New Jersey Cory Booker took to the floor of the US Senate to implore his Republican peers to reconsider their ill fated strategy of repeal and replace when it comes to the Affordable Care Act.
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Repealing the #ACA without a plan to replace it will devastate millions of Americans. This is not partisan rhetoric, this is the truth. pic.twitter.com/e5laOzIul3
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) January 8, 2017
I guess the republicans/conservatives who promised doom and gloom will have to now explain why there was no apocalypse and the world did not explode because of the Affordable Care Act...LOL. George Cook AAReports.com
The percentage of Americans without health insurance dipped to its lowest in nearly six years due in part to U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, commonly known as Obamacare, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday.
Some 15.6 percent of Americans lacked health insurance in the first three months of 2014, down from a high of 18 percent in late 2013, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey.
'Obamacare' appears to be accomplishing its goal of increasing the percentage of Americans with health insurance coverage," the report said.
Black and low-income Americans saw some of the most pronounced drops in the uninsured rate, with declines of more than 3 percentage points.
Read more here: Obamacare 'accomplishing goal,' U.S. uninsured drops to six-year low: poll
On March 23rd Healthcare.gov released a new infographic explaining the ways to get assistance with signing up for health coverage by the March 31st deadline. The African American Health Alliance (AAHA) encourages those who are promoting enrollment to share the infographic. Fredette West, the Director of AAHA, remarked, "If you are seeking coverage, remember there are multiple ways for people to get help finding coverage in the final 5 days of the Affordable Care Act's first Open Enrollment period, which ends next Monday, March 31, 2014. This infographic released by Healthcare.gov is resource that should be shared widely." For more information on the Affordable Care Act, visit the http://africanamericanhealthalliance.org/ and Healthcare.gov CONTACT: 301-576-0845
About the African American Health Alliance
The African American Health Alliance is a 501 (c) 3 tax exempt organization working to help eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health and healthcare and to addressing the social determinants thereof including education, jobs and employment, nutrition, technology, violence and more. The Alliance is dedicated to strengthening advocacy, outreach and awareness for the purpose of helping to improve the quality of life. Across health and healthcare reform, we have helped to make considerable progress on behalf of the African American and other vulnerable communities. Our Board has tremendous expertise in the health and social determinants arena.
Lebron James is doing his part to get African americans and young people to sign up for Obamacare. The NBA superstar is appearing in a commercial for the Affordable Care Act that will air during the NCAA Tournament. The deadline for open enrollment is March 31, 2014. Check out Lebron's PSA below and learn more about signing up here: https://www.healthcare.gov/
