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Noam Levey: Number Of Latinos With Insurance Coverage Surges Under Healthcare Law
The federal healthcare law has dramatically increased coverage among Latinos, according to a new report that provides a comprehensive look at the effects of the Affordable Care Act on a historically underinsured community. Overall, the percentage of Latinos ages 19 to 64 lacking health coverage fell from 36% to 23% between summer 2013 and spring 2014. That parallels a broader increase in coverage that has taken place since insurance marketplaces opened last fall and states began expanding Medicaid under the healthcare law.
The overall uninsured rate for U.S. adults under 65 plummeted from 20% to 15% in the same period, according to the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit group that studies U.S. and global health systems. Other surveys have shown similar declines. “The Affordable Care Act appears to be working for millions of Latinos who, as a group, have long faced the nation’s highest uninsured rates,” said the Commonwealth Fund’s Michelle Doty, the report’s lead author. “These substantial improvements will mean better health and healthcare for millions of people.” The Medicaid expansion proved particularly important for Latinos, the Commonwealth Fund report indicates. In states that expanded Medicaid, including California, the uninsured rate among working-age Latino adults dropped by about half, from 35% to 17%.
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Uninsured rate among #Latinos plummets from 36% to 23% in just 1st year of #ACA. latimes.com/health/la-na-o… Even w/o FL, TX Medicaid expansion.
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Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) September 25, 2025
White House.gov
Yes!
Congrats Betsy, and thanks NW for another fantastic ACA post.
You’re welcome, HF.
Thanks Hopefruit
Way to go, Betsy, on a Saturday afternoon! ⭐ ⭐
Thanks so much Nclb
congrats, Betsy.
Thanks Amk!!
Thanks NW for this! I hope they all turn out and vote!!
You’re welcome, Betsy.
First, I find out Eric Clapton is a loonbat racist. Then, I have to kick out a loonbat from the library. My day is just loony.
“Eric Clapton is a loonbat racist.”
Oh my….is that so?!?!?
See my reply to Chips below and weep.
Oh my…this guy is insane! Like Don, I was completely unaware of this so this is a bit jolting. And I recall feeling so sad for him when his son died.😦
Yikes, what did Clapton do/say???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton#Controversy_over_remarks_on_immigration
Good gawd, never knew that - and an Enoch Powell fan too? Jesus wept. I’m placing him in Annie Lennox trash can.
And he STILL defends all that.
This is the first time I’ve ever seen those remarks. This guy is a balls out racist.
Apparently this wasn’t a secret or anything. But if all you know of Clapton is “MTV Unplugged”, it’s a complete shock. I’m still shaking my head that I hadn’t known this.
Me too LL, I’ve never heard a negative thing about Clapton. I’m not going to say I didn’t enjoy some of his music, because I did, but this is like a kick to the nads. How can people be filled with so much venom towards their fellow man?
AND. HE. PLAYS. THE. BLUES!!!! He’d be nowhere without the “wogs”.
Wait, wait, wait! I just get a Wiki page, nothing about immigration…that was on my phone, now I’ll check on the computer…BUT, ANYONE can put things on Wikipedia and it doesn’t necessarily have to be true..that’s why you can’t use that site on papers…it may not be factual. So, I would ignore this if I were you….
The segment on his views on immigration has citations to source material.
so sad…I read it on the computer and not my phone…so sad…
I’m just gobsmacked. Totally taken aback.
.Well…me too. He is a friend of a friend of mine..if I hear that this is right/wrong…I will let everyone know. I hope that its all wrong. I’m so, so disappointed to think that he would think that way.
I don’t know LL, I found this WSJ article…
On “Old Sock,” he eases in as vocalist, and it’s no surprise he admires Lee and Billie Holiday, singers who worked behind the beat. “My philosophy of singing is: ‘Never mind the gymnastics. Carry the melody.'”
This weekend’s concerts to benefit the Crossroads Centre will be the fourth round in an unexpected, triennial series: In 2004, the inaugural show was held in Dallas; the next two outside of Chicago. Jeff Beck, Gary Clark Jr., Robert Cray, B.B. King and Buddy Guy are among the gaggle of guitarists scheduled to perform this time around.
