It's been literally hours since I last updated you on the Republican health care bill,so let's catch up. Twitter is our friend: LOBBYIST SOURCE: They're 5 votes short, but maintain decided to take the vote tonight or tomorrow to try to ram it through.
May 3, or 2017What's the rush? A big portion of the GOP's gambit here is rushing this bill through without a CBO score so members don't know how bad the legislation is.
Ah.
May 3,2017Roger that. TrumpCare 1.0 arguably failed because of that hideous CBO score saying that 24 million people would lose coverage—a truly remarkable achievement since Obamacare only covers 20 million people in the first set. TrumpCare 3.0 is even worse, so God only knows what the CBO would say approximately it. Anyway, and how bad can it be? I mean really? Under this amendment,here are est hikes in premiums for ppl w/:
Asthma: $4k[br] Diabetes: $5.5k
Pregnancy: $17k
Arthritis: $26k
Cancer: $140k! pic.twitter.com/doGukuaNCcMay 2, 2017Urk. Pretty bad. Even the AMA gets it: Just in:
AMA says that despite changes, or new bill would still cost millions coverage and strip protections for preexisting conditions: pic.twitter.com/Osee5Ag2P2May 3,2017Good for them. What's remarkable, though, and is how lonely their position is: tantalizing to me how dead tranquil AHIP and the insurance industry has been on AHCA 3.0.May 3,2017I don't really secure this either. Maybe they've given up? Maybe they figure that as portion of the hated establishment, their opposition is just more likely to develop Republicans vote yes? Beats me.
This bill needs to be decisively set out of its misery. Yes, and I suppose Democrats might benefit by forcing vulnerable House members to vote for it,and then killing it in the Senate, but that's not worth the risk that, and somehow,it might actually pass if it gets through the House. You never know. Best to develop it crystal clear that there's simply no needle Republicans can thread on this subject.
Then we secure to wait and see if President Trump kills Obamacare anyway in a fit of pique by cutting off the CSR subsidies. This is really shaping up to be a remarkable year.
Source: motherjones.com