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From The Reporter’s Notebook
TPM’s Tierney Sneed reported on how public complaints aired by insurance companies about their experience on the ACA exchanges are also geared towards influencing regulations down the road. One regulatory issue insurers are taking aim at is special enrollment periods, which allow certain people—like those who’ve lost a job or are having a baby—to sign up for coverage outside the typical open enrollment period. Insurers contend that some people are abusing special enrollment, so restrictions need to be tightened, while consumer advocates argue there’s no proof that that’s the case.
Say What?!
“They said go out when you hear your name and I didn’t hear my name.”
– Ben Carson explains why he stood awkwardly in the wings for a solid two minutes before Saturday’s Republican debate, even as other candidates walked out past him onto the stage.
BUZZING: Today in the Hive
From a TPM Prime member: “Every woman has been the unacceptable woman. We pushed it too far, we gave too much of our opinion, we didn’t defer enough, we were unacceptable. The Unacceptable Woman this year and for many years had been Hillary Clinton. She is running and has a good chance to be President so the attacks on her character have been deep and sustained, they have been personal and insulting. The sustained attacks against Hillary Clinton are attacks that most women have endured universally. Not that we are running for the Presidency, but that we are always doubted and credit for our achievements are discounted, we have endured the same attacks at one time or another in our lives. No woman escapes it, not one of us. So the attacks seem personal. They hit far too close to home. When progressives use right wing attacks on the only woman Democratic candidate, I wonder why. I become appalled. I can’t believe this is what the election is coming down to on the progressive side, deeply institutionally sexist attacks. I find them enraging and unacceptable, While I am not voting for Clinton merely because she is a woman, in part I do think that it is time for a woman and HRC isn’t just any woman, she has real accomplishments.”
Related: Clinton knocked Donald Trump’s “penchant for sexism” after he called her “disgusting” for using the restroom at a debate.
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What We’re Reading
What this politics reporter learned helping a refugee family stranded at the airport (Washington Post).
Jeremy Wilson: A compulsive con man (New York Times)
What to expect when you’re expecting the collapse of society (Buzzfeed)
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