Speed of Life

  Here are 50 actions you can take in the next 50 days to make an impact on the most consequential election of our lifetimes: First and foremost, let’s make sure you (and the people you love) are all set to vote: 1.   Figure out your state’s voting requirements   like deadlines, ID laws, and options to vote-by-mail. 2. Some states don’t have to notify you when they  purge voter rolls,  so make sure to  check your voter registration status. 3.   Request and return your vote-by-mail ballot as soon as possible  (preferably at a ballot box or the board of elections office). 4. If you’re voting by mail, track your ballot online through your local election office to make sure it’s on its way. Tell 3 friends to do the same! 5. If you do plan to vote in person,  find your polling place. 6. If you can, make a plan to vote safely by wearing a mask and appropriately socially distancing. 7.  Host a voter registration event . 8. Offset the national p...

by Gregg Chadwick On June 27th , I posted a criticism of the GOP led Senate's horrific proposed healthcare legislation. Their bill is back with a few revisions and it is just as awful as before. The New York Times reports that, "The revised bill is broadly similar to the earlier measure that Senate leaders hoped to vote on before the Fourth of July recess, though the new version includes some additional provisions meant to entice reluctant Republican senators with varying policy concerns.  Like the previous bill , it would end the requirement that most Americans have health coverage, and it would make deep cuts to Medicaid , capping payments to states and rolling back its expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Though some Republican senators expressed concern about how the previous bill would affect Medicaid, Senate leaders stuck with the same approach in the new version." Also, the proposed new bill would allow insurers to offer substandard insurance packages tha...