I had a very long post that a computer crash ate, so I’ll just throw this out there — a cynical attempt to do all the worst things that the previous repeal-and-not-really-replace effort had, but tweak the transition numbers so that key GOP Senators don’t face as much heat over it (before it all goes away), and they can eke out the 50 votes (plus Pence) that they need.
All under the cover of a couple of hurricanes, and another high-publicity policy diktat from Trump, and concerns over nuclear war with North Korea.
True leadership that all Americans should take note of.
Health care smackdown: Last-ditch repeal drive threatens bipartisan fixes
For seven years the GOP has neglected and exploited Obamacare’s flaws. But a serious bipartisan effort will show most are easily remedied.
In case I haven't said it often enough, Fuck McCain…
Stop trying to repeal when we have a hurricane we help people same thing when someone gets sick we help them thats single payer or medicare for all.
I would rather the government pay the premiums then the whole bill. That's Obamacare.
President Trump is kicking butt for all American's, ungrateful idiots as well. Thank our Lord for President Trump.
Will this make the 3rd or 4th failed attempt by a legislative majority to pass a bill? Smh
McCain should retire
+Robert Lee yes he should.
It IS NOT fixable. It has to die. The ACA is UNAFFORDABLE and has failed in it's entirety.
No, I have no healthcare. I can't afford it. So because I can't afford healthcare, the government plan is to fine me and impoverish me more? Where is that a good plan?
My plan is to use my passport card and pay $12 for doctor visits in Juarez Mexico.
What the US needs is Universal Healthcare, like i most other industrialized nations, but that cuts into too many bottom lines. .
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This country leaders are small minded selfish assholes
+Dennis Dowd this is not a surprise, politicians are inevitably politicians, a breed better at self-delusion than even the voters that elect them.
+Mike Hillsgrove So, you have a passport which is necessary to travel to other countries. Tell me again why you can't "afford" health insurance?
I know a lot of H.S citizens are feed up with several failed attempts to rid us of Oboma Care. This is not an easy fix but one that must happen. Look what Trump s up against. The media, McCain along with so called Conservatives that vote to the left and the biggest problem is the Bg Pharmaceutical Companies Lobbiest fatten the wallets of our crooked politicians. If we don't set term limits we will never be able to fix Capital Hill.
+Glenn Stamps
A passport cost $110. Find me a medical plan that costs $110.
Since I live 15 miles north of the Mexican border, this is an easy drive. I also have a Passport card available to anyone living in a county that borders Mexico. It allows easy access for locals to shop in stores across the border.
The Doctor I see in Juarez charges $12 US per office visit. She also has a US practice, but this is unaffordable, and she would have to report these visits to the Feds IF I see her in the US.
I bet you didn't even know that passport cards exist.
google.com – Image: Passport Card
Everything Communist Punk Obama has done will get repealed!
Premiums shot up under Obamacare. ..and to make matters worse he fined people hard for failing to get coverage.
Health care smackdown: Last-ditch repeal
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Health care smackdown: Last-ditch repeal
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You want Mexicans to leave and you go to Mexico for Healthcare.
That's ironic. Kinda criminal isn't it. She is likely a doctor without borders.That's seems to be an issue with Trump
he wants to stop the program.
+Deb Mundorf Very good point!
+Max Pain
Depending on the state you live in is a factor when premiums go up.Easy to blame it on Obama.
As far as being fined I don't agree with that or taking kids off of their parents insurance before the age of 26.
So it's probably no use to note this but the "fine" involved is an attempt (and a trivial one) to maximize the risk pool in the insurance market, which net net reduces the overall cost and avoids the problem of "free riders" who skip insurance while they are well and hop on when they are ill.
+Mike Hillsgrove, were the US to have Universal Health Care, you would be paying for it through taxes. (Which would be a more palatable and understandable cost, but still a significant cost, as are even the subsidized premiums under the ACA.)
+Loen Gire DISGUSTING
Well the ACA was unstable so…
+Pat Malone "… single payer or medicare for all."
After seeing how Medicare mistreated my wife,I am NOT interested in government run healthcare.
+Daniel Robinson "I would rather the government pay the premiums then the whole bill. "
I would rather the tax payer pay the premiums then the whole bill.
