“This will be great if we get it done, and if we don’t get it done, it’s just going to be something that we’re not going to like and that’s OK and I understand that very well.” — President Trump, quoted by The Hill, on the GOP health care bill stalled in the Senate.
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/28/53461...approve-of-republican-senate-health-care-bill Just 17 Percent Of Americans Approve Of Republican Senate Health Care Bill June 28, 20175:00 AM ET Americans broadly disapprove of the Senate GOP's health care bill, and they're unhappy with how Republicans are handling the efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. Just 17 percent of those surveyed say they approve of the Senate's health care plan, the Better Care Reconciliation Act. Fifty-five percent say they disapprove, while about a quarter said they hadn't heard enough about the proposal to have an opinion on it.
"A quarter said they hadn't heard enough about the proposal to have an opinion on it." That's no surprise. Let's check out the front page of Drudge yesterday: And last week FOXNews focused on Pelosi and the failings of Obamacare rather than what was in Mitch McConnell's Mo Better Healthcare Plan.
Fox News host argues stripping coverage from millions is no biggie since ‘we’re all going to die’ https://thinkprogress.org/kennedy-fox-news-trumpcare-we-are-all-going-to-die-50d86cbd9bb5
Another Trump lie busted Congressional Budget Office: “Although premiums have been rising under current law, most subsidized enrollees purchasing health insurance coverage in the nongroup market are largely insulated from increases in premiums because their out-of-pocket payments for premiums are based on a percentage of their income; the government pays the difference between that percentage and the premiums for a reference plan… Nevertheless, a small number of people live in areas of the country that have limited participation by insurers in the nongroup market under current law.”
Correct. Obamacare has failed miserably at containing costs and there is a pantload of people who could not care less because they are either getting free shiite or deeply subsidized stuff and people who actually have income are paying more and subsidizing everyone else. Oh, a lot of people have held their premiums down by moving to a 10,000 deductible which is a lot like not having insurance- while there neighbor next door who was moved over on to medicaid has a full plan- free. Thanks for helping all the Trump voters to feel better about things. And yes, I know that a lot of Trump voters are also poor and on medicaid and food stamps etc. Except -unlike the Dems- they want to make America great again and Detroit an Newark are not the goal.
You may actually want to read the CBO report instead of imposing your fantasies on it " nongroup market are largely insulated from increases in premiums" And the reason ACA 'failed' at cost containing is because of lack of a public option that you guys oppose. Can't have the whine when you are not willing to do anything about it
“The Congressional Budget Office projects that if the Senate Republicans’ health care bill becomes law, 14 million Americans will lose their health insurance in 2018, and, by 2026, 22 million would lose coverage,” Voxreports. “Drawing on that work, we estimate that if the Senate bill becomes law, 22,900 excess deaths will occur in 2020 — and the figure will grow over time. 26,500 extra deaths will take place in 2026. Over the next decade, we estimate that a total of 208,500 unnecessary deaths will occur if the law is passed.” GOP is a murderous terrorist organization
Absolutely no Backroom deals to pass Trumpcare in the Senate Steve Womack House Republican: 'We just simply don't know how to govern' The House Republican budget stand-off continues, with the ultra-far-right House Freedom Caucus demanding even more than the $200 billion in cuts that regular old far-right Republicans have in mind. Why stop at $200 billion in misery to people reliant on programs like food stamps, Medicare, and Medicaid when you could spread even more pain around? The whole stalemate has some Republicans frustrated: Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.), a Budget Committee member, lamented Tuesday that the budget “should have been put to bed a long time ago.” “It’s almost like we’re serving in the minority right now,” he said. “We just simply don’t know how to govern.” You know what? When your whole ethos is that government doesn’t work, shouldn’t work, can’t work, you’re kind of setting yourselves up to not be able to govern. When you’ve spent years with a House majority just passing red meat for your base secure in the knowledge that it will be vetoed and you won’t have to live with the consequences of it actually becoming law, then you don’t get to be surprised that it’s difficult to draw back and pass bills that you believe in enough to want to see them as laws. Congressional Republicans made their bed. Unfortunately, the rest of us have to lie in it, too. Where is ''We have to stop being the party of the stupid'' Bobby Jindall. ? . ?