Senate Republicans Aren't Just Aiming to Destroy Obamacare and Medicaid; They Want to Provide a Death Blow to Any Future Health
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Senate Republicans Aren't Just Aiming to Destroy Obamacare and Medicaid; They Want to Provide a Death Blow to Any Future Health Care Reform
Senator Lindsey Graham says, "Hell no to Berniecare" as his bill takes aim.
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
September 20, 2017, 11:47 AM GMT
http://www.alternet.org/trump-trauma/senate-republicans-arent-just-aimin...
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Right. Because the bill that
Right. Because the bill that would throw 100 million people off their employer-provided health care and cost taxpayers an estimated $32 trillion over a decade is the one that isn't "extreme".
The fantasy land of the left is an amazing place.
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The fantasy land of the right
The fantasy land of the right is full of tweets and ignorance.
And selfish and greedy people too.
Oh yeah and Jesus.
Not the Jesus in the Bible either.
The right's fantasy land Jesus is more like an Ayn Rand protagonist.
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Lindsey Graham Tweeted 4
Lindsey Graham Tweeted 4 months ago on a "Rushed" Healthcare Repeal Bill...
Now that he's all in on the current travesty of an attempt...
He's doing the same fuckin' thing he said he was against.
Go Repugs!
I appreciate the apparent progress on health care reform in the House of Representatives. I will admit, I’m concerned with the process.
12:01 PM - May 4, 2017
A bill -- finalized yesterday, has not been scored, amendments not allowed, and 3 hours final debate -- should be viewed with caution.
12:02 PM - May 4, 2017
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Senate ain't voting on that
Senate ain't voting on that plan thom there voting on this turd...
Red states—including many that refused the ACA Medicaid expansions that would have covered millions of their citizens—would see large windfalls relative to these blue states, yet their overall level of Medicaid funding would eventually be savaged as they simply managed to grab a larger share of a swiftly shrinking pie. Basically, the Graham-Cassidy redistribution of Medicaid dollars is simple retribution against those states that collaborated with the hated Obama administration by taking the ACA’s offer of money to provide health insurance to their citizens.
Republicans need that Koch brothers money (400 million) to fund 2018 campaigns. Incumbents always win with piles of cash.
They will sign this bill that every medical associate opposes.
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Bump this slacker. Healthcare
Bump this slacker. Healthcare is more important than you.
Got another lap of bumps in you?
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I bumped 14 of your threads
I bumped 14 of your threads from the first page and a half listed.
Is this the one?
Todays most important thread?
I forgot what this thread was about. I have 14 thread topics swirling around in my head.
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Thom-
Are these numbers Fantasy Land?
AARP Report on Graham/Cassidy
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Entire health care industry
Entire health care industry fights to kill Republican repeal bill
09/21/17 By Steve Benen
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/entire-health-care-industry-figh...
There was a line in a Politico article yesterday that I read twice, because it was such a striking detail about the state of the health care fight: “To date, not one major health care industry or advocacy group has expressed support for the Graham-Cassidy plan.”
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Funny to see the entire
Funny to see the entire Health Insurance Industry come out against this GOP bill. NOT that they will like Medicare for ALL any better, but I suspect that they realize that if this disaster passes then Americans - including GOP voters - will demand universal healthcare.
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Let's do this!
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It is not the fantasy of the
It is not the fantasy of the left.
The two major trade groups for insurers, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and America’s Health Insurance Plans, announced their opposition on Wednesday to the Graham-Cassidy bill….“The bill contains provisions that would allow states to waive key consumer protections, as well as undermine safeguards for those with pre-existing medical conditions,’’ said Scott P. Serota, the president and chief executive of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
….America’s Health Insurance Plans was even more pointed. The legislation could hurt patients by “further destabilizing the individual market” and could potentially allow “government-controlled single payer health care to grow,” said Marilyn B. Tavenner, the president and chief executive of the association. Without controls, some states could simply eliminate private insurance, she warned.
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Graham's shit-eating grin
Graham's shit-eating grin says it all.
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When Iowa reporters asked Sen
When Iowa reporters asked Sen. Chuck Grassley on Wednesday about the attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare, his answer was remarkable and revealing.
"You know, I could maybe give you 10 reasons why this bill shouldn't be considered," the Iowa Republican said. "But Republicans campaigned on this so often that you have a responsibility to carry out what you said in the campaign. That's pretty much as much of a reason as the substance of the bill."
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very honorable of them to carry through with the ass fucking that they promised to their supporters and the rest of us suckers
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Dear John McCain: Your Health
Dear John McCain: Your Health Care Vote Could Kill More Americans Than the Vietnam War
The Graham-Cassidy bill could determine the Arizona senator's legacy.
By Rick Gell / AlterNet September 20, 2017, 1:31 PM GMT
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/dear-john-mccain-your-health-car...
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Slacker wanted me to bump
Slacker wanted me to bump this thread
He just loves politics
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Basically The Entire Health
Basically The Entire Health Care System Hates The New Obamacare Repeal Bill
Groups representing doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, insurance companies and more are lined up against the GOP bill.
By Jeffrey Young
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/health-care-system-hates-new-obamaca...
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John McCain won't vote for it
John McCain won't vote for it!
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Even Nambia has better health
Even Nambia has better health care...