Nanjeanne
Nanjeanne's JournalPod Save America - Harris Surges, Vance Sinks - Featuring Tim Walz
https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-america/]The whole podcast is really good . . .
But to truly get to know Walz and listen to his thoughtful but funny responses and vision and passion - start at 46:33. It's worth it!
They're not talking in the Legion clubs about banning books & things.They're wondering why Project 2025 cuts VA benefits
https://x.com/insidewithpsaki/status/1818101644938080493?s=61&t=_R0eaN5XDTx3hnl2jyXBTA]Weird is really getting to the Rs. Keep it up!
https://x.com/vivekgramaswamy/status/1817722684089713119?s=61&t=_R0eaN5XDTx3hnl2jyXBTA]Dumb and juvenile. That’s rich coming from this group. Win on Policy??? No problem.
Did we know? Walz signed the Debt Fairness Act banning transfer of medical debt, impacting credit scores, & more
Banning reporting medical debt to credit bureaus, and banning denying necessary medical care on the basis of unpaid bills. And much more.
The Press Release explains
Governor Walz Ceremonially Signs Legislation to Help Minnesotans with Burden of Medical Debt
June 17, 2024
[ST. PAUL, MN] – Governor Tim Walz today held a ceremonial bill signing for legislation that will help ease the burden of medical debt on Minnesotans. Governor Walz was joined by Attorney General Keith Ellison, bill authors Senator Liz Boldon and Representative Liz Reyer, and impacted Minnesotans to celebrate the signing. The provisions are part of the Minnesota Debt Fairness Act, which was signed into law this session.
“Life-saving cancer treatments or a trip to the emergency room shouldn’t cause a tanked credit score or a lifetime of debt,” said Governor Walz. “Thanks to the work of the Attorney General, legislators, and Minnesotans who’ve shared their stories, these reforms will help Minnesotans get the care they need, manage their medical debt, and feel protected in their most vulnerable moments.”
“We all agree that if you borrow money, you should pay it back. We also all agree that we shouldn’t punish people for getting sick. We also agree that a debt-collection system that makes it harder for people to pay back what they owe does nobody any good. And we also agree that debt collection shouldn’t create more debt,” said Attorney General Ellison.
“With the passage and signing today of the Debt Fairness Act, we have a fairer, more dignified, and more just system for repaying debt than we did before. My thanks go to chief authors Senator Liz Boldon and Representative Liz Reyer for their outstanding work in seeing it through to passage, and to Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan for their steadfast support. There is more work to do, and we’re not done yet — but today, Minnesotans facing debt, including medical debt, can rest easier in the knowledge that the law provides them with more protections than it did before,” Attorney General Ellison concluded.
The legislation eases the burden of medical debt for Minnesotans by:
Banning medical providers from withholding medically necessary care due to unpaid debt;
Preventing medical debt from impacting credit scores
Eliminating automatic transfers of medical debt to a patient’s spouse
Establishing strong new protections from unethical medical debt collections practices
Requiring medical providers to publish their medical debt collection practices
Creating a new process to help people dispute medical coding and billing errors
The Minnesota Debt Fairness Act makes additional debt reforms, including:
Establishing automatic income-based wage garnishment levels, ranging from 10% to 25%, rather than the flat 25% garnishment cap that previously existed
Extending Minnesota’s wage garnishment protections to independent contractors and everyone living and working in Minnesota
https://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/press-releases/?id=1055-627879#:~:text=The%20Minnesota%20Debt%20Fairness%20Act%20makes%20additional%20debt%20reforms%2C%20including,garnishment%20cap%20that%20previously%20existed]
These are policies we can win on.
Al Gore's endorsement
https://x.com/algore/status/1817606152022380558?s=61&t=_R0eaN5XDTx3hnl2jyXBTA]Walz on CNN - They can label me whatever they want if it means kids aren't going hungry at school
and women can make their own health care decisions.
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1817556830865793519?s=61&t=_R0eaN5XDTx3hnl2jyXBTA]
Sunday Talk Show Guests
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Govs. Wes Moore, D-Md., J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., and Chris Sununu, R-N.H.
NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Preempted by coverage of the Olympics.
CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.; Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M.; Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.
CNN’s “State of the Union” — Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn.; Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
“Fox News Sunday” — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.
Walz "Someone said once, 'Walz is in the pocket of organized labor' and I said 'that's a damn lie! I am the pocket"
]https://x.com/jacobthomasmpls/status/1817273081972294047?s=61&t=_R0eaN5XDTx3hnl2jyXBTA
Pro labor all the way.
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