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Launch of obamacare was marred by web glitches anlong delays. But there was another major obstacle to obamacares implementation. Total dickishness. You see, obamacare for all its welldocumented issues and problems is still a wellintentioned attempt to get people who have not had Health Insurance in this country Health Insurance. Medicaid has traditionally covered people up to this income level. Obamacare was going to cover them ostensibly down to this income level. So it was going to be the gap ...

But there was another major obstacle to obamacares implementation. Total dickishness. You see, obamacare for all its welldocumented issues and problems is still a wellintentioned attempt to get people who have not had Health Insurance in this country Health Insurance. Medicaid has traditionally covered people up to this income level. Obamacare was going to cover them ostensibly down to this income level. So it was going to be the gap there, about the size of an ipad ee cement instead of an ipad ...

Center, the federal government was going give the State Government money to expand their Medicaid Program. For three years the state would pay for this program, i think the number was about 0. And then after that, they would pay up to 10 , i think, by the time it was 2020. So what a great deal. But wouldnt you know it. 26 states declined to go to that expense. 26 states. Holy thats like a third of laughter a little more 26 states it must be a pretty eclectic group with many Different Reasons to ...

So what a great deal. But wouldnt you know it. 26 states declined to go to that expense. 26 states. Holy thats like a third of laughter a little more 26 states it must be a pretty eclectic group with many Different Reasons to explain why they would turn down federal money to Bring Health Care to their working poor or may be it was just one reason. All of those states have republican governors or legislatures that are controlled by republicans. Oh. Which makes it really hard not to see this is ju...

You see, obamacare for all its welldocumented issues and problems is still a wellintentioned attempt to get people who have not had Health Insurance in this country Health Insurance. Medicaid has traditionally covered people up to this income level. Obamacare was going to cover them ostensibly down to this income level. So it was going to be the gap there, about the size of an ipad ee cement instead of an ipad it is about 8 Million People living just above the poverty line so to provide Health I...

And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Tavis jim henson, creator of kermit the frog, ms. Agee and so many of the muppets is no doubt a beloved american icon. More complex than his followers made have imagined. Book written by brian jay jones, lets take a look first at a clip at how jim henson action created kermit the frog. He is one of the supposed puppets. Inside of his head, theres nothing in there but my hand. So its just a little cloth pattern here. The e...

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And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. We hear a great deal about weapons of mass destruction. It seems we have come close to accidentally detonating one. Awardwinning journalist Eric Schlosser has pulled back the curtain on what has been capped hidden. Kept hidden. Good to have you on this program. Thanks for the research that went into making this possible. Referenced this before you went on camera. I grew up in a place called bunker hill. My dad served in t...

Feed, and the contents of garbage bins. Signs on progovernment checkpoints read hunger or neil kneel. In alberta, canada, train during crude oil and liquefied Petroleum Gas ran off the tracks on saturday, sparking a massive fire in forcing roughly 100 people to evacuate. 13 cars derailed, one exploded and a lease to others also caught fire. Is the third time a Canadian National always train carrying Hazardous Materials has to reald within the past month. According for greenpeace canada d reuters...

In her fathers instance, he wasnt treated all that well and ended up dying without much in the way of dignity at all. In her mothers case, she had a more clear cut choice. And so i really feel its both an indictment of the health care system, but it also offers a way forward that can be particularly enlightening and even, perhaps, a little bit maybe not inspiring, but certainly encouraging that people dont have to fall into despair. In addition, im also looking forward to a number of different b...