Not that I’m in favor of the new bill, but I don’t think this is true.
Once again, I am left with the conclusion that the GOP, as a policy, wants lots of people dead, and is actively working toward that goal (DonTCare, environmental policies, reduction of safety regulations, etc.). They are clever enough (for now) to know that train cars and gas chambers are bad optics, so they opt for more slow moving solutions, that have the added benefit of extending the suffering.
What is curious to me is that the result is a shotgun approach, which ends up having a negative impact on many of their own loyal voters. Either they are taking them for granted, as loyal voters, or they somehow believe that more will appear to replace the ones they lose. A puzzle.
“The GOP’s ObamaCare replacement bill that passed the House would result in 23 million fewer people with health insurance over 10 years, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in an analysis released Wednesday.”
Republicans view this as 23 million people “exercising their freedom” not to have health insurance.
Not that this is NOT the CBO score for the Senate bill that everyone is discussing today. The CBO will not have that bill scored until sometime next week.
Which should be even worse.
This is a truly repulsive talking point. I wonder how many senators will exercise their freedom not to insure their own families.
Which is actually the freedom to let others pay for their healthcare.
Looks like the senate health bill will ultimately be worse than the House version?
I don’t know what you’re so upset about. The AHCA is just an adaptation of Blackstone’s maxim: “It is better that 23 million people not have health insurance, than to risk one wealthy person having to wait at all for an elective medical procedure.”
True, but there’s not much in the Senate bill that would make the result any better. If anything, the deep Medicaid cuts would make it worse. Or “meaner”, as the guy who promised to cover everybody and do it cheaper has recently said about the House bill he used to support.
Did y’all catch [this?
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That’s a lot of talk and a lot of money. Hell, they could give everyone in America a dollar and still have almost $100 million left over.
I gotta say, tho: another 10 years fighting the PPACA? Will either of the Koch brothers still be alive in 10 years (they are 77 and 81, according to Wikipedia)?
New CBO score. 22 Million to lose coverage, 15 million in 2018. This is AFTER they added the six month exclusion and pushed off some of the Medicaid cuts past the 10 year window.
Huge, damaging cuts to Medicaid, smaller but significant cuts to Medicare.
Also, 4 million will lose employer coverage.
Yep. To quote a former coworker “It’s like twelve monkeys fucking a football.”
I don’t know what that means, but it’s bad!
Yeah, I misread, got distracted for 5+ minutes, hope y’all would ignore. 2 outta 3! 
I saw some GOP senator this weekend say, in regards to mandates, “why should a 27 year old buy insurance he doesn’t need?”. How is it that these folks do not understand how insurance works?! Last month I really didn’t think I needed car insurance - haven’t had an accident in 20 years. Then last week someone hit my car. Good thing we both had mandated insurance!
I was in a bicycle accident when I was 30, it led to an emergency splenectomy and two weeks in hospital. It cost me $10 for a rental phone and $15 for the Darvon prescription I walked out with. What’s that in American dollars?
About US$2,480,000.
ETA: Oh, plus $10 for the phone.
Maybe ok if you’re the monkey …?
I hope not. Maybe then we can get universal coverage. Single-payer, even! You know, nice things like other countries have.