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 Leaks show HSBC helped thousands of the mega-rich dodge their taxes! We’d go to jail for this, but governments won’t prosecute them unless we demand it. Let’s raise a million-strong call to two key officials and deliver it via ads and legislators. No one is too big to jail:
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Jon Soltz, VoteVets.org
I’m so grateful for the tremendous amount of support and guidance I’ve received since starting VoteVets almost eight years ago. Leaders like General (Ret.) Clark, Major General (Ret.) Eaton, and so many others have helped grow this organization into what it is today.
But you, have played such an important role in our evolution as well. Our organizational strength comes from the 400,000+ veterans, military family members, and VoteVets’ supporters fighting for veterans at home and abroad.
As we continue our work with a new Congress and opportunities to elect so many great, progressive veteran leaders in 2016, I hope you’ll consider becoming a sustaining member of VoteVets with your $10 contribution today. Your contribution helps us plan and budget for the long-term, secure in the knowledge we’ll have the resources we need to fight back against the Tea Party fringe hell-bent on creating more war, and less jobs.
Thanks for being such an important part of VoteVets.
All my best,
Jon Soltz Iraq War Veteran and Chairman
VoteVets.org
http://action.votevets.org/our-history
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Enrollment Ends
Open Enrollment For The Affordable Care Act Ends This Weekend With 10 Million Americans Insured
The Affordable Care Act’s second open enrollment period ends on February 15th and 10 million people have already signed up or been automatically re-enrolled in federal and state-run marketplaces since November. If you haven’t already done so, log on to HealthCare.gov this weekend to sign up for a plan or shop around to make sure your current plan is still the best fit for you. At least 2.4 million people have signed up through state run exchanges, and more than 7.75 million people have signed up in the 37 states that use the federally-facilitated exchange. Here are just a few highlights of the 2015 enrollment period so far:
- Almost 9 in 10 qualify for tax credits. 87 percent of people, or close to 6.5 million, who have signed up for a 2015 plan through the federal marketplace qualify for an advance premium tax credit.
- Tax credits reduce monthly premium costs by almost 75 percent. The average premium tax credit is $268 a month and on average covers 72 percent of an individual’s monthly premium.
- Most people could pay less than $100 a month. Nearly 80 percent of people have the option of choosing a plan with a monthly premium of $100 or less. The average monthly premium for those enrolled in the federal marketplace is $105.
- Tax credits will save individuals over $1 billion a month. The advance tax credits will reduce premium costs by over $1 billion a month.
Despite the fact that millions of Americans finally have access to quality, affordable health insurance, ideologically-motivated Republicans are working to take that away for political gain. A few weeks ago the House voted to repeal the law for the 56th time. And the Supreme Court case King v. Burwell, which we’ve written about before, threatens to strip the premium tax credits from the millions of Americans enrolled in the federally facilitated exchange, which would cause a ripple effect that could destroy the entire health care system.
A report by the Urban Institute breaks down the characteristics of the people most likely to lose access to health care if the Supreme Court rules against the law, and found that those most likely to lose their credits are white, single adults living in the South. It is important to note that while the Supreme Court case could make insurance unaffordable for millions, it currently has no effect on people’s ability to receive tax credits. So if you have yet to visit HealthCare.gov to enroll or renew a current plan, be sure to log before February 15th.
BOTTOM LINE: Millions of Americans have already taken advantage of open enrollment and reaped the benefits of the Affordable Care Act. Nevertheless, ideologically-driven conservatives continue to attempt to dismantle the law with no regard for the devastating consequences that would have on millions of
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An Earful ~~ The Affordable Care Act Benefits People
| By CAP Action War Room repost
Republicans Are Hearing How The Affordable Care Act Benefits People
As momentum continues to build up to the March 31 open enrollment deadline, Republican lawmakers continue to make every effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. The House GOP keeps saying they are going to present an alternative, but all they can agree on is repealing the law–which they have now voted to do over 50 times.
Here’s one of the many flaws with that strategy: the law is working. And what’s more, Republican elected officials and candidates for public office are hearing about it from their constituents. Here are a few recent examples:
- Constituent Tells Rep. Paul Ryan About A Friend With Leukemia Whose Out-Of-Pocket Expenses Were Cut In Half. 64-year-old Michael Martincic criticized Ryan’s opposition to the law, telling the story of his friend with Leukemia who will save money thanks to the ACA and his own positive experience checking coverage options on the website. “It was so easy to get on the site; the whole thing took 15 minutes,” Martincic said. Michael and his wife are currently insured through his union, but they are thinking that they might switch to coverage under the ACA after he found out that they could save $500 a month through the exchange.
- New Hampshire GOP State Rep. To Former Sen. Scott Brown: ACA Was A “Financial Lifesaver.” Scott Brown is now taking his anti-Obamacare campaign plan from 2010 in Massachusetts up to the Granite State, but times are different now that the law is in effect. Brown was in the middle of calling the ACA a “monstrosity” at the home of State Rep. Herb Richardson, when his host chimed in to say that it in fact had been a “financial lifesaver” for his family. Previously, Richardson had been injured on the job and forced to live off worker’s comp, paying $1,100 for health care through the federal COBRA law and no longer able to afford his home. Now he and his wife are covered for just $136 per month. “Thank God for Obamacare!” his wife said.
- Health Advocate To Gov. Chris Christie: There Are “Almost 400,000…Who Qualify For Subsidies. We Need To Help Them Connect.” There are a huge number of people who are not aware that financial assistance is available through the ACA. At a town hall meeting Tuesday, health policy advocate Maura Collinsgru called out New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for failing to help the hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans eligible for subsidies to connect to the insurance exchange. According to the Star-Ledger, “Collisgru said insurers, hospital systems, advocates and even Christie’s own Medicaid director all agree they must connect people to coverage.” “We’re asking you to join that,” Collinsgru said.
BOTTOM LINE: People are standing up and telling Republican lawmakers their stories about how the Affordable Care Act is working. The question is will they listen or just keep on pursuing their repeal-at-all-costs agenda?
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