryan’s agenda for health care in the United States, and always has been. Paul Ryan doesn’t like Trump, but Trump wants to repeal the ACA too, and if there is one thing we know about Paul […]
@RepHuizenga to Grace Lake County with His Presence Saturday, February 25, 2017
Wednesday , 22, February 2017 Community, Obamacare Leave a commentGood news everyone! Bill Huizenga’s going to be in Baldwin on Saturday, February 25, 2017, at Baldwin High School to meet with District Two constituents in Lake County: Today, Congressman Huizenga announced he will be holding a stop on his listening tour for residents of the Second District in Lake County on Saturday, February 25th […]
Moolenar’s Call for Civil Discussion Needs to Start at Home
Friday , 3, February 2017 Obamacare Leave a commentJohn Moolenar seems to be unhappy with his constituents. Respectful, civil and dignified discussion of the issues facing our country is a vital part of our republic. I will always engage in civil discourse and respect the policy differences between us on any issue. Right now, public debate is overheated on many issues, with health […]
Trump Voters Don’t Know Obamacare and the ACA are the Same Thing: Oops
Tuesday , 10, January 2017 Obamacare, Sad! 2 CommentsIf you had any doubts before about the cognitive level of Republican voters, remove all doubt. Everyone by now has seen the incredulous facebook exchange where an ignorant Trump voter crows about the end of Obamacare, only to have friends point out Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act are the same thing – and which […]
U.S. House Rep Huizenga Advocates for Felony Child Abuse: Think of the Poor Providers
Thursday , 22, December 2016 Community, Obamacare Leave a commentIf you don’t have the privilege of receiving the Huizenga Huddle in your email inbox, You’re missing out on all the Michigan District 2 News from the guy who makes it happen. Here’s just a small sample of everything Bill Huizenga’s been doing to prepare for Trump’s inauguration: This week, the Electoral College officially voted […]