Ryan: I 'Recognize And Appreciate Concerns' Of Millions Losing Coverage

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo


By ESME CRIBB Published MARCH 13, 2017, 5:01 PM EDT

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Monday that nobody will have "the rug pulled out from under them" by a Republican bill to repeal Obamacare, which the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimated would leave 24 million more people uninsured over the next 10 years.

I recognize and appreciate concerns about making sure people have access to coverage," Ryan said in a statement. "And, as we have long said, there will be a stable transition so that no one has the rug pulled out from under them."

He highlighted segments of the CBO's report noting that the bill would "provide massive tax relief" and "dramatically reduce the deficit," and said the legislation is "just the first of a three-pronged approach."

"Its important to note that this report does not take into consideration additional steps Congress and the Trump administration are taking that will further lower costs and increase choices," Ryan said.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/paul-ryan-i-recognize-and-appreciate-concerns-millions-losing-health-insurance

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McCarthy Says AHCA Will 'Increase Access,' Glosses Over Drop In Coverage

By ESME CRIBB Published MARCH 13, 2017, 5:11 PM EDT

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said Monday that the Republican bill to repeal Obamacare "will empower Americans with access, choice and affordability." He avoided any mention of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office's estimate that the bill would leave millions more people uninsured.

"This report by the CBO confirms that this first phase of health care reform, the American Health Care Act, uses conservative and free-market principles that will empower Americans with access, choice and affordability," McCarthy said in a statement.

The CBO estimated that 14 million would lose coverage by 2018, just in time for the midterm elections, with a total of 24 million people losing their insurance over the next 10 years under House Republicans' bill.

McCarthy did not mention those estimates in his statement. He instead railed against Obamacare, which he claimed "continues to collapse under its own weight," and promised that the next stages of Republican health care legislation "will only further reduce costs and increase access to health care."

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/kevin-mccarthy-says-obamacare-repeal-will-empower-americans-doesnt-mention-loss-of-coverage

[elleng]

1. TAX RELIEF and REDUCE THE DEFICIT are the ONLY things this small man says he's interested in.

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[redwitch]

11. He is also interested in lining his pockets and controlling women.

I really want to slap the smirk off his ugly face!

[pangaia]

30. He's also a pseudo christian, or christian taliban, if one prefers,

and THAT is driving a lot of what he does...
maybe most of it....

[elleng]

52. Yes, I agree.

Such as he should be called out LOUD, no getting around it.

[Jonny Appleseed]

57. There's a large portion of the Republican Party that maintain a shit-eating grin devoutly

Every time they hurt someone they get a visible facial erection.

[Scarsdale]

71. Good plan?

Why aren't politicians dropping the plan THEY enjoy, and join this one? Ryan also wants to erase Medicare, give vouchers to seniors. He is too scared to hold town hall meetings and face constituents. He meets with lobbyists though - no problem.

[world wide wally]

19. It certainly won't do both of those things, numbnuts.

And we know you don't give a flying fuck about the defiecit when a Reputican is in office.

[lark]

26. Au contraire!

R's don't give a damn about the deficit, they always dramatically increase the deficit, ALWAYS! They do care and care bunches about the poor little millionaires having to pay anything to help anyone else. They also care that poor people are getting helped, that won't do either, despite their lip service, they are heartless slime.

[elleng]

27. Yes, they always do, but they MOUTHe the meme. I'll rephrase.

[lark]

32. Yes, they give lip service to lots of things they don't actually do.

Creating jobs is one great example and keeping us safe is another.

[adigal]

46. Important figure: Trumpcare gives 1/2 TRILLION dollars tax cuts to the wealthy

while only providing 300 billion and change in tax CREDITS to the poor and middle class to buy health insurance.
HAHAHA!! What a stinker this bill is!! Do the REPUBS really, really think this will be popular?

2018 will be a landslide for us. Let's get people registered!!!!

[alterfurz]

58. For Paul Ryan and the GOP, Trickle-Down OCD is a pre-existing condition

[Sunlei]

2. What Plan? Where is it? REPUBLICANS DON'T HAVE A PLAN.

[elmac]

3. Ryan is a lying sack of shit

and there is a special place in hell waiting for these fascist pigs.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

4. Sanctimonious, self-righteous, insensitive, unconscionable shit head!

As long as you say you're sorry, you can go ahead and fuck everybody over.

