Tag Archives: GOPcare

Paul Ryan: ‘We’re not going to give up on destroying the health care system for the American people’

Paul Ryan: ‘We’re not going to give up on destroying the health care system for the American people’ (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3Px11xN-0 RECOMMENDED READING: Lindy West: America has never seen a party less caring than 21st-century Republicans (Guardian) We pay our elected … Continue reading

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New Rule: Trump and the Long Con | Real Time with Bill Maher (YouTube)

New Rule: Trump and the Long Con | Real Time with Bill Maher (YouTube) Subscribe to the Real Time YouTube: http://itsh.bo/10r5A1B. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35T9jC_MASQ

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President Trump is Blaming Democrats for Failure to Repeal the Affordable Health Care Act. That’s Fine by Me. We’re Happy to Take the Credit!

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Hillary Clinton: “Let’s not be distracted. Let’s continue to stand up, organize, resist, put forth good ideas to improve the existing system & peoples’ lives.”

RECOMMENDED READING Kristin Salaky: “Hillary Clinton Cheers Move To Pull ACA Repeal Bill As ‘Victory For All Americans’” (TPM) Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took to Twitter Friday to celebrate the House Republicans’ pulling of a vote on their … Continue reading

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“We knew the president [Obama], if we could get a repeal bill to his desk, would almost certainly veto it. This time we knew if it got to the president’s desk it would be signed.” — Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)

[Obama] Source: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/leadership-pulls-obamacare-repeal

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GOPCare: Take Coverage Away from 24 Million People and Cost an Additional $186 Billion

David Kurtz: So Much Winning (TPM; published 23 March 2017) The nugget that probably best captures the day came from the Congressional Budget Office. It assessed the most recent version of the bill and concluded that it will still take … Continue reading

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GOPCARE, TRUMPCARE: “A lot of people are going to die miserable, painful deaths. “

TPM Reader EE writes: I work in a nursing home and it seems that no-one is talking/asking questions about the devastating effect the medicaid cuts will have on nursing home residents and their families. Families, including middle and upper income families, will … Continue reading

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RECOMMENDED READING: Harold Pollack, “Will ‘repeal and replace’ implode?” (healthinsurance.org)

RECOMMENDED READING: Harold Pollack: “Will ‘repeal and replace’ implode?” (healthinsurance.org) Republicans just proposed a $12,900 annual premium increase on low-income 64-year-olds. A shambolic [chaotic, disorganized] performance. https://www.healthinsurance.org/repeal-and-replace/will-repeal-and-replace-implode/

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“The CBO finds, for example, that a 64-year-old with an income of 26K would see net premium rise from $1700 to $14,600. — Paul Krugman

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