Take health care into your own hands The Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress and then signed into law by the President on March 23, 2010. On June 28, 2012 the Supreme Court rendered a final decision to uphold the health care law. Read the Law ~ The Affordable Care Act, Section by Section http://www.healthcare.gov/law/full/index.html A central goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to significantly reduce the number of uninsured by providing a continuum of affordable coverage options through Medicaid and new Health Insurance Exchanges. Following the June 2012 Supreme Court decision, states face a decision about whether to adopt the Medicaid expansion. These decisions will have enormous consequences for health coverage for the low-income population. Filling the need for trusted information on health issues…the Kaiser Family Foundation A leader in health policy analysis, health journalism and communication, the Kaiser Family Foundation is dedicated to filling the need for trusted, independent information on the major health issues facing our nation and its people. Kaiser is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy. Unlike grant-making foundations, Kaiser develops and runs its own research, journalism and communications programs, sometimes in partnership with other non-profit research organizations or major media companies. We serve as a non-partisan source of facts, information, analysis and journalism for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the public. Our product is information, always provided free of charge — from the most sophisticated policy research, to basic facts and numbers, to in depth health policy news coverage provided by our news service, KHN, to information young people can use to improve their health or elderly people can use to understand their Medicare benefits. The Kaiser Family Foundation is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries. http://kff.org/ http://kff.org/health-reform/ Why Premiums Will Change for People Who Now Have Nongroup Insurance http://kff.org/private-insurance/ |
| *I RECENTLY RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL. AFTER READING IT, I ASKED A TRUSTED SOURCE ABOUT THE VALIDITY THE CLAIMS MADE IN THE E-MAIL. REBUTTAL PRINTED BELOW ORIGINAL* ORIGINAL E-MAIL: Subject: Fw: Congressional Reform Act of 2011 The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones,etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to become the law of the land...all because of public pressure. I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise. In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around. Congressional Reform Act of 2011 1. TermLimits. 12 years only, one of the possible options below.. a. Two Six-year Senate terms b. Six Two-year House terms c. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms 2. No Tenure / NoPension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. 3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security. All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and Congress participates with the American people. 4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan,just as all Americans do. 5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%. 6. Congress loses their current health care systemand participates in the same healthcare system as the American people. 7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American people. 8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen.Congressmen made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work. RESEARCHED REBUTTAL TO THE ABOVE E-MAIL :CRA2011 I had a chance to look this up, and here's what I found: No bill called "Congressional Reform Act of 2011" or anything similar has been filed in the United States Congress. One of the reasons the 28th Amendment was passed so quickly was due to the Vietnam War. There was intense social pressure to equalize eligibility to vote and eligibility for the draft. Congress people do pay into Social Security -- they have a generous pension plan, true, but most federal employees (including custodial staff, research staff, etc.) have access to those pension plans. Term limits are (in my opinion) a bad idea. The legislative process is, by its very nature, slow and frustrating. Forcing more turnover in legislative seats may seem like a good idea to keep any one person from holding office for too long, but you wouldn't trade away your whole bullpen just because the season is over, right? The most experienced legislators are (clearly) the ones who have been there the longest, and wouldn't you want a representative from your district who knows the ropes and can get things done? Even if you don't, you can always vote them out! This just sounds like some political rhetoric: any excuse to dump incumbents. Congress currently cannot vote to raise its own pay (in the same term). If re-elected, a Congressperson may enjoy the pay raise approved by the previous session. Furthermore, prior to the current 112th Congress (i.e., under 2008-2010), Congress voted to eliminate the automatic "cost-of-living" increases. Congresspeople must abide by the laws they impose on the American people? What kind of craziness is that? That's one of the founding principles of our country: rule of law. No person is above the law. Congresspeople are prosecuted all the time. Look at Tom Delay. This is already law. Regarding health care laws, members of Congress are not exempt from the new health care reform policies. The federal government does offer health benefits to its employees, and those are pretty choice benefits. However, under the Health Care Reform Act, anyone who doesn't have those benefits will be able to apply for them. Long story short... Yes, members of the U.S. Congress are well paid. However, we also ask that they maintain two full-time residences (one in D.C., which ain't cheap, and one in their home district, lest their constituents think that their elected representatives are out of touch). That gets expensive. Further, studies have shown that professionalized (i.e., full-time, salaried positions with decent benefits) legislatures draft better legislation (since it's their full-time job) and are more responsive to constituent concerns. I don't think that's a bad thing. F.J. Kohut III * a Full-Time Law Student SNOPES RESPONSE TO THIS E-MAIL SUBJECT: http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/28thamendment.asp |
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women's right to vote
Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.