Sorry, forgot the link
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323646604578400500168798878
I hope so. But his tirade in 76 is multiply attested, as is his continued defense of Enoch Powell, who is basically the intellectual godfather of the BNP, which is the UK’s “kick out all the immigrants” party.
Which reiterates the point that just because someone is an amazing artist, he can also be a less than stellar human being. (Ezra Pound comes to mind.)
There’s BB King, Buddy Guy & Gary Clark Jr. in your musical circle…if you’re a racists, I don’t think you would be able to hide it from those guys for very long.
My mind doesn’t want to believe that which was written in wiki
On another musical note…Carlos Santana & his son just played the Star Spangled Banner at the beginning of today’s playoff game in SF
Yet more majestic Obamacare news, thank yooooooooou Nerdy!!!!
You’re welcome, Chips.
What’s going on in Nevada? No democrats are voting early? I think it’s bc no marquee race there, thus, no money being spent for GOTV efforts.
Nerdy, this is great information that I’m going to distribute at our Salsa the Vote event next Sunday. I can’t thank you enough for ferreting out all these great facts about Obamacare. People are abysmally ignorant about how effective this law is. Got back from canvassing for Wolf and our local candidates. On the whole I would say there’s a reasonable level of awareness of this election and a strong feeling, especially on the part of teachers, that Corbett must go. One comical thing we kept encountering-a write in candidate for state rep decided that extra large signs were the way to campaign, so once in a while we would run across a four feet high red sign with this woman’s name on someone’s lawn. Talking about screaming out your message.
Oh, wow. Thanks, Jackie. Glad to help.
Thanks for all you do. I’ve been canvassing, doing data entry, and phone-banking also, throughout this election cycle and it is work that takes you on a roller coaster of emotions for sure, but it truly is wonderful work.
Greetings Jackie…
The President is coming to Philly to campaign for Wolf and other PA Dems…ohhhhhhhh myyyy goodness….I was lucky enough to snare tickets to see our First Lady,…can I have that much good karma to get tickets to see our beloved President….stay tuned…
can’t stomp as much as I could in previous years….but I have sent out a version of DonnaDem”s Letter (thank you Donna),,,to friends and fam…got a few responses…urged folks to vote early…and they did!!!!!!!!!>..who hooooo….smiling…
planning to make calls this week….and join a motorcade next weekend…
it empowers me to do these things…esp in the face of the racist JIVE that keeps trying to take me under (spiritually and emotionally)…
As REV Barber has said…If there was a time to vote….I add…if there was ever a time to stand up…and work hard..
Forward>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Pf, I pray that you get those tickets and get to see our president front and center. I think he’s coming to Phillie to support the Phillie area congressional candidates as well as Wolf. Those guys need a boost and we sure could use them in the House. As for stomping around, I found it very tiring, but for once my back didn’t act up, so I was very grateful for that. Honestly, there’s so much work to do in the week ahead, I can’t wait until it’s over. Then I don’t want to hear about another election for many, many months.
Then I don’t want to hear about another election for many, many months.
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lolol…Ummm…then it is 2016
An A+ ACA Post Ms. Nerdy Wonka. 😎
Betsy has the Gold⭐
Hello TOD.
Thanks, Nena.
Thanks Nena!
thanks for posting this, nena. i just shared it on facebook. so many folks i talk with are cynical, saying all politicians are the same. but it really is as simple as krugman says here- do we want oligarchy or do we want democracy. if citizens were as terrified of the kochs as they are of ebola, we’d have a landslide for dems.
When We The People Refuse to treat Gun Violence as detrimental to the public heath, this happens.
Wolf : senator Shaheen do you want The president to campaign for you?
Umm ah derr hmm ah Don’t know umm!
Do you think all these people running for senator can come up with a better answer then hemming and hawing?
