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Blue Cross Blue Shield Rejects President’s Proposal

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Wednesday, Alabama Blue Cross Blue Shield announced in a statement that it will not continue non-Affordable Care Act compliant policies for another year as recently proposed by President Barack Hussein Obama. Alabama Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Koko Mackin said, “A one-year continuation of policies that violates the ACA’s … Continued
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November 21, 2013

Houses Passes Keep Your Health Plan Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, H.R. 3350, the Keep Your Health Plan Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan support. The bill would allow Americans who want to keep their non-Affordable Care Act insurance to keep their plans. Congressman Mike Rogers (R) from Saks joined the other four Republicans in … Continued
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November 19, 2013

Obama Lets People Keep Their Insurance Twelve More Months: Bentley Says ACA is Unworkable

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter As millions of Americans are losing their healthcare insurance, President Barack Hussein Obama (D) announced that Americans who like their insurance can keep their insurance for another 12 months. The President announced at a news conference on Thursday that he would allow insurance companies to continue to offer insurance … Continued
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November 15, 2013

Rogers Says that Obamacare is Still a Mess

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Mike Rogers (R) from Saks voted against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Rogers and the other Republican members of Congress were critical of President Barack Obama’s controversial healthcare reform proposal and at this point the unpopular legislation appears to have failed to meet anybody’s expectations. Rep. … Continued
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November 14, 2013

Alabama’s Leaders Recognize Veterans on Veterans Day

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama has the highest veteran population on a percentage basis of any state. Governor Bentley and other Alabama leaders took a moment on this Veterans Day, a holiday that began in Alabama, to salute the service of those veterans. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) said on Facebook, “On Veterans … Continued
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November 13, 2013

Rogers Meets With Veterans

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Mike Rogers (R) from Saks met last week with his Third District Veterans Advisory Committee in Tuskegee. Rogers’ volunteer panel is made up of Veterans from across the Third District who advise Rogers on issues that are important to Veterans and their families. Before the meeting, Congressman Rogers … Continued
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November 12, 2013

Rogers Co-Sponsors Keep Your Health Plan Act

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Mike Rogers (R) from Saks announced his support on Thursday for H.R. 3350, the Keep your Health Plan Act of 2013. The Keep your Health Plan Act would allow health care plans on the individual market to remain available so that people could have the option to keep … Continued
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November 4, 2013

Republicans Critical of Sebelius: Shelby Says She Needs To Go

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Today a combative Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (D) testified before a Congressional Committee on the many problems plaguing the rollout of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, nicknamed “ObamaCare” by friends and foes alike. Following Sebelius’s testimony, Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead said in … Continued
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October 31, 2013

Rogers Says that Obamacare is a Disaster

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congressman Mike Rogers (R) from Saks said in a prepared statement that “Obamacare” (the federal takeover of the health insurance sector authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010) is a disaster. Representative Rogers said, “I have voted more times than I can count to get … Continued
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October 31, 2013

Rogers Unimpressed with Jobs Report

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The September Jobs Report was delayed for two weeks due to the government shutdown. The report shows that unemployment is at it’s lowest rate since President Bush was in office; but it also indicated that the rate of job growth appears to be slowing. Congressman Mike Rogers (R) from … Continued
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October 23, 2013