Protect Your Care

03/19/2014

"Unprovable" "Misleading" "Out of Context" - just some of the words used to describe AFP's latest ad.

KUSA—If you've watched any TV recently, you've probably seen a conservative group's million-dollar ad buy that started this week, aimed at stirring up anger over Obamacare.

03/19/2014

Michael Maher: We're young but not invincible, as I've learned

I’m a 27-year-old guy who has always been pretty healthy. When I left my job to go back to school in 2010, I lost reliable access to health care. To tell you the truth, this had never been a huge deal for me. Like most guys in their early 20s, I was more concerned with school work and seeing my frie...

03/17/2014

AFP ads promote fake horror stories because they can't find any real ones.

Americans for Prosperity, the Koch-organization that is continuing a desperate battle against Obamacare, has spent more than $1 million on advertising to defeat U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor. But a new $700,000 buy in Arkansas is the latest to fail a fact check.

03/14/2014

If you're still holding out hope that they'll actually find a true "Obamacare Horror Story," just give up now. The right's best efforts have been all wet.

03/11/2014

This is what we're up against: Republican learns Obamacare will not actually kill her, will save her money, and she refuses to believe it.

Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group backed by the Koch brothers, is running Obamacare attack ads featuring a cancer patient who claimed her treatments were "unaffordable" under the new health law. On Monday, The Detroi...

03/10/2014

"Every incremental gain in the push to expand Medicaid is cheered by Democrats, who view the state-level victories as furthering the primary goal of ObamaCare, which is to extend coverage to as many of the uninsured as possible."

In Louisiana, Mary Landrieu calls for closure of the "Jindal Gap."

03/06/2014

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WASHINGTON -- With less than one month to go before the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment deadline, groups that support the law are ramping up efforts to reach the uninsured and ambivalent. These groups are set to hold more than 4,000 events i...

03/04/2014

BREAKING: Arkansas continues the private option, ensuring that 100,000 state residents won't be kicked of health care!

The Arkansas House has voted to continue the state's compromise Medicaid expansion, sending the governor legislation that will keep alive a program that's extended health coverage to nearly 94,000 people. The House voted 76-24 Tuesday to reauthorize funding for the "private option" program...

02/27/2014

Take a look at how the latest Affordable Care Act numbers are playing.

4 million Americans are now covered, thanks to Obamacare. But we're not done yet. If you haven't already, !

02/26/2014

Oops - bet they didn't count on that.

CBO concluded that the GOP proposal would lead to the very same problems Republicans have identified in Obamacare.

02/25/2014

Could the private option end this summer?

02/25/2014

"The Chapel Hill Town Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday urging the North Carolina General Assembly and the governor to change their minds."

Medicaid expansion in North Carolina could extend insurance coverage to more than 500,000 residents and save the state approximately $65 million in 10 years, but it is one of several states not accepting federal funding to expand Medicaid at this time.