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When President Barack Obama learned that the Supreme Court had rejected a major lawsuit against his signature health care law, White House photographer Pete Souza was there to capture the moment.
On Thursday, the court ruled 6-3 against invalidating subsidies for millions who live in states with federal health care exchanges, marking the second time in three years that the court has rejected a challenge to the Affordable Care Act. The ruling preserves health care for millions of individuals.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/26/obama-health-care-ruling-reaction_n_7675126.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
snooper2
(30,151 posts)obnoxiousdrunk
(2,910 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)ALL on the right because of that very reason.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)petesouza
✔ ?@petesouza
Read my post on when the President heard about yesterday's scotus decision on ACA: http://go.wh.gov/SPVhe2
11:08 AM - 26 Jun 2015
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http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/26/tweets-of-the-day-30/
Mahalo
love it!
Cha
(297,196 posts)me 2
Spazito
(50,327 posts)Watching intently, listening intently, .....Yes we CAN arm cheer!
Cha
(297,196 posts)Spazito~
tishaLA
(14,176 posts)thanks for posting
Cha
(297,196 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)Or 3!
Pres Obama today visiting MLK Memorial with, Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil..
President Barack Obama and President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/29/the-president-and-first-ladys-day-20/
Tarheel!
Tarheel_Dem
(31,233 posts)calimary
(81,238 posts)I was bracing for the worst, too. All the way around - last week. MAN what a great little three-photo series! This whole thread is just tremendously satisfying.
JustAnotherGen
(31,819 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Saw that photo on my Facebook feed along with another photo of him looking very stressed in the same seat. Caption said it was him as the decision was moments away.
Edit: Cha posted the pic I was talking about.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)dhill926
(16,337 posts)being determined by the 9 in robes. At least a couple of whom are insane...
Cha
(297,196 posts)petesouza
✔ ?@petesouza
Read my post on when the President heard about yesterday's scotus decision on ACA: http://go.wh.gov/SPVhe2
11:08 AM - 26 Jun 2015
667 667 Retweets 740 740 favorites
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/26/tweets-of-the-day-30/
sheshe2
(83,751 posts)Excellent, thanks Cali.
calimary
(81,238 posts)Hekate
(90,674 posts)Mr. President
Little Star
(17,055 posts)mcar
(42,307 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,921 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Just as in 2010, when the votes were counted, with someone celebrating the same goal:
For his mother and millions of others:
Keeping His Promises to the Poor and Vulnerable: Thank You, President Obama!
HHS finalizes rule guaranteeing 100 percent funding for new Medicaid beneficiaries
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced a final rule with a request for comments that provides, effective January 1, 2014, the federal government will pay 100 percent of the cost of certain newly eligible adult Medicaid beneficiaries. These payments will be in effect through 2016, phasing down to a permanent 90 percent matching rate by 2020. The Affordable Care Act authorizes states to expand Medicaid to adult Americans under age 65 with income of up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level (approximately $15,000 for a single adult in 2012) and provides unprecedented federal funding for these states.
This is a great deal for states and great news for Americans, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more Americans will have access to health coverage and the federal government will cover a vast majority of the cost. Treating people who dont have insurance coverage raises health care costs for hospitals, people with insurance, and state budgets.
Todays final rule provides important information to states that expand Medicaid. It describes the simple and accurate method states will use to claim the matching rate that is available for Medicaid expenditures of individuals with incomes up to 133 percent of poverty and who are defined as newly eligible and are enrolled in the new eligibility group. The system is set up to make eligibility determinations as simple and accurate as possible for state programs.
Under the Affordable Care Act, states that cover the new adult group in Medicaid will have 100 percent of the costs of newly eligible Americans paid for by the federal government in 2014, 2015, and 2016. The federal governments contribution is then phased-down gradually to 90 percent by 2020, and remains there permanently. For states that had coverage expansions in effect prior to enactment of the Affordable Care Act, the rule also provides information about the availability of an increased FMAP for certain adults who are not newly eligible.
The rule builds on several years of work that HHS has done to support and provide flexibility to states Medicaid programs ahead of the 2014 expansion, including:
* 90 percent matching rate for states to improve eligibility and enrollment systems;
* More resources and flexibility for states to test innovative ways of delivering care through Medicaid;
* More collaboration with states on audits that track down fraud; and
* Specifically outlining ways states can make Medicaid improvements without going through a waiver process.
For more information on the improvements made to Medicaid, please visit:
http://www.medicaid.gov/State-Resource-Center/Events-and-Announcements/Downloads/MMF_Jan-Dec-2012_FINAL.PDF
For the full text of todays final rule, please go to:
http://www.ofr.gov/inspection.aspx
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2013pres/03/20130329a.html
This is a huge relief to those who would not be covered for conditions no one can afford. I will be passing this good news along to those who have loved ones dependent on Medicaid.
This is what the GOP wanted to slash and are doing in every state that they control. It will save the lives of many people we may never meet, but they are our fellow sojourners.
Thanks to ProSense for finding this story and letting me post it here. She posted it in GD, where you can see it here:
HHS finalizes rule guaranteeing 100 percent funding for new Medicaid beneficiaries
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2584523
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11028481