Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), if a parent’s health care plan offers a family plan, young adults can now remain on their parent’s health insurance policy up to age 26. Before the new health care law, insurance companies could remove enrolled young adults, at age 19 or older from their parent’s health care plan.…
Energizing, Engaging, and Winning. As progressives, that’s our agenda for 2012 – and it’s the theme for The Michigan Summit on May 12. The Michigan Summit has attracted many influential national speakers and panelists. Last year we heard from SEIU President Mary Kay Henry, and in 2010 we heard from Van Jones, former advisor to…
As we prepare to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act, Know Your Care Michigan has been busy preparing for a variety of events and actions across the the State. We’ve been working with our partners to capitalize on this great opportunity to make sure that people understand the benefits…
Today is the day. Mitt Romney will face Michigan voters on the heels of news that the Detroit automakers he wanted to go bankrupt are now selling so many cars they’re racing to keep up. According to the latest polls, 63 percent of registered voters in Michigan and 56 percent of Americans think the auto…
Trees are the right height here. I love the lakes. I love cars. That’s how Mitt Romney is trying to smooth over that other thing he said about Michigan and our rebounding auto industry: “Let Detroit go bankrupt.” In fact, tomorrow Mitt Romney will be holding an event at Ford Field saying the very same…
Tomorrow night, Congressman Dan Benishek is set to headline a $1,000 per host “Scotch and Cigars” fundraiser with the elite in Washington, D.C. Hosted by the One Nation PAC, attendees will mingle in a smoke filled room, drink scotch, and discuss the best strategies for maximizing corporate profits. Benishek has shown time and time again…
WTF was that? What was supposed to last 24 minutes turned into an hour long affair. Apparently, the Governor doesn’t speechify in dog years. Listing from point to point, Gov. Snyder’s State of the State address seemed to lack a vision for Michigan or even a coherent message. If you were hoping for a plan,…
Tomorrow Gov. Snyder will deliver his second State of the State speech, and we’ll hear a lot about what a great job he thinks his administration is doing. Before we get ahead of ourselves though, let’s look at a quick recap of 2011: At last year’s State of the State, Gov. Snyder famously said, “Job…
After holding the nation hostage during the debt crisis and refusing to extend the payroll tax cut without large giveaways to Big Oil and Wall Street, Congressional Republicans this week decided to begin 2012 just where they left off in 2011. Embodying their role as hypocrites, Sen. Mitch McConnell and Republicans in Congress expressed “outrage”…
Congressional Republicans just can’t get enough. They can’t get enough Big Oil giveaways. They can’t get enough handouts for their corporate friends. And they can’t get enough of your money. In fact, they’re using your money to get those things. Without any sense of shame, they’ve packed HR 3630 with handouts for Big Oil and…