NM11046 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 This is worth reviewing (hoping you can see the grid). What the GOP is doing is absolutely obscene. We must speak up. 4 Link to comment
NM11046 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Please - take 5 mins to examine this and make a call to your rep. Check out what Trumpcare means for you & your friends/family. The link below allows you to view by state to see details. If it's not palatable call your HoC's! Contact info is right there with your state data. Just because you have coverage through your employer doesn't mean you're safe. Preexisting condition coverage is an issue - you can be charged more, and if you have a gap in coverage you will really get stuck. If you are older you will pay more. If you are a woman you'll pay more. There will be lifetime caps for all (medicaid, medicare and private insurance - so don't get one of those pesky illnesses that last a lifetime). Special education gets cut in schools. Take two mins to review and contact your rep to tell them how this impacts you. The senate is attempting to pass this through without public viewing of the bill or debate/discussion. The calls and communication to their offices has waned (possible because of all the other bs going on with the administration? Regardless, they're using the distractions to push this through.) There's a reason they're limiting the information shared with us. The only people who benefit from this are the wealthy and big businesses. https://www.indivisibleguide.com/resource/impact-of-trumpcare-by-state/ Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 More on what NM is talking about: Sorry for the NSFW language. If you're OK with this bill passage process, please speak up, because I'd like to know who you actually are. The GOP is guilty of every single accusation they foisted upon those who created and passed the ACA, and to a much, much worse degree. 6 Link to comment
zoogs Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 They saw what happened to Theresa May's party after releasing their manifesto. They'd be stupid to put themselves out there like this. When you want to hurt people, you need to mask that. 1 Link to comment
zoogs Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 The ACA is in real danger: https://www.vox.com/health-care/2017/6/12/15771872/obamacare-is-in-real-danger In other words: The emerging bill looks a whole lot like the unpopular bill the House passed last month. It creates the same group of winners (high-income, healthier people) and the same group of losers (low-income, sicker people). The Republican plan is coming together because moderate senators are beginning to drop some of their initial repeal objections. Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), for example, now back a plan to end the Medicaid expansion. "Moderate" Republicans. Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Good news! NSFW logical conclusion: 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 It's going to be interesting to see what a "less mean" bill looks like from the Senate. Link to comment
knapplc Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 That means he's looked at the poll numbers and realized how unpopular it's going to be to repeal the ACA. 4 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I wonder how much of that 2 billion was to an actual legitimate need. Link to comment
Moiraine Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I wonder how much of that 2 billion was to an actual legitimate need. gofundme is the type of thing lots of Republicans want. Let people decide whether to be charitable and who to give that $ to instead of forcing them to do so through taxes. And questioning whether people actually need the help is why that system probably wouldn't work. E.g. I don't give $ to people who ask me on the street but I help friends that I know. I think most gofundme things are people posting it to their FB friends. 2 Link to comment
zoogs Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 “I have been in contact with a lot of Democrats in Congress,” says Yale’s Jacob Hacker, who is influential in liberal health policy circles, “and I am confident that the modal policy approach has shifted pretty strongly toward a more direct, public-option strategy, if not ‘Medicare for all.’” https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/15/15787626/mitch-mcconnell-single-payer-medicare-all Link to comment
Danny Bateman Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Gives you an idea where the Turtle's priorities lie. Link to comment
zoogs Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 "What time did you want to meet exactly? We're busy that day." Link to comment
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