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Why Republicans are so bad at health care

Rogue Valley

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Why Republicans are so bad at health care

By Matt O'Brien. May 27, 2017

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President Trump and House Republicans celebrate the passage of the GOP AHCA bill in early May.

Republicans have had seven years to figure out how they want to replace Obamacare, and this is what they've come up with: a plan that, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, would lead to 23 million more people not having insurance and, in states that wanted to, sick people being burdened with much, much higher costs. Maybe they needed eight years? The real question here is why. Why weren't Republicans able to put a plan together that people actually, you know, like — theirs is polling in the low 20s — and why did it take so long? And the answer is pretty simple: Republicans are philosophically opposed to redistribution, but health care is all about redistribution. For a long time, they tried to wish that away, and it was only when that wasn't an option anymore that they moved on to Plan B: trying to pass the least re-distributive bill they can before anyone noticed how much it doesn't redistribute. That last part isn't working so well.

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The Trump/GOP healthcare plan ... take billions from the 99% and transfer that to the 1% in the form of huge tax breaks.
 
Crystal said:
All the GOP has to o is sit back until Obamacare finishes imploding. No need to reform it at all.
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No, they campaigned on "let us fix it." Now they have to.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Why Republicans are so bad at health care


The Trump/GOP healthcare plan ... take billions from the 99% and transfer that to the 1% in the form of huge tax breaks.
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In what way do you think the transfer is like you say? The 1 percent would own the insurance companies and healthcare companies and pharmaceutical companies that would profit from the 23 million having policies.
 
Taxes for the top 5% would drop considerably. A GOP legislated re-distribution of wealth.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Taxes for the top 5% would drop considerably. A GOP legislated re-distribution of wealth.
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You'll forgive me if I doubt the veracity of your claim. Care to go into a little more detail?
 
"GOP legislated wealth re-distribution" That's a hoot!! Especially when BO and the leftists in Washington forced Obamacare down the throats of Americans which was the biggest wealth transfer in the history of this nation. Now, in Kalifornia, Moonbeam and his merry band of kooker leftists in Sacramento are poised to pass "free" healthcare for ALL of Kalifornia, including illegals, at the tune of $400B. With no plan to pay for it. ROTFL Than Moonbeam goes on TV to declare those taxpayers that complain about taxes are, "free loaders!" Keep up the good work, leftists. You're onto something here. LOL
 
"Why Republicans are so bad at health care"

They didn't attend the best medical schools?
 
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