I thought this was done yesterday on CNN?
voted today- state of Washington- sadly only one dem on my ballot. East side of the state bleeds RED. so sad
I’m in the Midwest but have been writing articles for Jason Ritchie, a progressive Democrat running in the House to oust GOPer Reichert in WA-08. Are you in that district? I’m so impressed with him!
6 nbc/Marist Senate polls come out Sunday for chucks MTP show.
Any bets what they’ll say?
Something along the lines of Democrats are in trouble and it’s all the President’s fault.
Jovie - they NEED something/anything to get folks to watch chuck’s show - but they won’t & like all bad things - it will end with a whimper.
Democrats are doomed. President Obama is unpopular. That’s the gist of what they will say. What else are they PAID to say on a show like MTP?
REPORT: I spent a few hours volunteering at the Charlie Christ headquarters this morning/afternoon. Made calls to local residents asking them to vote for Charlie. Many folks were not home, but I left message asking for their vote and reminding them to come out and vote on Nov. 4. Most of the few I reached, said they would vote for Charlie. Of course, there was some who said no. Listening to another volunteer talk to a voter: The voter stated she was not sure about Charlie. The volunteer asked did she have questions. Voter asked who is Charlie Crist? She knew of him (but really she was asking for his positions and then asked what was the difference) and promptly another volunteer reached across another table where I was sitting and handed (the volunteer on the phone) Charlie’s positions. After telling the voter the difference between Charlie and Scott, the voter said she would be voting. Volunteer told her where her polling place is, asked if she needed a ride. She said no. She was going to vote today.
Tomorrow, a bunch of us will meet at 7:45 a.m. at the HQ to car pool and go to Souls to the Polls. More than likely, I will be casting my vote tomorrow.
In the waning days as Nov. 4 approaches, I will also be doing some canvassing.
I really hope we do this.
Gave my Fl. sis a friendly reminder to vote for Charlie and she promptly emailed back that she already has, as has her whole fam and friends and most of Republican-ish neighbors. So good news from SW Fl.
That’s the way to do it! Thanks dotster.
Excellent. Thank you. My motto: We vote, we win!!
You are a Gem.
Thank you.
You are a⭐
Go, Africa!!!
Saw that this AM.
He had Mary Matland, Cornell West and John Avalon.
No one there to really defend Dems…..with election just 10 days away. BMaher criticized Jon Stewart for 2010 and Not asking people to vote. Yet he invited West who was advocating for folks not to vote.
Here’s the Video
Unreal - yet the GOP votes for a man who left his wife & 4 children to chase “the love of his life”. This isn’t just Kansas - it is the GOP - all over the US - they have no morals - NONE.
That Gov O’Malley looks like he is having a ball 24/7.
I am liking him more and more.
Welcome aboard the O’Malley train Nena!
I don’t even have words.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/10/25/3584535/texas-immigration-cornyn-compromise/
For the last twelve years he’s been in office, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) has resisted efforts to bring citizenship to the 11 million undocumented people living in the United States. He’s voted to militarize the southern border, has opposed the federal DREAM Act, and once sponsored a bill to more quickly deport Central American children.
So when it comes to the upcoming election for his Senate seat, it might not seem like Cornyn is the ideal choice for progressive Texans who want comprehensive immigration reform. But after a debate Friday night between Cornyn and his Democratic opponent Dr. David Alameel, some Latino leaders told ThinkProgress that they would be voting for Cornyn anyway.
“I have never voted for [Cornyn], but this time I’m going to, because we have no choice,” said Rene Martinez, a district director for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and staunch supporter of progressive immigration reform. “Alameel doesn’t have a chance, so I’d rather be standing right behind [Cornyn], and have him turn to people like us for advice.”
Oh, Lord, this is the most ass backward thinking I’ve heard in a long time. Sure, stand right next to Cornyn so it’ll be easier for him to stab you in the back. I guess you can’t fix stupid.
And they dare blame a President who is REALLY fighting on their behalf? My damn head hurts.
