Bernie Sanders Todays news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): An Affordable Care Act Success Story: Colleen OBrien went to a clinic in White River Junction, Vt., and one of the so-called navigators helped her become the first person to walk through the doors and successfully enroll in a plan through the new online marketplace, a key provision of the Affordable Care Act. Despite all the problems, state and federal officials who support the law say that the long-term benefits of having access to better insurance will make up for the immediate frustrations with the website. “If some of the folks who are on these inadequate policies go to the exchange, they may find that for the same amount of money, or perhaps a little bit more, theyre going to find that they get a lot better coverage, Sen. Bernie Sanders said in an interview with the Valley News. Hold Health Insurers Accountable: Democrats have been critical of the insurance industry, a motivating factor behind passing the Affordable Care Act in the first place. Sen. Dianne Feinstein last March introduced legislation to let the Department of Health and Human Services block “excessive” rate increases. Support for the bill could swell if lawmakers think industry executives have not done enough to keep premiums in check during the transition to the new government-backed insurance exchanges. So far, Feinstein’s bill has five cosponsors, including Sen. Sanders. A Progressive Budget Blueprint: Republican lawmakers want to balance the federal budget on the backs of poor and middle class Americans, but Sen. Sanders has a better idea. Sanders introduced a 10-point progressive budget blueprint that outlines fair ways to raise revenue, reduce spending, and create jobs. The plan calls for closing offshore tax havens, establishing a financial transaction tax on Wall Street, ending tax subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, increasing the capital gains tax, repealing the remaining Bush tax cuts, and more,” Jim Javinsky reported at Truthout and on The Thom Hartmann Program. Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/111713
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 22:39:02 +0000
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