Category: Politics

Blue Cross Blue Shield Considers Pulling Out of Health Insurance Exchanges; Would Leave Rural Georgians with No Providers in Markeplace

On April 4th, Andy Miller of Georgia Health News alerted readers that Anthem, the parent of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBS), is considering pulling out of the health care exchange market. This will affect the Atlanta marketplace, but there are other insurers these consumers can select. The real trouble is for the 96 Georgia

Morning Reads for April 7, 2017

Tell us something we don’t know. How OPM (other people’s money) wrecks politics. Senator Johnny Isakson talks. Why not? Everybody else is… For those who care, today is National Beer Day. Now Hillary is writing…devotionals? Oh, c’mon Vlad. We see Patrick Stewart in drag all the time. Besides, everybody knows Pepsi tastes terrible. Boomer roomies.

Isakson, Perdue Comment on Democrats’ Filibuster of Gorsuch Supreme Court Nomination

A few minutes ago, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell deployed “the nuclear option,” which will allow the Senate to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court on a simple majority vote. This is in response to the Democratic filibuster on Gorsuch’s nomination that began three days ago. Both of Georgia’s Senators have released statements regarding the

Pence Adviser Nick Ayers May Run For Governor

Nick Ayers, a top adviser to Vice President Mike Pence and an alum of Governor Perdue’s 2002 gubernatorial campaign, is eyeballing a run for governor according to POLITICO. The 34 year old is certainly a veteran of Republican politics. He reportedly has a meeting with Trump administration officials to discuss his future. As of now

Morning Reads – Thursday, April 6, 2017

On this date in 1917, Congress approved a declaration of war on Germany and entered World War I on the Allied side. Peaches Georgia: Home to just about every natural disaster  Ossoff raises $8.3 million The John Paul Stevens Corporate Welfare Plan Georgia companies that wish to help build The Wall Pence adviser eyes run for