Fixed for ya
+Larry Dickey The analogy I've used is it's like buying a new car: there's a reason why they dealership says you have to bring it in for regular maintenance or else void the warranty.
The ACA had a lot of "We're not quite sure how this is going to work, so let's plug this number in and we can adjust it as time goes on." The problem is, the GOP refused any attempt at adjustment / maintenance, which doomed it to lurching along, not nearly as dead as its opponents would like to claim, but spewing out a lot of oil exhaust that really needs some tuning.
+Dave Hill I can agree with that but as soon as you tell me that I as a small business owner with a family, am responsible for those who give two shits about their health or trying to stay healthy, I have an issue. I don't make much and know 100% that my medical insurance rates more than doubled (or I could pay the government $1,400 a year to not have insurance) under the ACA. Forcing people that don't have much to fund the ACA is disgusting but my story will fall on deaf ears as the media talks about preexisting conditions…
So, let's give the 1% another Uuuuuuge tax break. Then we can all go back to denial of pre-existing conditions, and paying for insurance executives yearly multi-million dollar bonuses!
+Larry Dickey Nice dismissal of people who couldn't afford insurance at all pre-ACA as "those who give two shits about their health or trying to stay healthy." If they show a note from their doctor saying they've done their very, very best to try and stay healthy but that it's difficult to do so when you're living just above the poverty line, is it okay for us to ask you to help pay for them? What sort of certification is sufficient to demonstrate that individuals deserve help?
And, of course, the ACA does far, far more than just extend who can get affordable insurance (including that pre-existing condition clause). It actually raises the bar of what that insurance provides to make sure that essential services are covered and caps are lifted (as demonstrated, in part, by the significant drop in medical bankruptcies since its implementation).
Are there places where we need to adjust how it works or the impact it has on small businesses? Absolutely. Do we need to look at how we spread out those costs? Sure. But the GOP efforts around this have been not only insufficient, but driving against the principle that people who need medical care should be able to get it, and that, I think, is fundamental to the discussion.
The ACA was a tax package, and nothing more. It was never about healthcare.
There are obvious solutions to healthcare in place in most of the worlds industrial nations, all of which were totally ignored to install a system that robbed freedom, enriched insurance companies, and empowered government.
It was, like the Federal Reserve Act, passed by every dirty filthy trick and imposed on a population that hated it beyond measure. It has served no one, was a package of lies and broken promises and after 8 years is still reviled.
So, why not do it right this time.
A Universal Healthcare system, like most of the western world has, eliminates the insurance companies, eliminates the finance companies involvement in healthcare, eliminates corporate control of healthcare.
Yes, we might have to give up a war or two, an aircraft carrier or two, and prioritize spending a bit better. Note that we spend more on defense than the next 10 nations combined, most of which are friendly nations.
A Universal Healthcare system removes barriers to hiring workers, it eliminates useless industries, it improves a nation by better use of resources. It eliminates Medicare, Medicaide, the VA system.
The only path forward is Universal Healthcare.
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+Mike Hillsgrove The ACA was certainly a kludge and series of compromises and political expedients, but its goal was a worthwhile one and it was a substantial improvement on the status quo ante.
That said, I agree fully that it should not be the last word on the subject, and that we need to eventually move to something more universal.
But that said, the immediate goal is to avoid the clock being turned back a decade.
+Mike Hillsgrove funny that nobody trying to repeal the ACA is suggesting that we replace it with universal healthcare.
+Christopher Rose Because none of the parties in government give a rats ass about the American people.
Both would lose out on Finance and Insurance cartel money. for re-election.
This is something that WE THE PEOPLE must force on the government.
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+Mike Hillsgrove it's great to say that we the people must Force this on the government but it's only people in Congress that can actually pass bills and according to you anyone who's in government is no longer effective and no longer has any desire to help anybody in America so anyone you elected to government would therefore not give a rat's ass either and would also not care to do this. I don't believe that b***** story that somehow is the elected officials fault. the government is an exact reflection of the lack of intelligence of the average American voter. You want to get somebody who's not a retard in the Congress? stop voting for retards!