By Lee Moran
Former President Barack Obama (click here) on Tuesday called out President Donald Trump’s haphazard and widely criticized handling of the coronavirus pandemic, urging voters to “demand better of our government.”
“We’ve seen all too terribly the consequences of those who denied warnings of a pandemic,” Obama tweeted. “We can’t afford any more consequences of climate denial. All of us, especially young people, have to demand better of our government at every level and vote this fall,” he added.
Obama, who has rarely attacked Trump since leaving office in 2016, did not mention the current commander in chief by name in the tweet....
There is every reason to open all avenues of opportunity to cover Americans during this national emergency. HHS should have issued Medicaid and Medicare to all Americans facing a COVID-19 diagnosis. Trump accepts the help of health insurance companies to provide free coverage to subscribers, but, Americans first have to be subscribers to receive free care. There is no doubt that when a national emergency is about human health the first thing to be done is to provide the country's Medicaid and Medicare to the hospitals to cover all Americans. Why declare a national health emergency if the president's administration is a hindrance to the best outcomes of Americans?
Refusing the opportunity of health care insurance, allowing increased pollution in the USA are all issues that prove Republicans care about money over people.
Refusing the opportunity of health care insurance, allowing increased pollution in the USA are all issues that prove Republicans care about money over people.
April 1, 2020
By Tami Luhby
The Trump administration has decided not to reopen enrollment in the Affordable Care Act's federal exchanges amid the rising coronavirus pandemic, a senior administration official said Tuesday evening.
Pressure had been building on the White House to launch a special enrollment period to allow the uninsured to purchase Obamacare policies. The decision came the same day that President Donald Trump warned of a painful two-week stretch ahead as infections continue to spread.
Democratic lawmakers asked administration officials to temporarily reopen the exchanges several weeks ago. Also, two leading health insurance industry groups wrote congressional leaders in mid-March asking for such a move.
"Given the risk posed by Covid-19, it is more important than ever for people to have health coverage," the CEOs of America's Health Insurance Plans and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association wrote, referring to the disease caused by coronavirus....