I wonder how many of the assholes that voted for dummy will lose their health coverage and still deny the reality of this cluster-fuck they helped to create?

[napi21]

5. He keeps talking about "additional steps"! WHAT ARE THEY Mr Ryan? Maybe if you'd speak up

on the plans, people wouldn't be so skeptical!

[lark]

29. Their totally open secret.

Convert Medicaid and Medicare to vouchers and block grants to states, allow the states to remove all price and increase restrictions as well as coverage mandates so the grants and vouchers cover nothing, raise the age of SS and privatize it. That's the R's wet dream and what they want to change. OK, well that and ending any subsidies quickly! The rest of what he said is just lies.

[Freethinker65]

6. Yep. It was never about health care, it was about tax cuts for the wealthy

[OldHippieChick]

7. I am generally very sedate in my approach, but

WHAT ADDITIONAL STEPS YOU FUCKWAD???

[spiderpig]

73. He had no problem feeding at the public trough when it benefitted him

Sanctimonious jerk.

[murielm99]

8. Is anyone running against Ryan?

This might be the time to make a change. He has been voted into office over and over. People up there might finally be sick of him.

[Ccarmona]

9. I'll be so happy

From the grave that the deficit was reduced and the rich got their tax relief.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. The uninsured are getting what out of this Paul Lyin' Ryan nonsense?

Nothing. Not help with paying, not help to find a way to pay, not employment help.

Zilch. Stone cold heartless Paul Ryan goose eggs. ZERO.

[More_Cowbell]

12. "stable transition" delay until after 2018 elections

THEN poor and sick people will lose everything.

[Augiedog]

13. Doesn't anyone realize he is a monster in a cute Eddie Munster disguise?

[Metro135]

14. A three-pronged approach?

He highlighted segments of the CBO's report noting that the bill is "just the first of a three-pronged approach."

Yeah -- a pitchfork up the ass.

[UpInArms]

15. they're not "pulling the rug," they are setting the house on fire

[colorado_ufo]

16. I heard a Representative being interviewed -

very nervously, I might add - who ran rapidly down a list of "benefits" of the new whatever-it-is-called replacement act, one of them being the repeal of the MEDICARE payroll tax. I thought that I had misheard him and played back that bit several times on the DVR. Yep, that is what he said.

What do Medicare and the Medicare payroll tax have to do with the ACA? Maybe I am just not fully informed; however, my first thought was, "Is this a way to slip in defunding Medicare, by tacking this onto the replacement of the ACA?"

I had the distinct feeling that this Representative realized that he had slipped up when he said it, because he very rapidly delivered a barrage of words and diverted away from that subject. The interviewer didn't follow up on the statement.

Has anyone else heard this?

[CountAllVotes]

40. If you do not pay into Medicare

When the time comes, you won't have enough quarters paid in to qualify for it. Hence, over time, Medicare becomes obsolete! It would happen sooner rather than later as no doctor will care to take Medicare being it will become insolvent sooner rather than later.

Mission Accomplished PUKES!

[colorado_ufo]

62. They just slid that little gem right in, didn't they?

[CountAllVotes]

64. Good catch!

They are indeed evil SOBs! They know what they are doing, they are trying to rob the American people out of everything they can grab, PUSSIES INCLUDED!!!

We need to get the word out on this.

It will seem appealing to the uninformed among us as "more money on YOUR paycheck" it will be sold to be. Some more money in your paycheck when you find yourself with no health care being the plan you've been paying into your entire life no longer exists!

The timing is absolutely impeccable as boomers are now retiring!

Loathsome treacherous lot at best!

IMPEACH THESE TREASONOUS LOSERS NOW!

[moonscape]

75. Repeal of the tax on high-income earners. This gives

an explanation:

http://kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/what-are-the-implications-for-medicare-of-the-american-health-care-act/

[jmowreader]

17. "Recognize and appreciate" - is that the new GOP synonym for GFY?

[Vinca]

18. If they lose insurance, the rug is definitely pulled out from under them.

What a ridiculous thing for him to say.

