Trumpcare looks stillborn because the public covered under the ACA are letting their reps, especially the Republicans have an earful that it indeed is not dead, and saved many millions. But what do Republicans care about that?
Partisanship should end once a person is elected as their responsibility should be to 100% of the eligible voters not just 10-25% of registered voters who voted for or against them in midterm election.
If, for example, you personally do not like Obama, simply stop calling the ACA, Obamacare and fix its deficiencies and give it a new name. Don’t punish the people for your dark feelings or the ideology of a declining fraction on the population. You have obligations to all your constituents and that should be your highest priority.
You tell some of the “low information” voters about ACA and they all want it. Then ask those same folks if theyd rather have Obamacare, and they say “no way.”In 1963, MEDICARE wasn’t perfect. They tweaked it. Now NO ONE wants to give up their Medicare. FIX THE ACA.
all the ACA did was to transfer wealth from government to big insurance on the backs of the middle class .. while you democrats wave your fingers at others to fix your fiasco.
" … been a lot of talk about just who was hurt and helped by Obamacare and who will profit or be imperiled by the next phase of health care legislation. Yet health insurance executives have been curiously silent about the House GOP plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. While the American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association, among many others, have come out against it, insurers have clearly made a strategic decision not to show their hand.
But know this: They love it. Their fingerprints are all over what the Republicans are calling the American Health Care Act. Arguably the only thing they don’t like about House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Ayn Randish creation is the way the plan would slash funding for the Medicaid program. That’s not because insurance executives are more compassionate for the poor than they’ve been in the past; it’s because a growing percentage of their profits now comes from Medicaid. In fact, more than half of the big insurers’ revenues is now coming from the government, not the private sector.
Make no mistake, health insurance lobbyists also helped shape the Affordable Care Act. Most notably, they were able to get a provision stripped from the bill that would have created a government-run insurance plan (the “public option”) to compete with private insurers.
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It is a myth that the big for-profit insurers like the ones I worked for have an interest in providing all of us with access to affordable care. That would conflict with their top priority, which, as I quickly learned in my corporate job, is to “enhance shareholder value.” That is why several of the big insurers started bailing from the Obamacare exchange markets last year after congressional Republicans eliminated the additional payments the ACA had set aside for insurers while the individual market was becoming more stable, predictable and fair.
Ramirez likes to paint the picture that the ACA is some sort of failure to give cover to Republicans who want to repeal it. He of course neglects to portray that Republicans began sabotaging it when they cancelled the ads during the enrollment period and that insurers are pulling out because of their concern that Republicans are not going to support the subsidies that were necessary for low income citizens. Even with all of that, I use the ACA and it has worked just fine in my state. With the GOP plan and the tens of millions who are about the become uninsured again, we will soon see what we saw before. The insured will subsidize the uninsured who show up in the ER for care but have no insurance.
We need an “undercover boss” program for congressmen. They should have to live in some of their constituents’ shoes for a couple of weeks or months before they can be seated.
Geebus! A fan of every political cartoonist from Gillray, to all of the others … This is one of the top ten of “strong, disturbing images”. It’s not wrong, it’s not inappropriate, I do not judge the artist, but…
The Elephant is in charge, that should be Trump not Obama. Obamacare is as much of a zombie as the Republicans want it to be. They are 100% in “control” even if they won’t take the reigns, they are the ones not doing the work to make this better.
Ramirez “working overtime” to distort U.S. health care situation — just distracting from GOP’s agenda to enact more tax cuts for wealthy and to destroy Medicaid!
Dtroutma almost 7 years ago
Trumpcare looks stillborn because the public covered under the ACA are letting their reps, especially the Republicans have an earful that it indeed is not dead, and saved many millions. But what do Republicans care about that?
superposition almost 7 years ago
Partisanship should end once a person is elected as their responsibility should be to 100% of the eligible voters not just 10-25% of registered voters who voted for or against them in midterm election.
If, for example, you personally do not like Obama, simply stop calling the ACA, Obamacare and fix its deficiencies and give it a new name. Don’t punish the people for your dark feelings or the ideology of a declining fraction on the population. You have obligations to all your constituents and that should be your highest priority.
