Shorter Collins: I wish ObamaCare was called GOPCare.
Not buying it. We thought the House bill was dead, and it rose from the grave like a villain in a bad Hammer Film.
White smoke? Theyâre talking about protecting insurance industry profits*, not choosing a new pope**.
- Which is the most charitable euphemism for what the bill with accomplish.
** Depending on perspective, there is a moral equivalence here.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): âWe should have started this back in February.â
Of 2011.
âit would hurt the most vulnerable citizens. It would have an adverse impact particularly on our rural health care providers, our hospitals and our nursing homes.â
GOP: "Yeah isnât this just the greatest bill ever?"
Try pushing a wet noodle with one hand and Ron Johnson with the other. Youâll get further with the noodle.
Collins, to her credit, seems to actually be serious about this one.
It would be the first time that Collins was good for anything.
The âskimpyâ plans are ridiculous. As I was explaining to a male colleague, only women planning to become pregnant are going to buy plans that cover pregnancy and maternity costs. Therefore, the premiums will become prohibitive. And, those who did not plan the pregnancy will be left uncovered. Whoâs going to buy coverage protecting you from cancer, except for a cancer survivor. So much for the party of life. Really its the party of âIâve got mine - Fuck You.â
This would be a no-brainer for Capito if she put a high priority on the well-being of her constituents.
McConnell has a couple hundred billion dollars to play with to try to get 50 senators behind a bill. I think he could find something Capito would back. Her statement on the revised draft read like a shopping list.
âI havenât quite seen the white smoke, but itâs looking much better,â Sen. Rodger Wicker (R-MS) told TPM with a grin.
Annuntio vobis derpium magnum.
Habemus turdum.
âThe revised bill does far more to appeal to the Senateâs right wing than its centrist members.â I really wonder if they know who they are working for.
Sen. Ron Johnson, Rep. Paul Ryan, Rep. Sean Duffy, and Gov. Scott Walker are cancerous to the Wisconsin progressive tradition of effective, bipartisan governance.
âŚwho was birthed by a woman and isnât going to have any children (or friends or relatives or coworkers, etc) who arenât birthed by women.
Women who are pregnant or considering pregnancy deserve and very often need care. Itâs the least we can do, and we all benefit from it.
Hahahaha. YOu know these guys are gunning for an argument like âWe think this is a great compromise. The CBO said 24M would lose insurance the first time and weâve gotten it down to 18M.â
Sorry, dillholes, but 1 is too many. Peoplesâ lives are not negotiable.
Somewhere Paul Ryan is fuming at his objectivist ideals being mocked.
Followed by âObamacare leaves 28 million without insurance. 18 million is a lot less than 28 million.â
Donât count her out. 
I wonder if Governor LePage aka Human bowling jacket ht CP
is putting the screws on Senator Collins. But I would think she has more than enough credibility with Maine voters, probably a lot more than the governor that he would not get into a food fight with her.
Collins like a lot of senators from rural states got an earful from rural hospital execs about what the Medicaid cuts would do to their hospitals over the 4th of July break. Many are struggling now, only still afloat because of the Medicaid expansion. If these cuts go through, very large swatches of rural states will not have hospital access for 50 -100 miles or more.