# World's Greatest Healthcare Plan of 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 8, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712 "2017-03-08T18:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/41 "2017-03-11T16:55:53Z")
Ha! That’s fun. Like if Neil Innes had tackled “Stairway” rather than “Please Please Me,” etc. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/42 "2017-03-11T18:29:42Z")
Once, they at least tried to make it sound like they knew what they were doing. Now they know nobody’s really paying attention. > [@August\_West](#): > > At least it’s not another one of those inane backronym titles like the mother-sneezing USA PATRIOT Act. Which, as any moron could instantly comprehend, stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism . _“It tells me they really wanted the initials to spell out SHIELD”_ ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/43 "2017-03-12T07:39:21Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Beatlemania? Bjorn Again ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/44 "2017-03-13T21:16:06Z")
Congressional Budget Office - [Obamacare revision would reduce insured numbers by 24 million](https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/obamacare-revision-would-reduce-insured-numbers-by-24-million/2017/03/13/ea4c860a-0829-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?utm_term=.8fce0a8ceb58). “Proponents of the plan, led by Ryan (R-Wis.), have argued the total number of people covered is the wrong way to measure the law’s impact.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/45 "2017-03-13T21:28:12Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > “Proponents of the plan, led by Ryan (R-Wis.), have argued the total number of people covered is the wrong way to measure the law’s impact.” :smack: [He’s not the only one](http://www.salon.com/2017/03/08/trump-budget-director-mick-mulvaney-insurance-coverage-isnt-the-end-goal-of-health-care-reform/), of course. So much for “insurance for everybody". ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/46 "2017-03-13T22:05:45Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [He’s not the only one](http://www.salon.com/2017/03/08/trump-budget-director-mick-mulvaney-insurance-coverage-isnt-the-end-goal-of-health-care-reform/), of course. So much for “insurance for everybody". Would you know if there is anything in the new health care act that specifically address treatment pertaining to Shit For Brains syndrome? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/47 "2017-03-13T23:43:17Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Ha! That’s fun. Like if Neil Innes had tackled “Stairway” rather than “Please Please Me,” etc. The [video from the show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lK4cX5xGiQ) is even better…with Dave Grohl(!) as the demon. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/48 "2017-03-14T02:47:55Z")
Some links for your consideration. The first is satirical, ironic kitsch to express my angst at the state of affairs at the top of our government. The second is context to make the first germane to the thread. [Math class is tough!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO0cvqT1tAE) [Insurance for everybody!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw11Ng_Rjhc) From the second: > [@](#): > > There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it. That’s not gonna happen with us. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/49 "2017-03-14T04:21:53Z")
In a related story, the 115th Congress announced the repeal of Poe’s Law. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/50 "2017-03-14T06:46:14Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Bjorn Again Yah, sure, you drag him out and you shoot him, you betcha. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/51 "2017-03-14T12:25:12Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > > [@jayjay](#): > > > > Bjorn Again > > Yah, sure, you drag him out and you shoot him, you betcha. Well, how about Beorn again? 'Cuz I have a feeling more than a few of the peasantry who have been clamoring for Obamacare’s demise are going to find its “replacement” hard to bear. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/52 "2017-03-14T14:42:53Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Well, how about Beorn again? 'Cuz I have a feeling more than a few of the peasantry who have been clamoring for Obamacare’s demise are going to find its “replacement” hard to bear. Go immediately to the punishment room, young man! There are LIMITS, goddamit. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/53 "2017-03-14T17:06:29Z")
What, I thought it was the bee’s knees. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/54 "2017-03-14T20:44:17Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Congressional Budget Office - [Obamacare revision would reduce insured numbers by 24 million](https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/obamacare-revision-would-reduce-insured-numbers-by-24-million/2017/03/13/ea4c860a-0829-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?utm_term=.8fce0a8ceb58). > > “Proponents of the plan, led by Ryan (R-Wis.), have argued the total number of people covered is the wrong way to measure the law’s impact.” :smack: > **[Trump promised not to cut Medicaid. His health bill will cut $880 billion...](https://www.vox.com/2017/3/13/14914812/trump-ahca-medicaid-cuts)** > > A new CBO support on the GOP plan projects 14 million people would lose Medicaid by 2026. “Trump promised not to cut Medicaid. His health bill will cut $880 billion from it.” Campaign promises aren’t usually kept but man, that’s a switch. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/55 "2017-03-14T20:53:08Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > If I wasn’t depressed enough, I just learned that this fucking jagg-off was [born the same day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Sessions) I was. :smack: Think how he felt when he found out about you. Facepalm probably didn’t come close. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/56 "2017-03-14T20:55:08Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Think how he felt when he found out about you. Facepalm probably didn’t come close. I’m sure Alan Dean Foster isn’t too thrilled with you, either. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712/57 "2017-03-16T20:15:43Z")
Key House panel narrowly advances GOP Obamacare overhaul plan, with 3 conservatives opposed, [but not for the reasons you may think](https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/obamacare-revision-moves-to-next-step-thursday-house-budget-committee/2017/03/15/31fa1ec8-09f5-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-low_acacommittee-750a%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.3f309195209a). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-greatest-healthcare-plan-of-2017/781712.md?page=2)