by Thomas Mills | Nov 1, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Obamacare |
Blue Cross Blue Shield has never liked Affordable Care Act. Before it was even passed, the not-for-profit corporation used customers’ money to send out mailers and phone calls opposing health care reform. Now, they seem to be surreptitiously inserting themselves into...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 3, 2014 | Editor's Blog, Medicaid, Obamacare |
Republicans’ rational for refusing to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act just keeps getting thinner. Originally, they thought they could hamstring the new law and force its repeal or restructuring. If a few million people missed out on health care, so be...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 3, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Economy, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP, Obamacare, US Senate |
Karl Rove has a lot of faith in his Obamacare narrative. Yesterday, his latest Crossroads GPS ad accuses the Affordable Care Act of harming the economy and blaming Kay Hagan for supporting the program. And just like Kay Hagan accused Elizabeth Dole of voting with...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 20, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Obamacare, US Senate |
Back in April, in an interview with the Associated Press, I said that Democrats need to own Obamacare because they can’t run from it. When I made the statement, Republicans pounced, calling the advice short-sighted and ill-conceived. Obamacare is broken and unpopular,...
by Thomas Mills | May 9, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Obamacare, US Senate |
Yesterday, Kay Hagan went on the attack. Not a SuperPAC. Not her campaign. Kay. In the confirmation hearing for Sylvia Matthews Burwell, Obama’s choice to succeed Kathleen Sebelius, Hagan let loose on Thom Tillis for failing to expand Medicaid under Obamacare. It was...
by John Wynne | Apr 17, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Congressional Races, Features, National Politics, NCGOP, Obamacare, US House |
North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District – Rep. Robert Pittenger (R) For the District Geography series, we’re only supposed to be looking at the competitive races, so some qualification is in order. The 9th district race isn’t supposed to be competitive in any...