We need to get out and vote and use this right that was fought so hard for by these very courageous women.
Whether you vote democratic, republican or independent party - remember to vote.
"Why Women Should Vote" History presented by SNOPES collected from the Internet August 2008
Iron Jawed Angels
Katja von Garnier
The fight for women's voting rights has rarely been given as dramatic a treatment as in Iron Jawed Angels. Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry) and Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park) star
as second-wave suffragettes Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, who led the final fight for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. Though the movie sometimes tries too hard to avoid the
stigma of a period piece (the soundtrack features electric guitars, Swank has a steamy moment in a bathtub, and the editing is jagged and flashy), the mounting energy of the fight--and
the increasingly nasty opposition--gains real momentum when a wartime picket line leads to Paul, Burns, and their sisters-in-arms being arrested on trumped-up charges and
imprisoned. The actors--including Julia Ormond (Smilla's Sense of Snow), Angelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor, The Grifters), and Brooke Smith (Vanya on 42nd Street)--give fervent,
determined performances. --Bret Fetzer
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide!
by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
Pub. Date: September 2009
Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.
We need to get out and vote and use this right that was fought so hard for by these very courageous women.
Whether you vote democratic, republican or independent party - remember to vote.
"Why Women Should Vote" History presented by SNOPES collected from the Internet August 2008
Iron Jawed Angels
Katja von Garnier
The fight for women's voting rights has rarely been given as dramatic a treatment as in Iron Jawed Angels. Hilary Swank (Boys Don't Cry) and Frances O'Connor (Mansfield Park) star
as second-wave suffragettes Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, who led the final fight for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. Though the movie sometimes tries too hard to avoid the
stigma of a period piece (the soundtrack features electric guitars, Swank has a steamy moment in a bathtub, and the editing is jagged and flashy), the mounting energy of the fight--and
the increasingly nasty opposition--gains real momentum when a wartime picket line leads to Paul, Burns, and their sisters-in-arms being arrested on trumped-up charges and
imprisoned. The actors--including Julia Ormond (Smilla's Sense of Snow), Angelica Huston (Prizzi's Honor, The Grifters), and Brooke Smith (Vanya on 42nd Street)--give fervent,
determined performances. --Bret Fetzer
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide!
by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn
Pub. Date: September 2009
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There are currently 8 Districts in Missouri
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2012 redistricting places the City of Arnold, MO and other parts of Jefferson County in District 2.
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| .St. Louis Public Radio, Nine Network of Public Media and the St. Louis Beacon have combined their reporting and production power under a single umbrella to cover the campaign on radio, on television and online. They are calling the joint venture Beyond November and have created a website BeyondNovember.org and a twitter hashtag: #BeyondNov. It is believed to be the first time that three public media organizations in one town have created a joint platform to focus coverage on a particular topic. Beyond November’s guide is unique. Unlike some guides which ask generic questions like: “Why are you running for office,” the Beyond November guide has questions pertinent to the issues of particular concern in various districts. “We do not ask one size fits all questions,” Weiss said. The guide allows voters to compare candidates side by side and to look at all measures on their particular ballots. It will also provide information about donors and voting records. Those interested in other races beyond what is on their ballots can find them in the guide as well. The collaboration has been seeded with a grant from the St. Louis-based Deer Creek Foundation. https://www.stlbeacon.org/#!/list/AND[CATEGORY[beyond_november]] http://beyondnovember.org/ |
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legislation. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1641
in the 48 contiguous states. Election officials would be permitted to close polls during the overnight hours if they determine it
would be inefficient to keep them open. Reps. Israel, Slaughter, Larson, Clyburn and Dingell are the original cosponsors of the
legislation. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1641
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