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Explaining the Affordable Care Act: Separating Fact from Fiction
07/02/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Monday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: ACA, Obamacare, Supreme Court, mandate, John Roberts, Valerie Arkoosh, National Physicians Alliance, pre-existing conditions
Good morning, welcome to radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we're going to discuss the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Health Care Act. But first three listener comments about last Friday's program.
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Over the weekend Governor Rick Scott said the state of Florida will not expand Medicare or create an insurance exchange- both provisions are part of the ACA or so called Obamacare. Scott is part of a conservative movement that is trying to halt health care reform....
Be the first to commentUnfiltered Audience Reaction to the Supreme Court Decsion on the Affordable Care Act
06/29/12 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, pre-existing conditions, health insurance
Good morning, welcome to radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll open the phone lines- to follow up on Democracy Now’s conversation about the Supreme Court decision on health care.
But first four listener comments about yesterday’s program which was a debate about whether or not we know the truth about what cause the buildings at the World Trade Center to collapse on 9/11.
Yesterday the Supreme Court in a five to four decision upheld the federal health care reform law. The law- s...
Be the first to commentPatients with preexisting conditions helped in new health care law listen
04/06/10 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: health care reform, pre-existing conditions, kathy castor, cancer, breast cancer, women's issues
The new health care reform law signed last month will not cover all Americans. But one large group will get some relief. Insurance companies will no longer be able to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. That helps Sharon Williams, whose coverage was dropped after she survived breast cancer 19 years ago.
Be the first to comment*They showed me a list of different types of diseases that they covered. And prostate cance...
Doctors who support the congressional democrats plan to overhaul health insurance
12/15/09 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Senator Joe Lieberman, pre-existing conditions, assistance for low income people, health insurance reform
Good afternoon, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Today we'll hear from two doctors who generally support the health care reform legislation making its way through Congress.
The AP is reporting that Independent Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman says he expects to support the Democrats' health care legislation as long as any government-run insurance plan stays out of the bill. To ensure Lieberman's support, Senate leaders said yesterday they were backing away from a medicare expansio...
Be the first to commentInterview with the founder of Votehealthcare.org
10/23/08 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: pre-existing conditions, single payer, National health Care, Medicare for all
Welcome to WMNF’s Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll speak with the founder of a national group dedicated to achieving quality, affordable health care for all Americans. But first some listener comments. We’re still getting listener comments about Tuesday’s program on which we talked about how people are researching the candidates and the issues on the ballot.
Our guest today is Kathy McClure, who is an attorney and the mother of two children with medical problems. She founded ...
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