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</font></div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">first appeared on <a href="http://https//dcreport.org/2017/02/17/administration-moves-to-block-access-to-health-insurance/" style="text-decoration: none;">DCReport.org</a>. </font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Trump administration is moving to make it harder for you to get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. The net effect of the proposals would be significantly greater regulatory and paperwork burdens for both consumers and health insurance exchanges, the opposite of Trump’s promise during the campaign and since taking office.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The proposed rules also would lower the percentage of expenses that insurers must cover, <a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/news/2017/02/15/415237/for-the-insurance-lobby-old-habits-are-hard-to-break/" style="text-decoration: none;">forcing patients to pay more for their health care</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Andy Slavitt, the former acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said the Trump administration has <a href="http://www.the-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20170215/AP/302159810/TrumphealthofficialsproposeruletoshoreupAffordableCareActmarketplaces" style="text-decoration: none;">created a “manufactured crisis” in the Affordable Care Act</a> with talk of a repeal and not enforcing rules.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">About 650,000 more people would have to submit documents to verify that they can get health insurance. Among those affected are newlyweds, people switching insurance because of a life event such as losing a job and Native Americans.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">This is just some of the fine print in the <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2017-03027.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;">71-page proposed regulation</a> that the Department of Health and Human Services unveiled Wednesday, just days after Tom Price was sworn in as the new Health secretary. Price, a physician, has promised to gut the Affordable Care Act.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The increased burdens on married couples are outlined at Page 28. For people applying for individual insurance under the Affordable Care Act, “at least one spouse must either demonstrate that they had minimum essential coverage or that they lived outside of the U.S. or in a U.S. territory for one or more days during the 60 days preceding the date of the marriage.”</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The proposed new Trump administration rule cites no facts indicating problems with consumer fraud in Affordable Care Act health insurance applications.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The proposal does refer to <a href="http://www.gao.gov/assets/690/681094.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;">a November 2016 report by the Government Accountability Office</a>, the investigating arm of Congress, but it lends no support to the proposed regulations....</font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">fang mach</font></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">ACA: see toxic sludge bk: rush jail ppl and bankrupt usa; harry & l: diss Moore as entertainer; APCO</font></span></p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1/2 AMA for ACA 1st x, so bogus CPPR, DCI; porter novelli ...</span></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">--</font></div><div><div itemprop="articleBody" class="item-body"><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Koch brothers have given the Libre Initiative over $10 million in funding since its founding, according to available public documents. Libre, which isn't required to publicly disclose its donors, has said they "fully embrace" their association with the Koch brothers, and "we do align very much with the principles and ideas of Charles and David Koch."</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Kochs <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/koch-101-some-basics-billionaire-brothers">are responsible</a> for "a broad network of nonprofit groups that control hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into politics." During the 2012 elections, their network <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/koch-backed-political-network-built-to-shield-donors-raised-400-million-in-2012-elections/2014/01/05/9e7cfd9a-719b-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html">reportedly raised</a> over $400 million for conservative causes. <em>Politico</em> <a href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/12/08/frank-luntz-repeatedly-touted-koch-group-ads-wi/201796">reported</a> that the Koch network "has in many ways surpassed the reach and resources of the" Republican National Committee, and <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2015/01/koch-2016-spending-goal-114604.html">they plan</a> on spending nearly a billion dollars for the 2016 elections.</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Libre Has Received Over $10 Million In Koch Money</strong>. In September 2011, Garza <a href="http://www.publicintegrity.org/2011/09/22/6696/new-gop-campaign-aimed-hispanics">told</a> the Center for Public Integrity that he approached "representatives of the Koch family" for funding, but declined to say whether they committed any funds. However, CPI reported that "Two GOP operatives familiar with the initiative say Garza told them he has already secured commitments for about $1 million -- including funds from Koch family interests."</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Libre has received over $10 million in Koch funding through Freedom Partners and TC4 Trust, according to a <a href="http://mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2015/02/09/librepost-kochmoney.jpg"><em>Media Matters</em> search</a> of public IRS documents:</font></p><ul style="max-width: 100%;"><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Freedom Partners gave Libre $9,312,000 between 2011 and 2013, according to the group's IRS 990 forms. [FreedomPartners.org, accessed <a href="http://freedompartners.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/FreedomPartners-2011-990-Form.pdf#page=26">2/9/15</a>; accessed <a href="https://freedompartners.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/FreedomPartners-2012-990-Form.pdf#page=24">2/9/15</a>; accessed <a href="https://freedompartners.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/11113.pdf#page=22">2/9/15</a>]</font></li><li><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">TC4 Trust gave <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/09/koch-groups-irs-report-unlocks-mysteries-details-giant-trade-group/">Libre </a>$693,000 from 2011-2012, according to the group's <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/798414/tc4-trust-2012-990.pdf?_ga=1.50305702.1218559021.1418063981#page=14">990 form</a>.</font></li></ul><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><em>Politico</em> has <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/behind-the-curtain-exclusive-the-koch-brothers-secret-bank-96669.html">called</a> Freedom Partners the "Koch brothers' secret bank" which serves "as an outlet for the ideas and funds of the mysterious Koch brothers." The group's board <a href="https://freedompartners.org/board-members/">includes</a> several senior members of Koch Industries, Inc.</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">TC4 Trust, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCIQFjABOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.propublica.org%2Farticle%2Fwho-controls-koch-political-network-asmi-slah-tohe&ei=GR7aVOOdHIauyQSo0IK4BQ&usg=AFQjCNGp2IFKYeuOyaE19ziaiVg3QrCclQ&bvm=bv.85464276,d.aWw">which i</a>s now defunct, served as a conduit for Koch money. ProPublica <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/the-dark-money-man-how-sean-noble-moved-the-kochs-cash-into-politics-and-ma">reported</a> that TC4, along with Freedom Partners, were "[a]t the top of the network" of the Koch's <a href="http://projects.propublica.org/graphics/koch">complex web</a>of non-profit distribution.</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><strong>Libre Says It "Fully Embrace[s]" Its "Association" With The Kochs</strong>. In an October 2014 appearance on CSPAN, Garza was pressed by a viewer to explain the group's connections to the Koch brothers. Garza responded by acknowledging Libre is "associated with Freedom Partners" and "the association with Mr. Charles Koch and Mr. David Koch, I fully embrace it. I align with their values and what they're trying to do." From the appearance:</font></p><blockquote><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">GARZA: We are associated with Freedom Partners. We very much align with a lot of the principles and the ideas of other organizations like AFP, Americans for Prosperity. Citizens For A -- Concerned Veterans of America. So I don't have any -- I don't apologize for advancing the principles of economic freedom, of the free market, to try to advance more prosperity to the Latino community through the free market. That is what made America strong and prosperous and we will continue to do that. And the association with Mr. Charles Koch and Mr. David Koch, I fully embrace it. I align with their values and what they're trying to do. These are successful Americans who achieved great things, who created 70,000 high paying jobs in their own company and then of course indirectly provide a lot of jobs to other Americans and contractors, you know, through their association. So I don't know what her [CSPAN viewer] objections are about the Koch brothers, but we're proud to associate with Freedom Partners.</font></p></blockquote><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Garza also <a href="http://mediamatters.org/embed/clips/2015/01/09/38155/cspan-wj-20141022-garzakoch">said</a> on CSPAN that "we do align very much with the principles and ideas of Charles and David Koch." </font></p><p /></div><div class="clear"><div class="im-alert"><a href="http://mediamatters.org/inclusionmatters"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">The values and voices of America's diverse communities are too often excluded from the news media.
This needs to change. </font></a></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">==</font></div></div>