The President spoke directly to voters tonight about his vision for an economy that grows from the middle out, while Mitt Romney spent the night on the defensive, doubled down on the same bad ideas that crashed the economy, and got testy when he was pushed on specifics. Romney confirmed that he opposes a … Continue reading »
Tag Archives: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Romney-Ryan Would Voucherize Medicare and Raise Seniors’ Health Costs to Cut Taxes for the Wealthiest; President Obama Is Strengthening Medicare and Helping Seniors Save
Romney and Ryan’s plan to turn Medicare into a voucher system would raise seniors’ health costs by thousands of dollars to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest. They’d repeal Obamacare, which is helping millions of seniors save on their prescription drugs. President Obama’s $700 billion in Medicare savings didn’t cut benefits, and health … Continue reading »
Update from the “Truth Team” – please pass it on
This weekend, Mitt Romney chose the intellectual leader of the Tea Party as his nominee for vice president. By doing so, Romney catered to the far right and doubled down on the failed top-down economic policies that crashed our economy and hurt the middle class. It’s our job to make sure the voters get … Continue reading »
Weekly Women’s Update: A New Day for Women!
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 Weekly Women’s Update: A New Day for Women! Greetings All – We hope this message finds you well. There’s a lot going on in the world of Council of Women and Girls this week, but first we wanted to make sure you had a chance to see the President’s statement on … Continue reading »
MA and the Affordable Care Act – more reasons why repeal would be bad for MA – Scott Brown do your homework!
Dear Friends (and friends of friends) in Massachusetts, Below is a must-read message and video regarding our junior United States Senator Scott Brown. As the video shows, Scott Brown continues to stand in lock-step with his Republican Party, and with its nominee for president Mitt Romney in a fruitless effort to repeal the Affordable Care … Continue reading »
Republican Brown Joins Republican Romney In Fight to Repeal Health Care Reform
New video “Just Another Republican” highlights Scott Brown’s support for GOP in refighting the repeal battle, pushing to strip key health care protections from Massachusetts families Today, the Massachusetts Democratic Party released a new web video highlighting Scott Brown’s lock step support of Mitt Romney and national Republicans in their attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Despite the need to … Continue reading »
Romney Senior Advisor Eric Ferhnstrom: Mandate is a Penalty on free riders who can afford coverage, Not a Tax #obamacare
Romney senior advisor Eric Fehrnstrom broke with Republican leaders in Congress today and agreed with President Obama that the health care law’s individual responsibility requirement is a penalty on free riders who can afford coverage – not a tax. Republican “Tax” Deception: The vast majority of Americans who responsibly carry coverage are completely unaffected by this … Continue reading »
HEALTH REFORM: Mitt Romney and Republicans Want to Refight Political Battles of the Past, Again Using Partisan Scare Tactics to Distort the Truth about Obamacare
Mitt Romney and the Republicans want to refight political battles of the past and deny millions of Americans affordable health care. They’re doubling down on distortions and partisan scare tactics, even trying to mislead people by shouting that the free rider penalty is a “tax.” In reality, that penalty would affect only 1 percent of … Continue reading »
Women for Obama for Obamacare!
Today’s health care decision makes life better for American women. No more charging us more than men for the same policies; preventive care like contraception, Pap tests, mammograms, and screenings at no out-of-pocket cost; millions of parents whose children can’t be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition… It’s a great day. https://www.facebook.com/WomenforObama Continue reading »
John Tener on Health Care and a close encounter with Mitt Romney
Dear Friends (and friends of friends). This is a true story. Yesterday morning, the morning after Super Tuesday, and the Massachusetts Republican Primary, I was leaving my doctor’s office at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Who should I encounter coming into the doctor’s office but none other than Mitt Romney. A big, burly Secret Service agent … Continue reading »
Thoughts from John Tener
Dear Friends (and friends of friends), As we all begin to focus more closely on the first three now completed years of President Obama’s presidency, the following poem seems to present an appropriate theme for what we have seen, and experienced with our President. SOMETIMES … Continue reading »