Lots of stupid going on in this country. Irritating.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/10/21/3582351/fox-news-obamacare-admission/
Fox News admitted on Tuesday that a conservative-led lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act would raise health care premiums for millions of Americans. But then in its on-screen chyron, the network sought to attribute the increases not to the litigants involved in the case, but to President Obama, potentially confusing viewers.
The level of dishonesty at Fox (not a news organization) is breathtaking.
Helllllo DF
Dishonesty is why they were born in the first place:) The sad, pathetic part of this is that people actually BELIEVE the crap they see on there! No critical thinking skills…. aside from that, Hello to my africa:) How’s hubby doing?
Early voted this afternoon and was somewhat upset that there was barely anyone there voting. I made a comment to the nice gentlemen who helped me to my voting booth and he said oh no….this place was packed on Thursday and Friday so that made me feel a lot better. He said that it had been a steady flow all day today but that people rushed to vote on the 1st and 2nd days of early voting and they did in big numbers.
Then I went into the campaign office and made 112 calls. It goes really fast because most of the calls go to voice mail, or are non-working or wrong numbers. These are now GOTV calls so the people who did answer were 7 very supportive and will be voting for democrats, 1 who refused to say who she was voting for and two hang ups. Not bad for 10 days out.
Please consider volunteering with your local Democratic Party. They really can use your help. There are many ways you can help. Data entry is needed as well as phone banking. Also, remember that those volunteers could use bottle water, a nice salad a pizza or fruit. Some of them are there for hours making those calls.
Thanks, Donna!!
Oh, another little note today from Christ HQ. We were talking about media. I was telling the folks there about TOD and our support for PBO. The volunteers talked about how 2010 was brutal and we can’t afford to have a repeat in 2014. I mentioned Ed Shultz. One volunteer said she does not watch him any more. She and another talked about the negativity that spews from Chris Matthews daily. They talked about how smart PBO is, how they trust him because he is always a step ahead. They talked about how he never gets credits for stuff, but how he quietly does things and it shuts up the critics. I told them I call it the Boomerang effect.
One of the other ladies said, it is almost as if the MSM is trying to discourage us from voting. I invited them to checkout TOD.
These women were well informed and on top of what is going on around the country in other states.
When I asked how they thought we were looking as far as Crist winning, the woman who mans the office daily (along with her daughter) said she believes Crist will win it. She said we could take more than the Florida governorship if we voted in mass number. I told her again: Yes. We vote, We win!!
Throughout the morning/afternoon, people trickled in, some to volunteer, some to pick up yard signs, etc.
The woman who runs the Democratic Women’s group here is a pistol.
Anywhoo, I hope we kick out a as many GOP as we can. They are really bad for the country.
Thanks africa for sharing your volunteering experience and for your work on the Crist campaign!! Very encouraging that people trust our president and are on to the B.S. from the so-called Liberals on MSNBC. I do believe that Crist will be the next governor of FL.
Good ad.
Maybe Rick Scott will campaign with George Zimmerman.
Yes, GOPers……Dems Care for the Health Care of all Americans.
JFK new so and said so.
“If by a “Liberal” they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights and their civil liberties-someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a “Liberal”, then I’m proud to say I’m a “Liberal.”
― John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/10/25/pillage-plunder-republican-leadership-150000-homeless-detroit.html
Republicans absolutely love free, unregulated capitalism.
And why wouldn’t they? In the absence of regulation, millionaires and corporations are free to exploit the working class for their own personal benefit. With no set regulations in place, those at the top of the societal pyramid are free to do as they will with their accumulated wealth, including using their vast fortunes to provide themselves with even more money, even if others have to suffer for them to do so. In a country where the richest 1% of Americans have captured 95% of the post-financial crisis growth since 2009, there have been limitless opportunities for them to add to their newly added wealth at the expense of other, less financially stable citizens.
Nowhere has this model been more apparent than the city of Detroit.
Best resource I’ve been able to find re: Ukraine’s Parliamentary Election which will be underway in a few hours (Ukraine time)
View story at Medium.com
Weird. When I refresh the page, I see your link for the briefest of moments, and then it’s gone.
