Congressman G.K. Butterfield Health Care Rocky Mount OIC Community Health Center Thursday April 5, 2012

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Congressman G.K. Butterfield educates us on why health care now.

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Congressman discusses health, debt issues – Rocky Mount Telegram

Response: Stay tuned for video of meeting at the OIC Community Health Education Center. C. Dancy II – DCN Publisher

Seniors and local elected officials were given a refresher Thursday on the spending crisis in Washington, the future of the Medicare and Medicaid programs as well as a call to action to get out and vote in November courtesy of U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-1st District. (More)

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Key Supreme Court Justices Roberts and Kennedy Skeptical of ‘Obamacare’ Mandate

Two years after President Obama signed the signature achievement of his administration, the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether a key provision of the law is constitutional. (More)

Rocky Mount Forum on Healthcare, Utilites and Banks

HEALTH CARE  •  UTILITIES  •  BANKS Are skyrocketing health-care and utility costs getting you down? Having trouble holding onto your house, even while its value falls? Feel like politicians and policies help big business more than you? If you answered "yes," please join Democracy North Carolina for a Community Forum. RSVP today, space is limited! Saturday, January 21 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Braswell Library Warner Meeting Room Rocky Mount, NC Meet health, energy and banking experts to understand all that’s at stake.  Then make a plan to stand your ground. Click here to RSVP! January 21, 2012 is the second anniversary of the US Supreme Court’s decision to allow unlimited, secret political spending by corporations and unions. But democracy is for real people – for US! Learn how "money power" works and how to use "people power" to push back. RSVP here: http://bit.ly/demncforum Contact: mollybeacham@democracy-nc.org or 919 360-2430 Please feel free to forward this email to your friends!

Former Romney advisor: Obama health care reform law is ‘the same f**king bill’ as Romney’s MassCare – Source: Daily Kos

Via Greg Sargent, Jonathan Gruber, the MIT professor who helped both Mitt Romney and President Obama draft their health care reform plans, unloads on Romney for claiming his plan is different than Obama’s: (Read more)

Obama Health Care Reform Ruling: Appeals Court Upholds Law

WASHINGTON — A conservative-leaning appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law, as the Supreme Court prepares to consider this week whether to resolve conflicting rulings over the law’s requirement that all Americans buy health care insurance. (Read more)

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Health Care Benefit Cuts Being Mapped Out By House Republicans–Source: The Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — House Republicans will "lead with our chin" and offer politically explosive cost curbs this spring on programs like Medicare, Medicaid and perhaps Social Security, the party’s point man for curbing crippling budget deficits said Thursday. (Read more)

Is ‘racial resentment’ behind health reform backlash? – Source: The Grio

Remember all of the anger at town hall meetings across America during the national debate over health care reform, when some people said they wanted to take their country back? A racist even painted a swastika outside the district office of black Congressman David Scott (D-Georgia), who was inundated with racially threatening faxes, emails and phone calls. And Tea Party supporters hurled racial and anti-gay epithets at Congressional lawmakers who gathered outside the Capitol in support of health care.

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Obama Administration Appeals Court Ruling That Struck Down Healthcare Law – Source: The Huffington Post

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration Tuesday appealed a U.S. judge’s ruling in Florida that struck down its landmark healthcare overhaul law as unconstitutional because it required Americans to buy healthcare insurance or face a penalty. (Read more)

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Meet in Raleigh to stop HB 115: The NC Healthcare Insurance Giveaway Act

Meet in Raleigh to stop HB 115:

The NC Healthcare Insurance Giveaway Act

Rep. Jerry Dockham (R) has proposed an NC Health Benefit Exchange Bill (HB 115) that would basically put the Insurance fox back in charge of the Public hen-house.  Where the new national healthcare reform law requires states to set up a competitive health marketplace, Dockham’s industry-sponsored bill (HB115), would give NC Blue Cross a permanent seat on governing board; essentially restrict board membership to insurance executives; and severely limit the board’s power to insist that only high value and good quality health plans be offered.  In other words, it would permanently cement NC Blue Cross’ dominant market position and kill any true competition.

Please join us this Tuesday, March 8^th at the committee meeting to help stop the Republicans from destroying NC Healthcare Reform.

TIME:               10 :00 am, Tuesday, March 8, 2011

LOCATION:    Room 544, Legislative Office Building on Jones Street — behind the Legislative Building at the corner of West Lane and North Salisbury

Directions: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/help/directions.html

Rep. Verla Insko is on this committee and I think she will start trying to offer amendments so it would be good to have supporters there.

We don’t need signs, just large numbers and politeness.

Your friendly Obama-care Advocate

Sally Goerner

NC Roots for Healthcare

NAACP Commends Gov. Perdue’s Veto of a Sick Law

For Immediate Release March 5, 2011   For More Information, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, 919-394-8137                                     Re: Statement on Gov. Perdue’s Veto of Right-Wing’s Attempt to Sabotage Health Care for All Gov. Beverly Perdue Vetoed a Sick Law                The North Carolina NAACP Conference of 120 Branches commends Gov. Beverly Perdue’s rejection of the sick bill that was passed by the Tea Party and other Extreme Right politicians who have hi-jacked Mr. Lincoln’s Republican Party.  The Governor is absolutely right when she rejected these zealots’ efforts to sabotage President’s Obama’s new program that provides health care for millions of poor and working people who need it.  The Governor is absolutely right when she said, "This is an ill-conceived piece of legislation that’s not good for the people of North Carolina."               "The Third Point in our Historic Thousands on Jones Street People’s Agenda," NC NAACP President Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II said, "is Health Care for All. Right-wing zealots currently hold the once-proud Republican party hostage in a time of economic crisis.  Their sick law tried to stop the United States from joining with every other developed country in the world in providing access to health care for all our people.  Our Constitution, our religious principles, our history, and our commitment to take care of the least of these are healthy ideas.   And the Governor’s veto is a sign of a healthy new wind blowing across the State.  Thank you Governor Perdue."   ###

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Republicans Trying To Turn Back The Clock On The Health Care Law

It is so sad the Republicans will not support our President just because he is a black man. It is so sad they want but don’t want others to have. What about doing what is good for the least of these, those who can’t help themselves. Yes there are some folks who will abuse the system but that is within all parties.

Health Insurance – Why has these jokers not been complaining about everyone having to pay for car insurance?

Life Insurance – I wish it was so that everyone was made to have some type of life insurance because everyone is going to die.

Oh well why don’t these jokers bring something to the table except trying to help those who already have.

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Perdue won’t sign challenge to federal health law – Source: News & Observer

CHARLOTTE — Gov. Bev Perdue says Republican-backed legislation pushing North Carolina to join other states fighting the federal health care overhaul law isn’t worth a veto battle. (Read more)

NC challenge to federal health care law faces final vote – Source: WRAL

Raleigh, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers are one vote away from approving a state challenge to the federal health care overhaul. It’s the second major piece of legislation the new GOP majority will send to the desk of Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue. (Read more)

NC House OKs challenge to health reform law – Source: WRAL

RALEIGH, N.C. — The state House voted along party lines Wednesday to pass a bill that would exempt North Carolina residents from a key requirement of the year-old national health care reform law. (Read more)