It's more important than ever to have the facts by your side, so here's some recommended reading -- from credible sources -- that's easy to share.
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| Health Care Watch: President Obama on the future of Obamacare Vox // Andrew Prokop The policy stakes of this moment in Washington, as Republicans push to repeal Obamacare, are incredibly high. Consequences of decisions made in the next few weeks and months could shape millions of Americans' lives. Read full article... |
| Health Care AMA To GOP: Lay Out Obamacare Replacement Details To Americans Forbes // Bruce Japsen The AMA, which represents about a quarter-million doctors and more than 190 state and national specialty societies, is the latest doctor group to weigh in before Congress moves to repeal the ACA. Most doctor groups aren't opposed to altering the law, but don't want more than 20 million Americans who gained coverage to lose it. Read full article... |
| Health Care What Defunding Planned Parenthood Could Mean for Women's Health Yahoo // Jennifer Gerson Uffalussy A 2015 analysis done at the time of the last attempt at federal defunding found that in two-thirds of the 491 counties in which they are located, Planned Parenthood centers serve at least half of all women obtaining contraceptive care from safety-net health providers. It also showed that in one-fifth of the counties in which they are located, Planned Parenthood sites are the sole safety-net family planning center. Read full article... |
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| Health Care Repealing the ACA without a Replacement -- The Risks to American Health Care The New England Journal of Medicine // Barack H. Obama, J.D. Health care reform isn't about a nameless, faceless "system." It's about the millions of lives at stake -- from the cancer survivor who can now take a new job without fear of losing his insurance, to the young person who can stay on her parents' insurance after college, to the countless Americans who now live healthier lives thanks to the law's protections. Policymakers should therefore abide by the physician's oath: "first, do no harm." Read full article... |
| Economy The US has added more jobs than the other major advanced economies combined over the past 7 years Business Insider // Elena Holodny US wages in December rose at their fastest pace since mid-2009, with average hourly earnings climbing by 2.9% year-over-year. The economy also added 156,000 jobs, fewer than expected but enough to extend the record streak of job creation in the US. Read full article... |
| Climate Change World heat shatters records in 2016 in new sign of global warming Reuters // Alister Doyle Last year was the hottest on record by a wide margin, with temperatures creeping close to a ceiling set by almost 200 nations for limiting global warming, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday. Read full article... |
| Climate Change [VIDEO] Solar energy is now cheaper than fossil fuels USA TODAY The World Economic Forum estimates solar and wind are now the same price or cheaper than fossil fuels in more than 30 countries. Read full article... |
| Gun Violence The reasons we don't study gun violence the same way we study infections The Washington Post // Carolyn Y. Johnson If public health issues were funded based on their death toll, gun violence injuries would have been expected to receive about $1.4 billion in federal research funding over about a decade -- compared with the $22 million that it actually got, the study found. Read full article... |
| In Other News A Higher Minimum Wage in 2017 The New York Times // Karl Russell With the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour unchanged since 2009, many states have taken matters into their own hands and raised the statewide minimum wage. Read full article... |
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