When I’m updating, I’m typically RT’ing a dozen or more tweets that I’ve assembled on various topics so during that phase you might see a tweet and then a few moments later another will appear. In any case, if you scroll the sidebar you will find each of them, and, to the extent possible, they’ll be ordered ‘topically’ (e.g., Kobani, Erdogan foolishness, Iran, various US political candidates, Ukraine, Occupy Hong, etc.).
Cheers!
Oh, now I see what you are referring, LL.
UGH - No idea what that URL didn’t persist.
Here is the tweet that contains it …
Ferguson-Florrisant and Clayton school districts have sent notices home to parents about emergency procedures for closing the schools. They advise parents to be ready to pick their kids up if necessary. The SD reminds parents that these are the same procedures that will occur with weather emergencies.
The midterm election is in 10 days.
So that little black boy on the right wants to secede as well, to where I ask? 😀
I say if some of these Idiots in Texas want to “SECDEE (sic)” we should let them do so, provided they abide by this specific condition: the majority of people in Austin, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio must have the right to decide if they want to remain in the United States or join Texas secession.
“…majority of people in Austin, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio must have the right to decide if they want to remain in the United States…”
I suspect the majority would want to stay, in those major cities and throughout Texas. It’s just a relatively few nutballs who are talking secession and making all the noise [empty wagons]. *They* should just go ahead and renounce their citizenship — and all the benefits of being a U.S. citizen — and find another country [maybe Russia] that would allow them to colonize, similar to the establishment of Liberia.
In an hour and 20 minutes I shall be going home, having leftover Popeye’s chicken, and crashing. I feel a bit off after my flu shot yesterday.
When We Vote We Win…..@VoteDEMNovember2014
So I early voted today and it was 17 pages with multiple candidates on each page but most of it was judges for Cook County, none of which I know since I’m not an attorney or a criminal.
Almost all the Chicago/Illinois Dem incumbents were running unopposed. The only one that had any real close opponent was the guy at the top of the ticket, Governor Quinn. Every Democratic candidate was listed first; I’m assuming it was because they were the incumbent but I don’t recall that in 2012.
I tried to volunteer for Quinn today but got some bad information on location and ended up not being able to do much. I’ll get out again next weekend.
I know in CA the position on the ballot is basically by a toin coss.
excellent tweet, swbluega! This is the question that must be answered by people who advocate/promote the stupid idea that not voting somehow sends a powerful message to the two political parties.
I’m really curious to know where the hell she got these “worsening” projections from - because methinks this is a whole bunch of CRAP!
This is her typical bull shit, hf2. Blocked her a long time ago.
Okay - glad to know that I wasn’t the only one with misgivings about her. I’m going to do the same.
It sounds like some more BS. I think many of us knew that 2010 was going to be a based on the facts on the ground and the polls. In this election a lot of races have been close but the dems look poised to maintain the senate and make some gains in other races. All I see are the same crappy polling outfits that made predictions that Romney was going to win.
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I think about this tweet from Kristol
I can’t even stand to look at Alison, but I hope she wins! #BeingADemocratIn2014
I am with you JOB! I want Alison to win so that Democrats can retain the majority in the U.S. Senate; but I also truly despise her lack of courage to stand with President Obama. She totally squandered a golden opportunity to educate the people in Kentucky about the historic benefits of the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a., Obama Care) for the vast majority of the people in Kentucky.
nath - I was looking back for the “There is an endless supply of paint” post last night and spotted your name - and wondered whether you’d been around lately. And here you are when I open up TOD today. Amazing.
Next, I shall wonder why a new convertible is not parked in my driveway, with my name on it. Ha.
Enjoy your day!
How is she doing?
Now I am in moderation? Not sure what that means but hello invisible moderator?
Found and freed Mr Perry, your fingers must have slipped, you signed in as ‘jojovie131’
Nerdy’s tweets!
https://theobamadiary.com/2014/10/25/a-tweet-or-two-153/
Debate results: Jeane Shaheen 73% Scott Brown 27%
Precisely!