Remember the Republican outrage over people “losing” plans they “liked” during the ACA rollout.
Let’s go to the tapes.
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Trump GOP Congress leaders responded to the Brookings report, noting:,“we had hoped at least 20 million lost health insurance. Obviously we need to change our plan to attain that goal.”
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Congress’s still has a third s at the end. It’s not a matter of style or preference. If you write Congress’ but you expect people to read Congress’s then you’re spelling it wrong.
“Yes, but only the poorest or sickest individuals so who cares. It’s better than death panels” said a repugnant-can rep as the entire USA turns blue (figuratively and literally).
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There’s facts. Above those are alternative facts. And above all is Republican Congressional bullshit.
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Fifteen million is a lot of people, but it’s not everyone. Republicans need to go back, start over, and see if they can come up with a plan that takes away health coverage for everybody.
I know they can do it.
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I actually do get ill when I think about this. Even if one is a fiscal conservative, I can’t comprehend how any parent could ever wish any other parent the desperation of not being able to provide your child the care he/she needs. Have they no human empathy at all?
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That’s what Grassley did when the PPACA was being put together. He thought his amendment would be too much for Dems to swallow but instead they embraced it and added it to the final bill.
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no.
AND they’re not even being fiscally conservative.
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And, whatever the 10th-year number, it will grow higher with time. The Medicaid provisions work out to a slow phaseout of the entire Medicaid expansion, and the formula limiting increases in the tax credit to consumer inflation plus 1% will likely lead to a rapidly widening gap between insurance costs and the credits.
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Thanks, Obama:
How Obama Let a Grassroots Machine Die:
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Hey, why should men pay anything toward prenatal coverage?
"At the start, Democratic Rep. Mike Doyle (Pa.) was talking with Republican Rep. John Shimkus (Ill.) about Shimkus’s objections to the Affordable Care Act’s requirements for health-insurance plans. As a reminder, former president Barack Obama’s signature 2010 health-care law ordered that all health plans cover certain essential health benefits, such as doctor visits, hospital care and prescription drugs. The law also required plans to cover pregnancy and childbirth. That’s where the fireworks started in the Energy and Commerce Committee.
“What mandate in the Obamacare bill does he take issue with?” Doyle asked Shimkus, using the formal parlance of congressional committees.
“What about men having to purchase prenatal care?” Shimkus said.
At that point, one could hear the room start to stir.
“I’m just . . . is that not correct?” Shimkus said. “And should they?”
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No wonder Trump & Co. are actively discrediting the CBO.
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This is how Medicaid block grants operate. They won’t do the trick RAyn says they will for a lot of very fundamental reasons. Its nothing but flimflam.
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To which the impossibly dense wingers responded"15 million? That’s a great start!
Do we know whether these estimates are based on loss of coverage only by the primary insured, or whether they included dependents covered by the primary insured?
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If you can’t afford health insurance you must be “Lazy”
Too bad so sad.
You should have stayed in school or had a rich daddy.
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No - they don’t have empathy. It’s an untreated mental illness for the majority of the Republican party.
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Do you have to ask?
Pre Ghost Scrooge is their hero.
They hated the part of the story where he gained compassion and a conscience
Most everyday people do not know much about the CBO. And to be fair, it is usually knocked by people that do not like what they say. Conservatives have done it for ages but Dems have too in the past. A good score should be important to the process. No projection is going to be totally accurate. And that is true for any economic model, which are not the world.
That said, it is a good starting point about what the baseline that would happen. Images that market forces would lift something up need more support than just hand waving. As past experience is not at all clear and there ar efew examples to look at in other countries.