ThumpCare has achieved one thing ... It sucks so much ...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

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The AHCA has achieved one thing in its short and worthless life, however: It sucks so much that people have come together from across the political spectrum to proclaim just how much it sucks. Paul branded it “Obamacare Lite” and tweeted (hurriedly, it seems): “It will not pass. Conservarives [sic] are not going to take it.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D) said it would “Make America Sick Again.” Heritage Action CEO Michael Needham, who is scary conservative, said it “not only accepts the flawed progressive premises of Obamacare but expands on them.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D) tweeted that it “forces millions of Americans to pay more for less care.” Reason’s Peter Suderman wrote, “This bill, and the aura of secrecy surrounding it, seems more like a wish and a hope that this essential problem goes away rather than an attempt to truly solve it.” The Club for Growth saw an opportunity to own House Speaker Paul Ryan, dubbing this “warmed-over substitute for government-run health care” as “RyanCare.” And the Cato Institute’s Michael F. Cannon wrote, “This bill is a train wreck waiting to happen.”

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But the AHCA is also a shambles by design. The best explanation for the AHCA’s many flaws may simply be that Republican leaders are struggling to come up with a conservative alternative to Obamacare that doesn’t turn the health care system into a Darwinian nightmare. Though its impact would be deep, it’s actually superficial reform, roughing Obamacare up and kicking some poor people off health insurance in the process so that Republican leaders can claim they’ve repealed and replaced Obamacare, even as they leave some of its pillars in place.

For now, the AHCA probably doesn’t have the votes to make it through Congress. But don’t underestimate the cravenness of the Republican Party. The Wall Street Journal editorial board, for one, is calling for Republicans to pass it anyway. “The House bill is the only heath-care show in town,” they write, adding, “Republicans have a limited window for repeal and replace, and this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity.”

https://newrepublic.com/article/141203/trumpcare-already-dead

[ananda]

1. Sometimes I think healthcare is a target ..

Reeps put out to distract us from the other truly
bad and nefarious things they are doing to destroy
consumer and worker protections and give corporations
and financial institutions carte blanche to do whatever
the fuck they want.

[Johonny]

2. I still fear they will ram it through and Trump will sign it because he's a dumb *

His messages about it clearly indicate he doesn't care what it does. He just wants to pretend to be a leader and any old pile of crap will do.