Digest: Biggest. Day. Ever.

Online health care sign-ups hit record highs, the best climate GIFs of the year, and more

It's more important than ever to have the facts by your side. You're still one of the best messengers for this movement, so here's some recommended reading -- from credible sources -- that's easy to share. No fluff, just facts. That's the Truth Team way. Enjoy! Health Care Obamacare boasts biggest day ever Thursday on HealthCare.gov USA TODAY // Jayne O'Donnell More people signed up for insurance on HealthCare.gov on Thursday than any time since the launch of the Affordable Care Act exchanges three years ago, President Obama announced Friday. Read full article... Tweet this Share this Health Care Medicaid has made a huge difference in my patients' lives. Here's how. The Washington Post // Abraham M. Nussbaum He was homeless, mentally ill and uninsured. Back then, the last of those problems often seemed the most insurmountable. Read full article... Tweet this Share this Health Care GOP's 'Obamacare' Repeal Path Worries Health Care Industry AP // Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar One by one, key health care industry groups are telling the incoming Republican administration and Congress that it's not a good idea to repeal the 2010 health care law without clear plans to address the consequences. Read full article... Tweet this Share this Help sustain this movement Organizing for Action is powered by small-dollar donations from supporters like you across the country -- help keep it going. Chip in Health Care Without Obamacare, 52 million Americans could be denied insurance The Washington Post // Carolyn Y. Johnson One in four non-elderly adults has a medical condition, ranging from diabetes to pregnancy to severe obesity to arthritis, that would make them uninsurable under the health coverage rules that prevailed before the Affordable Care Act, according to a new study. Read full article... Tweet this Share this Climate Change Feeling a Chill? Blame the Polar Vortex. And Global Warming The New York Times // Tatiana Schlossberg When these cold snaps come, you may hear other people asking," If global warming is supposed to be warming the globe, then why is it so cold?" Well, for starters, there is a difference between weather and climate. Read full article... Tweet this Share this Climate Change The best climate graphics of the year Vox // David Roberts GIFs and spirals and time lapses, oh my! Read full article... Tweet this Share this Climate Change America's First Offshore Wind Farm Spins to Life The New York Times // Tatiana Schlossberg Until this week, all of the wind power generated in the United States was on land. Read full article... Tweet this Share this Climate Change Solar installations reach record high in the third quarter Los Angeles Times // Ivan Penn The record-breaking quarter brings the total nationwide solar capacity to 35.8 gigawatts, enough to power 6.5 million U.S. homes and reduce carbon emissions by 41.7 million metric tons annually. Read full article... Tweet this Share this Economic Opportunity Rising inequality has crushed the dream of upward mobility Vox // Matthew Yglesias Which is to say that if you want to return to the kind of broadly shared increase in living standards that the United States was known for in the postwar decades, you really do need to return to a more egalitarian income distribution. Just focusing on growth per se won't get the job done. Read full article... Tweet this Share this Your friends need the facts too. Forward this email to them, and they can sign up for the next Digest right here: Sign me up

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