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GOP may be lost when it comes to policy, but they excel at politics. They are framing their healthcare repeal as a vote against Bernie's "Medicare-for-all."

Trumpcare enjoys abysmal ratings and would decimate the GOP in swing states if they pass it - but by framing it as a guard against the Sanders proposal - which lacks majority support even among the minority Democrats - the GOP leadership can pressure their senators to vote for the unscored bill. A bill which would substantially raise premiums especially for the most vulnerable and result in many millions losing insurance.

It's not just Bernie this time, quite a few Democrat hopefuls for 2020 have thrown their support behind the vaporware proposal. Demonstrating once again why the Democrats may have more registered voters - even more votes cast - but still can't get out of their own way.

The Trump hurricane is giving the Dems a mighty tailwind for 2018 and what should be a perfect storm in 2020 - but lea...See More
Bob R/CA A clarification, I support the concept of medicare-for-all. It would almost certainly reduce premiums and government costs, and if it tracked other successful programs by our fellow industrialized nations, increase satisfaction and improve outcomes. What I regret is the skill-less timing from the Democrats, and the failure to honestly map out even ...See More
Sep 22, 2017
T.E.C. - Iowa Well, I would disagree that the Republican position of being "against Bernie's Medicare-for-all" is good politics. This is actually a demonstration of how "out of touch" Republicans are, or alternatively, how in touch with their rich donors they are to the exclusion of the rest of America.

For example, the article, "Public support for 'sin...See More
Sep 22, 2017
Tim Finnegan Speaking of exploding premiums, thanks ACA... although I'm not sure that first A belongs any more...

And, before you start your normal blame Trump rant, realize that the cost sharing reductions that the previous administration decided to pay were never approved by congress. If these were really important, one can only imagine that the Demo...See More
Sep 22, 2017
Bob R/CA Yes, the per capita cost outlays now for our current PRIVATE CARE system are larger than the government outlays for all the other SOCIALIZED medicine countries. Now add in the patient savings because their insurance costs are eliminated or substantially reduced. Yes, the savings are tremendous, as proved by study after study comparing US costs to t...See More
Sep 23, 2017
T.E.C. - Iowa I find Tim's article a great example of how the government has been captured by the insurance industry, and thus, the government wants to ensure their profits. The article says:

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Instability: that's the main reason for the increases. We're trying to give carriers some sort of certainty," said Franchini, whose office told th...See More
Sep 23, 2017


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