GOP to Rip Insurance from 23M, Ram Through Secret Trumpcare Bill By End of June

[Tinykong]

Either way, poor people get screwed and die.

Suddenly, Senate Republicans are fine with this sentence.

[Kujako]

Suddenly, Senate Republicans are fine with this sentence.

As are GOP voters, because they're NOT poor, they're just temporarily set back millionaires. But as soon as their Loto winnings come in, people like them better watch out!

[Captain N]

As are GOP voters, because they're NOT poor, they're just temporarily set back millionaires. But as soon as their Loto winnings come in, people like them better watch out!

I hope our GOP Voters in Illinois aren't looking forward to their lotto winnings. Until we manage to get Madigan and Rauner to decide on a budget our powerball and mega millions is gone.

[paralleluniverse]

This Trumpcare death bill will get passed the Senate the same way it got through the House.

1. There will be GOP complaints made just for show.

2. McConnell will offer a few billion dollars here and there (i.e. virtually nothing in the massive scheme of the healthcare system and will not change the cruelty and death) to bribe the holdouts.

3. This insignificant movement will be reported as a big concession by the media.

4. Then they will ram this thing through on Thursday.

[Edge-]

So, early impressions I've seen of the Senate version are that it's still much worse than the ACA, just slightly better than the House version of Trumpcare.

Oh how lucky we are.

[Moralgy]

So, early impressions I've seen of the Senate version are that it's still much worse than the ACA, just slightly better than the House version of Trumpcare.

Oh how lucky we are.

Praise you senate for being so nice to America! Slightly less shit in our soup than what the house was serving~

[paralleluniverse]

Video of disabled people literally ripped from their wheelchair protesting the Trumpcare death bill.

https://twitter.com/mattmfm/status/877932005593300993
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/877923923958038528

[Edge-]

Video of disabled people literally ripped from their wheelchair protesting the Trumpcare death bill.

https://twitter.com/mattmfm/status/877932005593300993
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/877923923958038528

"Ripped" is an exaggeration, they were pushed or carried out if they were not compliant. It's still bad optics, but we can do without the hyperbole.

[Captain N]

Video of disabled people literally ripped from their wheelchair protesting the Trumpcare death bill.

https://twitter.com/mattmfm/status/877932005593300993
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/877923923958038528

Some of the responses to those tweets were downright barbaric. Blaming Democrats for using people in wheelchairs as pawns, claiming that the CBO is Fake News and nobody is going to lose Healthcare, and telling the disabled that it's their fault they're disabled to begin with. Is there no new low that Republican supporters will not stoop to to defend their team?

[PACOX]

Looking at videos of the protests...

I think I would strongly consider quitting if I was an officer.

[wheresmywoft]

Some of the responses to those tweets were downright barbaric. Blaming Democrats for using people in wheelchairs as pawns, claiming that the CBO is Fake News and nobody is going to lose Healthcare, and telling the disabled that it's their fault they're disabled to begin with. Is there no new low that Republican supporters will not stoop to to defend their team?

I think with the consistent trend we've seen in the last decade would suggest that there is no low that they would not go.

Party before country and all that.

[Breccia]

Looking at videos of the protests...

I think I would strongly consider quitting if I was an officer.

That's because you're not in office.

A Democrat won't resign over this, they'll fight the attack on the poor, sick, and old to the death.

A Republican...well, they don't care. I mean, yes that's a generalization, but look at the evidence we've been provided. After the TrumpCare 1.0 and 2.0, where did they hide? Away from town halls? Away from the press? Crafting the next one in secret meetings behind closed doors?

There is zero to negative evidence that TrumpCare 1.0 2.0 or 3.0 will help people who are sick. It will cut taxes for the rich, at the expense of poor people paying more for health care, or losing it entirely. There is no other description of any of these three attempts that is valid and accurate.

And, arguably most importantly, it will hurt their own base -- rural, blue collar, undereducated, Souther, and old -- the most.

The CBO report is due Monday or Tuesday. Just because it's not as bloody as TrumpCare 2.0 doesn't mean it won't be a mess. Bring a sponge.

[PACOX]

That's because you're not in office.

A Democrat won't resign over this, they'll fight the attack on the poor, sick, and old to the death.

A Republican...well, they don't care. I mean, yes that's a generalization, but look at the evidence we've been provided. After the TrumpCare 1.0 and 2.0, where did they hide? Away from town halls? Away from the press? Crafting the next one in secret meetings behind closed doors?

There is zero to negative evidence that TrumpCare 1.0 2.0 or 3.0 will help people who are sick. It will cut taxes for the rich, at the expense of poor people paying more for health care, or losing it entirely. There is no other description of any of these three attempts that is valid and accurate.

And, arguably most importantly, it will hurt their own base -- rural, blue collar, undereducated, Souther, and old -- the most.

The CBO report is due Monday or Tuesday. Just because it's not as bloody as TrumpCare 2.0 doesn't mean it won't be a mess. Bring a sponge.

I meant police officer

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I think with the consistent trend we've seen in the last decade would suggest that there is no low that they would not go.

Party before country and all that.

Not even party before country because they are shitting on a good portion of their base.

[wheresmywoft]

Not even party before country because they are shitting on a good portion of their base.

That sure still sounds like party before country. No one said that couldn't be bad for a portion of their own base.

[Glorious Leader]

Some of the responses to those tweets were downright barbaric. Blaming Democrats for using people in wheelchairs as pawns, claiming that the CBO is Fake News and nobody is going to lose Healthcare, and telling the disabled that it's their fault they're disabled to begin with. Is there no new low that Republican supporters will not stoop to to defend their team?

Watch the roger stone documentary on netflix. Win at all costs is the republican party.

[Lenonis]

It's amazing to me that even after having 7 years to come up with an alternative the GOP just can't manage it.

[LaserSharkDFB]

It's amazing to me that even after having 7 years to come up with an alternative the GOP just can't manage it.

That's because they don't really want to improve the ACA, because doing that would cost money. Therefore, any plan they could have come up with would have been less costly - and therefore, unless they were really creative, worse - than the ACA. In this case they also wanted to save money for their new tax cuts, so that meant they had to take even more money out of the ACA. Which is his how we got the POS the House came up with.

They cannot make a better plan than the ACA without spending more money. It just can't be done, especially with how conflicted they are. That's why they were so heavily against it in the first place.

[Xeones]

It's amazing to me that even after having 7 years to come up with an alternative the GOP just can't manage it.

It's hard you know.

How do you decide the right number of people to kill to give yourselves and the rest of the elite tax cuts?

[Lenonis]

They cannot make a better plan than the ACA without spending more money. It just can't be done, especially with how conflicted they are. That's why they were so heavily against it in the first place.

I agree but would phrase it this way -- they cannot repeal the ACA in a way that gives a tax break to the rich. Therefore they aren't interested in having it happen.

There is a theory bouncing around that McConnell actually wants the bill to fail in the Senate so he doesn't risk the damage to his majority. And it may very well not get the 50 votes.

[Healing Rain]

Government programs should be designed to be temporary anyway. Also the people who want access to them should have to pay into the programs in order to get access to them. Lastly, illegals should get a lifetime ban on receiving them.