Crabbyrino Premium Member almost 7 years ago
You tell some of the “low information” voters about ACA and they all want it. Then ask those same folks if theyd rather have Obamacare, and they say “no way.”In 1963, MEDICARE wasn’t perfect. They tweaked it. Now NO ONE wants to give up their Medicare. FIX THE ACA.
walfishj almost 7 years ago
it’s a shame those two drunks have to hold up that cop.
running down a dream almost 7 years ago
all the ACA did was to transfer wealth from government to big insurance on the backs of the middle class .. while you democrats wave your fingers at others to fix your fiasco.
WaitingMan almost 7 years ago
If Trumpcare ever gets signed into law, the dead won’t be walking. They’ll be piling up in the streets.
superposition almost 7 years ago
" … been a lot of talk about just who was hurt and helped by Obamacare and who will profit or be imperiled by the next phase of health care legislation. Yet health insurance executives have been curiously silent about the House GOP plan to repeal and replace Obamacare. While the American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association, among many others, have come out against it, insurers have clearly made a strategic decision not to show their hand.
But know this: They love it. Their fingerprints are all over what the Republicans are calling the American Health Care Act. Arguably the only thing they don’t like about House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Ayn Randish creation is the way the plan would slash funding for the Medicaid program. That’s not because insurance executives are more compassionate for the poor than they’ve been in the past; it’s because a growing percentage of their profits now comes from Medicaid. In fact, more than half of the big insurers’ revenues is now coming from the government, not the private sector.
Make no mistake, health insurance lobbyists also helped shape the Affordable Care Act. Most notably, they were able to get a provision stripped from the bill that would have created a government-run insurance plan (the “public option”) to compete with private insurers.
…
It is a myth that the big for-profit insurers like the ones I worked for have an interest in providing all of us with access to affordable care. That would conflict with their top priority, which, as I quickly learned in my corporate job, is to “enhance shareholder value.” That is why several of the big insurers started bailing from the Obamacare exchange markets last year after congressional Republicans eliminated the additional payments the ACA had set aside for insurers while the individual market was becoming more stable, predictable and fair.
…"
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/03/23/why-big-insurance-adores-american-health-care-act
DonnyTwoScoops almost 7 years ago
Ramirez likes to paint the picture that the ACA is some sort of failure to give cover to Republicans who want to repeal it. He of course neglects to portray that Republicans began sabotaging it when they cancelled the ads during the enrollment period and that insurers are pulling out because of their concern that Republicans are not going to support the subsidies that were necessary for low income citizens. Even with all of that, I use the ACA and it has worked just fine in my state. With the GOP plan and the tens of millions who are about the become uninsured again, we will soon see what we saw before. The insured will subsidize the uninsured who show up in the ER for care but have no insurance.
Dani Rice almost 7 years ago
The healthy subsidizing the un-healthy is EXACTLY how insurance works. Yeesh.
Radish the wordsmith almost 7 years ago
The Republican majority has made a righteous botch of everything.
magicwalnut Premium Member almost 7 years ago
We need an “undercover boss” program for congressmen. They should have to live in some of their constituents’ shoes for a couple of weeks or months before they can be seated.
ChaiLiptonius almost 7 years ago
Geebus! A fan of every political cartoonist from Gillray, to all of the others … This is one of the top ten of “strong, disturbing images”. It’s not wrong, it’s not inappropriate, I do not judge the artist, but…
Tightened my sphincter. Yow!
Mr. Blawt almost 7 years ago
The Elephant is in charge, that should be Trump not Obama. Obamacare is as much of a zombie as the Republicans want it to be. They are 100% in “control” even if they won’t take the reigns, they are the ones not doing the work to make this better.
running down a dream almost 7 years ago
the psychological projection here by democrats is quite amazing.
DrDon1 almost 7 years ago
Ramirez “working overtime” to distort U.S. health care situation — just distracting from GOP’s agenda to enact more tax cuts for wealthy and to destroy Medicaid!