Children’s Advocates Call GOP Health Bill “Wrong for PA Kids”

Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-03-08/childrens-issues/childrens-advocates-call-gop-health-bill-wrong-for-pa-kids/a56751-1 March 8, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Children with serious illness or accidents could exceed the individual cap on Medicaid proposed as part of the new federal healthcare legislation. … Continued

GOP Health Care Plan Would Make the Poor Sicker So They Can Make the Rich Wealthier

Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/03/08/15207/#.WMBOim8rIdU By Lecia Imbery March 8, 2017  “This bill sends a loud and clear message: tax cuts for special interests and the wealthy matter more than your health care.” This is how Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) described House Republicans’ legislation, unveiled … Continued

Urge PA Senators to Protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from Dirty Oil Development

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From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): This month was more proof that drilling means spilling. A gas pipeline supporting offshore drilling platforms in Cook Inlet, Alaska has been leaking into the ocean for over two months now. Even without a deadline … Continued

Tell Congress: New Health Care Legislation Needs Through CBO Analysis Before Action

As you already know, the Republican ACA plan is out — and it will be a giant step backward. See the PA Policy and Budget Center’s analysis of its effects on PA at https://www.pachurchesadvocacy.org/pbpc-analysis-house-gop-health-care-plan-on-pa/. Please call Senators Casey and Toomey … Continued

PBPC Analysis of Effects of House GOP Health Care Plan on Pennsylvania

HARRISBURG – Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, released the following analysis of how recently-released House GOP proposal, the “American Health Care Act,” would affect Pennsylvanians: The health care legislation introduced by the House Republicans late … Continued

Churches Are Readying Homes and Underground Railroads to Hide Immigrants from Deportation Under Trump

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BuzzFeed, posted on Feb. 25, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. Salvador Hernandez, Adolfo Flores BuzzFeed News Reporters Churches across the US are fighting back against the Trump administration’s mandate to ramp up deportations with new sanctuary practices of their own, using … Continued

Private Prisons Are Back: Here’s Why That’s a Terrible Idea

From the Project on Government Oversight (http://www.pogo.org/): Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed the Justice Department’s decision last year to phase out its use of private prisons, despite new reports raising concerns about their use. Read more at http://www.pogo.org/blog/2017/02/private-prisons-contractor-jeff-sessions-attorney-general-program.html.