6-20-17 What’s News? – Healthcare on the Line Edition
Two big news stories broke during today's show: Trump Told Russians That Firing ‘Nut Job’ Comey Eased Pressure From Investigation Russia probe reaches current White House official, people familiar with the case say Today on the show, we had a few health checks... first, your computer. As the WannaCry ransomware attack hit organizations all over the world this week, I called on Ralph Echemendia, "the ethical hacker" to give us a primer on what it's all about and how to protect ourselves. And Wendell Potter, health insurance whistle blower, joined in to tell us about his new venture, Tarbell.org, a [...]
The Republican-led House of Representatives did it... they passed the truly despicable American Health Care Act (AHCA) by a razor-thin margin of 217-215. The bill now heads to the senate where it should die an ugly death. This is where our activism comes in. We need to start calling our senators NOW... Howie Klein returned to the program today, and was as disgusted by this outcome as we were. He did share some good news - it looks like he found a good candidate to run against Paul Ryan in Wisconsin, despite the fact that Nancy Pelosi and the Dems [...]
The D'ump administration and the Republican clown party are puling out all the stops to try to sell you on their awful plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. Rather than tell you what's good about it (they can't because there's nothing in that column), they instead are lying to you about what's wrong with the program currently in place. I'm the first to tell you there's plenty that's wrong with the ACA, but the pieces are all in place to improve upon. Instead of doing what's in the best interests of the nation, they want to tear it down [...]
The D'ump administration and the Republican clown party are puling out all the stops to try to sell you on their awful plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. Rather than tell you what's good about it (they can't because there's nothing in that column), they instead are lying to you about what's wrong with the program currently in place. I'm the first to tell you there's plenty that's wrong with the ACA, but the pieces are all in place to improve upon. Instead of doing what's in the best interests of the nation, they want to tear it down [...]
Via Nicole: It was another crazy weekend in Trump-land. From his Saturday morning Twitter tirade to Monday’s Muslim Ban 2.0 and the “American Health Care Act” revealed – @GottaLaff & I discuss it all. Amy Simon of She’s History joins in to tell us about Women’s History Month and International Woman’s Day, happening tomorrow along with “A Day Without A Woman” – the International Woman’s Strike! She’s performing her one-woman version of She’s History in Los Angeles on March 18. Tell Amy you heard about the show here, and she’ll give you half off the price of your ticket! Tomorrow, I’ll [...]