The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is some of the most important legislation to affect Americans in years. While dissatisfaction existed among some about what was left out or what must still be modified in the bill, the important thing to realize is that as it stands, the bill benefits Americans in a major […]

When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed on March 23, 2010, everyone knew that our health care system was going to change, but no one knew what those changes would look like in practice. This uncertainty made room for speculation about the effectiveness of the reform, with some saying that it would actually harm Americans, […]

I testified before the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy & Commerce Committee on March 30 about the benefits of the Affordable Care Act (health care reform) for small businesses. Below is the summary of that testimony.  You can read the full version at the Main Street Alliance’s blog, or you can watch the hearing […]

Do you want quality health insurance? Access to affordable insurance plans for your family or employees? A marketplace that provides options for rural communities? Now is the time to make your voice heard on these issues. The Nebraska Department of Insurance has already hosted a series of meetings to gather public input about the health […]

Young Nebraskans are getting the health insurance they need because of the health care law passed last year (thank you Senator Nelson and President Obama). Navigating health insurance and knowing the actual benefits under the new law can be confusing. Helping out young Nebraskans and parents who want to know how they add their young […]

Editor’s Note: Rick Poore may be heading to Washington, DC to testify in front of Congress on behalf of small business owners.  We will let you know ASAP the details, but we wanted to re-publish his blog so you can also see what a great advocate Rick is… This Wednesday, the new health care law […]

On March 10th, I received the news that the drug Makena™ (hydroxyprogesterone caproate) had been FDA approved for the prevention of preterm birth. It is given from 16 weeks of pregnancy through the 36th week as a weekly injection. A large trial was completed in 2003 which revealed that this drug actually worked to prevent […]

We all hated when our little brothers or sisters would copy everything we did growing up. You know, when you started wearing the “Frankie Says” shirt, they had to go get one.  Well, turns out a few of our State Senators never grew out of their copy catting days. These copy catting state senators represent […]

The Republican-led House of Representatives just voted to defund the health care law and to defund women’s health centers.  I am unclear why they did either of these votes since President Obama will surley veto them both (assuming GOP could muster the votes in the Senate which is just not going to happen).   Remember […]

The Senate 2012 race in Nebraska has already begun and the only declared candidate so far on the GOP side is “Wrong Way” Jon Bruning. Repealing the health care law and using all the right-wing rhetoric of “Obamacare” is the main page in Bruning’s predictable playbook right now.  It is a short-sighted strategy because just […]