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Trump’s Immigration Plan Take Two

The verdict for this episode is: Trump’s immigration plan is racist. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Immigration_Take_Two.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:56 — 2.7MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts

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How Trump Could Hurt the Affordable Care Act

The verdict for this episode is: Trump won’t defund the individual insurance marketplaces. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Cost_Sharing.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:01 — 2.8MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts

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Cost Sharing Reduction Explained

Trump is once again threatening to destroy Obamacare by withholding payments the government is scheduled to make to insurance companies. The payments are called cost sharing reduction payments.

Mandatory Minimum Sentences Explained

On June 19, 1986, basketball star Len Bias died from what was rumored to have been smoking crack.

Health Insurance Must be Fair

This page has links to all of the health care-related content I have produced. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Fair_Health_Care.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 14:46 — 6.8MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts

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Health Insurance and Tax Credits

Currently, someone earning between 100 and 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Lebvel (FPL) qualifies for a tax credit to offset the cost of health insurance.

Medicaid Expansion Explained

Let’s start with the most important fact–millions of Americans have health insurance because of Medicaid expansion.

Caps on Health Insurance

Before passage of Obamacare, many Americans were subject to annual and/or lifetime caps on the amount of money their insurer would pay for their coverage; for example, if your insurance plan had a lifetime cap of a million dollars, the insurance company would stop paying your bills once they reached a million dollars.

Taxes in Obamacare

The IRS has produced a page on the tax provisions in Obamacare.

Civilians Killed by US strikes

No one, not even the United States government, knows how many civilians it has killed during the so-called war on terror. Since absolute numbers are elusive, I’ve provided as clear a picture as I can provide. The resources linked to in this post contain a wealth of information on the number of civilians killed by… Continue reading Civilians Killed by US strikes