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Washington, D.C. — A new video relays the personal challenges of Laura Campbell, an Aurora, New York, native and college professor of 30 years, who has been battling the effects of ulcerative colitis for decades. When her husband retired after an ongoing fight with cancer, Campbell found herself uninsured and unable to afford the care she...
Washington, D.C. — A new video relays the personal challenges of Andrea Mitchell, a Catskill, New York, native, who was born with intestinal and reproductive defects. With quality health care, Mitchell was able live past her life expectancy of 18 and remembers living with the uncertainty of lifetime limits on her health care benefits before the...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress Action Fund released a new column exploring U.S. Senate candidate and current House Rep. Martha McSally's (R-AZ) previously stated positions on education issues, as well as how congressional Republicans' agenda to slash federal support for K-12 education would ravage Arizona. The column's release comes on the same day...
This press release contains a correction. Washington, D.C. — An increasing number of Republican incumbents are running television ads claiming that they support protections for people with pre-existing conditions, despite their votes in Congress being wholly inconsistent with this rhetoric. The Center for American Progress Action Fund has released a comprehensive record of how many times the most vulnerable House Republicans...
Washington, D.C. — A new video relays the personal challenges of Sara Kissling, a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Kissling was suddenly diagnosed with stage-five kidney failure after believing she was only suffering from symptoms of anemia. As Kissling explains, Rep. Rod Blum’s (R-IA) vote to repeal health care protections and his ongoing efforts to do so have...
Read in English Washington, D.C. — Según un nuevo análisis del Center for American Progress Action Fund, alrededor de 4,200 personas han sido asesinadas con un arma de fuego en el estado de Florida como resultado de la implementación de “stand your ground”, ley promulgada en 2005. No solo podrían haberse salvado las vidas de miles de...
Léalo en español Washington, D.C. — Approximately 4,200 individuals in Florida have been murdered with a gun as a direct result of its "stand your ground" law, enacted in 2005, according to a new analysis from the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Not only could the lives of thousands of individuals have been saved...
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress Action Fund released a new analysis tabulating the number of times individual members of Congress have voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and its protections for people with pre-existing conditions and disabilities—without a replacement that would sufficiently prevent individuals from being charged more based on health,...
Washington, D.C. — Neera Tanden, CEO of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, released the following statement today after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), in an interview with Bloomberg News, blamed Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid for the rising federal budget deficit. Yesterday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that the deficit swelled to $779 billion in fiscal year 2018,...
Washington, D.C. — A new video documents the personal challenges of Sarah Huckins Young, a Council Bluffs, Iowa, mother of three, who is concerned about losing health care coverage. Young and her three daughters were all diagnosed with pre-existing conditions, and she fears returning to a time when companies could deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. As...