Imploding Obamacare vs. Medicaid For All
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 06/07/2017 - 12:08pmTwo surprising things happened yesterday.
The first was Nevada's legislature passed a Medicaid For All bill.
Two surprising things happened yesterday.
The first was Nevada's legislature passed a Medicaid For All bill.
About a month ago I explained that "we must unite to defend health insurance legislation that is “the craziest thing in the world”, and that sometimes "catches fire", that its premiums rise more than 20 percent on average every year, that is in a "death spiral", and that is vanishing in large parts of America."
Theoretically when a politician wins he rewards his voters, or at least spares them some of the pain.
However, Donald Trump isn't a normal politician. He does things differently.
There is much gnashing of teeth and rending of garments over the horrible GOP repeal of Obamacare.
Last year was a bad year for Obamacare. This year Obamacare might simply stop being available in many areas.
Republicans met today to discuss repealing Obamacare.
Things did not go well.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report for Trump and the Republican's "American Health Care Act" has come out.
This was a very bad week for Obamacare.
The biggest reason was news from Humana.
Don't underestimate the power of the think tanks, institutions and lobbies in Washington to influence government policies and programs. Remember that Obamacare was partly a takeoff from a right wing Heritage Foundation plan.
The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) is a conservative, right wing think tank established in Washington in 1938 located on Think Tank Row. This is a scumbag organization made up of greedy, power hungry bastards.