Every story about orange gets this approach: 1.) how much money orange gets out of it, and 2.) how much orange gets to hurt others. Found this helpful. Open to further improvements/suggestions.
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I assume most congressional repubs knew how it would work and were fine with it as long as they could point to something that implies they care about constituents if you don’t look too hard.
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We are well on the way to being a third world country.
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Republican senator teases GOP will unveil comprehensive health care plan by December
A Republican senator claimed on Monday that the GOP will release a “comprehensive” health care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act in early December, right around the time they are expected to vote on extending the program’s subsidies.
Republicans have claimed to be working on a comprehensive health care plan to replace the ACA, also known as Obamacare, for over a decade. However, the plans that have been introduced have failed to pass because of Obamacare’s continued popularity.
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KY) said on CNN’s “The Source” with Kaitlan Collins that Republicans plan to introduce their plan to replace Obamacare in early December.
“We’ve been working on it for years,” Marshall said.
“But is there a comprehensive plan that people could look at and decide whether or not they think it’s something that Republicans should pass?” Collins asked.
Marshall said that Republicans plan to introduce the bill in early December as a “side-by-side” bill to the ACA subsidy renewal bill that Democrats are working on.
“Let’s empower patients and make them consumers again,” Marshall said. “Let them make the choices that they want to do.”
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“We have found that many small rural hospitals are losing money because of low payments from private health plans, not because of how many Medicaid patients they have.”
Sort of explains why no one anywhere wondered why Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was unceremoniously shot dead. Even less people mourned his death.
Nobody misses parasites.
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And we’re taking the express train.
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I’m no fan of Dr. “crudités” Oz but he did go to the aid of the guy who collapsed unlike RFK who couldn’t get out of there fast enough. In fact he acted like the guy was contagious.
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So Rs are afraid to vote for the BBB unless it includes $50 billion to shore up rural hospitals. Somebody in the GOP caucus writes that up, it goes in the bill and it passes.
But whoever that somebody was also put in fine print that the $50 billion actually doesn’t shore up rural hospitals. The GOOPers are willing to spend an extra $50 bil, but they go out of their way to hide that the money actually won’t do what the whole fuss was about in the first place.
One can only conclude that whoever did this actively wants rural voters to die, their hospitals to close, their communities to be degraded. Btw, most of those voters are GOP.
It really, truly is all about the cruelty, which is intentional, canny, and vicious. I guess they’re counting on eliminating free and fair elections meaning they won’t need those now dead rural voters anyway.
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Trump’s motto:
The fuck starts here.
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Darwin would be proud.
I too can’t stand the sumbitch — has Oprah apologized for him (and Dr. Phil) yet? — but he also offered some great advice: If you see someone about to pass out, give them a bear hug. The fact is, they are more likely to suffer a more serious injury free-falling than whatever they are momentarily suffering.
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Working on it for years, my ass. I used to live in Kansas and one of my former congress critters–naturally, an R–actually said people should use the emergency room if they needed health care.
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Now, all 50 states are now vying for a piece of that $50 billion fund, billed as a savior for floundering rural hospitals — and a backstop against the harmful impacts of the now-passed, historic cuts to Medicaid. The fund, and its application process which closed last Wednesday, has been called “the rural health ‘Hunger Games.’” States are in a mad dash for a slice of the investment.
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Gee, what a surprise.
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The tax breaks for the billionaires have no such limitation.
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But wouldn’t it be fun if they did?
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On national TV, of course.
“Okay now, Mr. Bezos and Mr. Musk are about to enter the cage. Whichever one of them walks out again at the end of the bout will get an extra 20% tax break on custom-built executive jets and private island fortresses. Ready? … Begin!!”
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Every single one of those “emergency” tariffs that the patient has arrogated to himself the authority to impose represents a violation of a trade treaty that this nation has negotiated, signed, and ratified by the Senate.
Put simply, the rest of the world has learned that the United States cannot be trusted to keep its word in the international arena. It will take a long time to recover from that breach of trust.
And Xi is laughing himself sick.
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An old line about "no honor* and “among thieves” comes to mind.
The only good news is that Russia will easily beat us in that race, because they’re already most of the way there.
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It is very difficult, in situations like that, to resist the temptation to wish for someone to provide the congresscritter an opportunity to experience E.R. care personally.
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Fine if the senator wants to empower Americans (pardon the Newt Gingrich era reference to their grift organization) offer a Medicare buy in for people under 65 as well as Medicaid expansion in the states that haven’t done it yet since they are 15 years overdue.
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So when are patients going to do that, exactly, when they’re sick in the hospital? Riding in the ambulance?
In between the first and second jobs?
Choosing health insurance plans from insurance companies so notorious for their clarity and helpfulness, yeah, that’s a good deal.
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Fake news (at least that’s what my AI assistant says).
https://www.ebu.ch/research/open/report/news-integrity-in-ai-assistants