Did you know you could choose health care over an iPhone? Actually, health care insurance costs about 35 times what the $500 phone costs.
Did you know the poor were lazy? A few are lazy, but most people are too proud and are NOT LAZY. Also, the welfare system rules say that if they work one more day a week, they make too much money to be on welfare. Thus, welfare recipients have to run the numbers like all of us do. Many times going off welfare costs too much, so they don't work that extra day.
Mean spirited, grudging, cynical, nasty, mean are adjectives that apply to what the Republicans are doing to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. After 7 years or so health care haters (Republicans) started with no notes, not even a single draft replacement. Amazing!
"RyanCare" is how the Republicans address offering socialist heath care to Americans.
Ryan and Republicans rushing to beat deadline for 51 votes! Hurry, do it sloppy . . . Sad! You get what you pay for, and YOU WILL NOT GET WHAT TWEETY PROMISED.
"Trump Vows "Full-Court Press" As Opposition To 'RyanCare' Mounts"
by Tyler Durden
Mar 9, 2017 9:19 AM
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-09/
"Republicans: What the CBO says about Ryancare just doesn't matter"
By Joan McCarter
Wednesday Mar 08, 2017
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) purpose is to INDEPENDENTLY tell Congress what legislation will cost to implement. Go to see the CBO web site.
https://www.cbo.gov/about/products/major-recurring-reports
What did Tweety promise America for their health care? Here it is:
"Trumpcare breaks every promise Trump made about health care"
The bill would not preserve coverage for millions nor guarantee cheaper and better health care.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-obamcare-replacement-breaks-more-promises-42b2fda950f#.g7ko91epe
"Trump promised that his replacement would be “a lot less expensive” for consumers and for the government. “You know who makes the money with Obamacare? I don’t know if you know. The insurance companies,” he explained.
On 60 Minutes in September of 2015, Trump vowed that everyone would be covered if he won. “I am going to take care of everybody. I don’t care if it costs me votes or not. Everybody’s going to be taken care of much better than they’re taken care of now.”
Pressed for specifics, he explained that “people are going to be able to go out and negotiate great plans with lots of different competition with lots of competitors with great companies and they can have their doctors, they can have plans, they can have everything.”
Trump reiterated his pledge that every American would get coverage at a February 2016 MSNBC town hall. “We’re going to take care of them. We’re going to take care of them. We have to take care of them. Now, that’s not single payer. That’s not anything. That’s just human decency.”
“You will end up with great health care for a fraction of the price and that will take place immediately after we go in. Immediately! Fast! Quick!” he told supporters at a Las Vegas rally that month."
Tweety says Ryancare is wonderful? Ryancare breaks every Tweety promise, AND GIVES A TAX BREAK TO THE RICH! Why do the rich need a tax break?
"Trump’s promises vs. the Republican plan on health care"
By Ken Thomas and Catherine Lucey Associated Press March 07, 2017
"DRUG PRICES
Trump has been harshly critical of pharmaceutical companies for their pricing, saying they are ‘‘getting away with murder.’’ During a news conference before he took office, Trump promised to take on drug companies, saying, ‘‘We’re the largest buyer of drugs in the world, and yet we don’t bid properly.’’
The health care plan from House Republicans does not address drug prices. Trump tweeted Tuesday that he was working on a new system to create competition in the drug industry and promised that prices would come down. In a letter to Republican House leaders, Health Secretary Tom Price also noted that lowering drug prices is among the president’s goals."
Tweety has not taken on the drug issue; he cut and ran after meeting with drug companies.
Next, Tweety ran away from the insurance companies; failing again as he promised "help" in phases 2 . . . or maybe phase 3. What? That is what the Affordabe Care Act did, promise better coverage and lower cost in the future phases.
"SALE OF INSURANCE ACROSS STATE LINES
Trump often pointed to the need to eliminate regulatory barriers so insurance could be sold across state lines. He said that would promote competition and reduce cost.
Price told lawmakers that not all of Trump’s plans — including selling insurance across state borders — could be achieved through the bill because of procedural rules. But he said it was an ‘‘important first step.’’
Offering his own piece of assurance, Trump tweeted, ‘‘Don’t worry, getting rid of state lines ... will be in phase 2 & 3 of healthcare rollout.’’"
Some republican commentary is pretty ugly too, like poor people do not have the money for health savings accounts because they are lazy, and some people who do not have health care selfishly buy smart phones?
"Laziness isn’t why people are poor. And iPhones aren’t why they lack health care."
The real reasons people suffer poverty don't reflect well on the United States.
by Stephen Pimpare By Stephen Pimpare
March 8
Stephen Pimpare is the author of "A People’s History of Poverty in America" and the forthcoming "Ghettos, Tramps, and Welfare Queens: Down and Out on the Silver Screen." He teaches American politics and public policy at the University of New Hampshire.
In my opinion, the majority of people make the best choices they can for their health and a cell phone no way interferes financially with buying health care insurance.
"In response to a question about his party’s plan to increase the cost of health insurance, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) suggested that people should “invest in their own health care” instead of “getting that new iPhone.” He doubled-down on the point in a later interview: “People need to make a conscious choice, and I believe in self-reliance.” Of course, Chaffetz is wrong. But he isn’t alone.
"While he has been met with justifiable derision for the comparison (Christopher Ingraham walked through the math for us, pointing out that a year’s worth of health care would equal 23 iPhone 7 Pluses in price), the claim he is making is hardly new. Chaffetz was articulating a commonly held belief that poverty in the United States is, by and large, the result of laziness, immorality and irresponsibility. If only people made better choices — if they worked harder, stayed in school, got married, didn’t have children they couldn’t afford, spent what money they had more wisely and saved more — then they wouldn’t be poor, or so the reasoning goes."
"5 Key Takeaways From The GOP Health Overhaul Plan"
March 09, 2017
By Julie Rovner
http://www.wbur.org/npr/519304881/5-things-to-watch-with-the-gop-health-law-overhaul
One ill advised and NOT needed element is help for the rich. Why do rich people need a ax break? I do not understand this.
The biggest change is in Medicaid.
"Currently, Medicaid costs are shared between states and the federal government, but the funding is open-ended, so the federal government pays its percentage of whatever states spend. Under the proposed bill, the amount of federal funding would be capped on a per-person basis, so funding would go up as more people qualify. But that per-capita amount might not grow as fast as Medicaid costs, which could leave states on the hook for an ever-increasing share of the costs of the program.
"Capping federal contributions to the Medicaid program will likely force states with already tight budgets to limit eligibility and cut benefits to at-risk Americans," said the American Public Health Association in a statement."
