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I think the cynical and only correct interpretation of this bill is that Republicans ultimate priority is to cut health provisions for largely sicker, older, an
by a_humean 9y ago
I think the cynical and only correct interpretation of this bill is that Republicans ultimate priority is to cut health provisions for largely sicker, older, and poorer Americans in order is to cut taxes for households with incomes above $200k via a budget reconciliation process that requires less than 60 votes in the senate.
The Republican public campaign against ACA/Obamacare is a fraud masquerading as a campaign against all of the things people don't like about the ACA, which is its high premiums and deductibles, and incomplete networks. In fact this bill will literately deliver even higher premiums, higher deductibles, and more restrictive networks all to allow Paul Ryan to cut taxes without getting the Senate to press the nuclear button on the last vestiges of the filibuster.
- flukus 9y agoConsidering everyone knew this was coming and had time to prepare, can you point out how many blue states had legislation for single payer health systems ready to go? Either democrats don't seem to want it or they just want a nice wedge issue without actually doing anything.
- klipt 9y agoWon't that encourage red state inhabitants to not buy insurance, then when they get sick move to blue states and drain their systems?
- flukus 9y agoLimit it to people that have been residents for a certain period, say 2 years. Maybe even limit it against prior conditions for even longer. And verify it's a real problem. How many poor, sick people in red states have the economic mobility to move to a blue states?