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DGA Chair Inslee Statement on GOP Governors Backing New Damaging Health Care Repeal Proposal

Today, Democratic Governors Association Chair Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) released the following statement on Republican Governors Matt Bevin (R-KY) and Phil Bryant (R-MS) joining D.C. Republicans in rolling out a new attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, in an event today in Washington, D.C.: “As Yogi Berra said, it’s ‘deja vu all over again,’”…

Why Mississippi May Be the Worst State for Women

BY MICHELLE GOLDBERG By several objective measures, Mississippi is one of our worst states. It has the nation’s highest poverty rate, its second-highest teen pregnancy rate, and its highest teen birth rate. An Education Week report ranks its schools 48 out of 50. Only Louisiana locks up a higher percentage of its people. Its infant mortality rate—9.67 deaths per 1,000 live births, the…

Ronnie Musgrove: Affordable Health Care Is a Job Creator

By Ronnie Musgrove Now that the presidential election is in the rear view mirror, two things have become abundantly clear about the Affordable Care Act. First, Obamacare wasn’t the death knell the president’s opponents thought it would be. Second, love it or hate it, even Speaker Boehner says ACA is “the law of the land.”…

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DGA Chair Inslee Statement on GOP Governors Backing New Damaging Health Care Repeal Proposal

Why Mississippi May Be the Worst State for Women

Ronnie Musgrove: Affordable Health Care Is a Job Creator