Update x3: ACA breaks 970,000: Now broken out by Exchanges/Medicaid!!
As of today, the ObamacareSignups.net tally now stands at 974,539. It's important to understand that sources and methodology for this sort of tracking is going to vary widely, depending on what exactly...
View ArticleACA hits 1.5 MILLION: Now broken out by Exchanges/Medicaid!
Thanks to the latest eyebrow-raising numbers out of California, the ObamacareSignups.net tally--including Medicaid expansion--now stands at 1,519,979. It's important to understand that sources and...
View ArticleCoal Baron and Major Ken Cuccinelli Campaign Donor Sues Blogger for...
Robert Murray, owner of the Ohio-based coal giant, Murray Energy Corporation, filed a defamation lawsuit against a prominent liberal blogger and The Huffington Post.Filed on September 25 in Belmont...
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Daily Kos Labor digest: Ohio anti-union effort struggles
These Indiana workers have something in common with Ohio voters. As signs that so-called right to work is unpopular in Ohio go, this is a good one:Ohioans for Workplace Freedom, supporters of a...
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AK, IA & HI-Sen: Sign Sherrod Brown's (D. OH) Calling On Congress To Expand...
Received this e-mail today from Senator Sherrod Brown (D. OH) who is joining his colleagues, Senators Tom Harkin (D. IA), Mark Begich (D. AK), Brian Schatz (D. HI) and Mazie Hirono (D. HI), and the...
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OH-Gov: John Kasich (R) Signs The "John Kasich Re-Election Protection Act"
So some pundits and analysts think Governor John Kasich (R. OH) is in a better condition for re-election because he supported expanding Medicaid and admitted that his party is waging a war on the...
View ArticleACA breaks 1.6 MIL (maybe); broken out by Exchange/Medicaid
Thanks to the latest eyebrow-raising numbers out of California, the ObamacareSignups.net tally--including Medicaid expansion--now stands at 1,622,521 . I should note that the big numbers from both...
View ArticleGood news for Dayton?
Good news in Dayton late last week. Or maybe good news, at least. A “large industrial tenant” may lease space in a former GM manufacturing plant in the nearby suburb of Moraine. The plant, a 4.2...
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Great Night in Ohio — Attacks on Labor Backfire on GOP
Ohio's next governor Ed FitzGerald supports women as well as labor.Too often, we repeat like a mantra that voters have “short memories.”Here in Ohio many Democrats have inexplicably adopted the...
View ArticleOfficial ACA Signups: A head's up on the numbers
So, yesterday Politico ran this story ahead of next week's release of the first official Obamacare enrollment figures:Sebelius says Obamacare enrollment 'very low'Health and Human Services Secretary...
View ArticleOfficial ACA Numbers: Expect between 40K - 400K Actual Enrollments
The other day Politico ran this story ahead of next week's release of the first official Obamacare enrollment figures:Sebelius says Obamacare enrollment 'very low'Health and Human Services Secretary...
View ArticleWell if it were up to Republicans, they WOULD just 'leave them on the streets'
In his latest ACA-is-worth-it speaking engagement, President Obama suggested that Louisiana Governor should allow his state's poorer residents, to receive the expanded Medicaid coverage now available...
View ArticleExecution Date Set for Infamous Racist Serial Killer
Serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin is getting support from an unlikely source: Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, who was paralyzed by a bullet apparently fired by Franklin 35 years ago.Franklin...
View ArticleMy Oct. ACA signup prediction: 40K-400K; actual appears to be appx. 100,000
AlexcSinger just posted this diary, quoting the Wall Street Journal:So far, private health plans have received enrollment data for 40,000 to 50,000 users of the federal marketplace, the people familiar...
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OH-Gov: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) Endorses Ed FitzGerald (D) For Governor
Ed FitzGerald (D. OH) just scored a huge endorsement: http://www.northwestohio.com/... U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) showed his support for Ohio gubernatorial candidate Ed Fitzgerald Friday...
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OH-08: Meet Tom Poetter -Democratic Challenger to John Boehner- Oxford Uptown...
BOEHNER: Now wait just a minute! What's this Poetter guy doing, holding a campaign rally? I'm House Majority Leader and I own my district! I...* grabs a Kleenex * * blows his nose hard * I love...
View ArticleWSJ: Oct. ACA Signups = 100K (vs. 40K - 400K)
Last night, AlexcSinger posted this diary quoting the Wall Street Journal as claiming that:So far, private health plans have received enrollment data for 40,000 to 50,000 users of the federal...
View ArticleCincy-area man claims hospital literally worked his wife to death
Back in March, Beth Jasper, a nurse at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati, died in a grisly crash while on her way home. Now her husband, Jim, is suing the hospital's owner, saying that his wife's heavy...
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New Reports Expose a Hidden Conservative "Cabal" Masquerading as Think Tanks
The above graphic charts the relationship(s) between dozens of extreme right-wing organizations, foundations, institutes, conservative owned companies and wealthy individuals working together to...
View ArticleLet us now praise reviled men
Jon Husted, Ohio Secretary of State, was pretty roundly … um … well, let’s use the word "criticized" for his role in putzing up Ohio elections last year. He tried to reduce the number of days allowed...
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