Biden comes out swinging. Stand Up America's Brett Edkins discusses SCOTUS. We Need Doctors
President Joe Bidden is starting to toot his horn on the success of Bidenomics. Stand Up America's Brett Edkins on the SCOTUS. Sanders supports more primary care physicians.
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Brett Edkins, Managing Director, Policy & Political Affairs at Stand Up America, discusses SCOTUS: Brett Edkins, Managing Director, Policy & Political Affairs at Stand Up America, agrees that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), is the most undemocratic portion of our government. [More]
Biden comes out swinging, pointing out the success of the Inflation Reduction Act on its anniversary: President Biden is using the anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to tout the success of Bidenomics. He points out success in record employment, inflation reduction, and investment to reduce climate change. [More]
'Now Is the Time to Act': Sanders Pushes Bipartisan Bill to Solve Primary Care Crisis: In an op-ed on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders made the case for the bipartisan legislation he introduced last month to address the nation's shortage of doctors and nurses as well as the "primary care cliff" that he has warned millions of Americans are heading toward if Congress does not act to fund the community health centers that many Americans rely on. Writing at The Daily Beast, the Vermont independent senator said the country's for-profit healthcare industry—in addition to leaving more than 27 million Americans without health insurance—has failed to recruit and retain a sufficient number of medical providers, with the American Association of Medical Colleges projecting a shortage of 122,000 doctors by 2032. A shortage of 400,000 home health aides—badly needed in a country where the population of people over age 65 is expected to grow by nearly 50% in the next decade—is also expected, and as Sanders wrote, "over the next two years alone it is estimated that we will need between 200,000 and 450,000 more nurses." [More]
These subjects are the topics of discussion on Politics Done Right today at 6:00 AM Central Time (7 AM Eastern/4 AM Pacific/5 AM Mountain) on KPFT 90.1 FM Houston and our streaming networks.
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Bidenomics is just more trickledown economics. This time instead
of tax cuts they are using direct handouts and subsidies to the corporate world .
For too many of us our economic position is in decline as GDP and Wall Street climb.