[hibbing]

20. Bend over, here comes prong #2 n/t

[Lanius]

21. The Republicans keep saying "access to coverage." This is a red herring, since "access" doesn't

mean anything if you can't afford or obtain what it is you want or need. Right now, I have "access" to move and buy a house in a new city. But I won't be doing that any time soon because I can't afford to do so. "Access" and "freedom" when it comes to health insurance mean nothing to many Americans who depend on the subsidies in the ACA and will lost them in exchange for measly tax credits.

[KingCharlemagne]

36. As Bill Hicks was wont to say, "If you think you are free, try

to travel somewhere without fucking money!"

[3catwoman3]

37. I have "access" to the Porsche dealer...

...in the town where I work. I could walk in any time. Walking out with keys to one of their vehicles will not be happening because I don't have access to enough cash.

[Cosmocat]

43. End of the day - the PEOPLE have to reject them

this kind of bold faced FUs ...

it is wearisome when our 1/3 keeps TRYING to do the heavy lifting, their 1/3 rapidly pulls against the better interests and another 1/3 just sits their looking down on us ....

[Rustyeye77]

22. What a sc*mbag.

Drop dead Paul.

[Plucketeer]

23. I know there's some decent, objective-thinking folks in Wisconsin

But WHY do they keep voting for the likes of this liar and their carbon copy governor??? Has anyone checked the cheese there for lead content?

[KingCharlemagne]

38. They gave us Joseph McCarthy not that long ago. - nt

[50 Shades Of Blue]

24. 50 Shades of Blue: THE FUCK YOU DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bucolic_frolic]

25. It's as if they're saying

"Kill of the sick and the poor, there'll be more for the rest of us!"

Ooooops. That IS what they're saying!

[TranssexualKaren]

33. Hoover's treasury secretary opined.....

"Liquid the poor" as an answer to the Great Depression.

[pangaia]

28. They may not have a rug pulled out from under them, but......

they sure will lose their health insurance...

Stupid, lying fuck...

[Docreed2003]

31. And somehow this scumbag can sleep at night...

[3catwoman3]

35. You can't be troubled by your conscience...

...if you don't have one. I'm sure he sleeps just fine.

[Docreed2003]

45. Sadly...probably spot on!

[Highway61]

39. Really

"Its important to note that this report does not take into consideration additional steps Congress and the Trump administration are taking that will further lower costs and increase choices"

Steps? Such as???????? Tell us NOW Eddy Munster

[C_U_L8R]

41. Unbelievable.

Republicans are totally unbelievable.
They lie, we die.

[calimary]

42. Oh PLEASE. Or maybe this poor dear was just absent the day his school's catechism class

was reading Matthew 25:35-45.

That's the one that talks about "the least of these". I want to start hearing all these self-proclaimed/self-congratulatory holier-than-thou "Christianists" quote THIS passage, if they expect me to listen to ANY cockamamie bullshit they're trying to sell - THAT'S ONLY GONNA HURT PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE POOR!

To review:

35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,[a] you did it to me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ 44 Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’ 45 Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25%3A35-45&version=ESV

[Lucky Luciano]

44. The full Ryan quote below:

Ryan: "I Recognize And Appreciate Concerns Of Millions Losing coverage and I simply cannot stop laughing."

[WinkyDink]

47. Just s-l-o-w-l-y the rug will be pulled out from under them. You KNOW Ryan is simply speaking about

speed.

[Botany]

48. the bill would "provide massive tax relief"

For the really really rich.

[moonseller66]

49. 2017 version

of the Third Reich's 1930s Eugenics Program.

Hey Ryan,
I'll make this real simple request, simple enough even for you to understand! Show us an example how, say, a family of 4 with just a working father making minimum wage, how exactly he'll be able to provide health care for his family! More people (and reporters) need to ask this question of the Republicans.

You disagree with the CBO's response...show us in black and white exactly how it will work for those who will lose their ACA. It can't be that hard for you to do since it's basically your program and you have all the answers (after 7 years of working on it.)

Put your figures out in public to show how the under and uninsured will benefit.

Betcha can't do it...or won't!

[riversedge]

50. "provide massive tax relief" and "dramatically reduce the deficit,"

@speakerRyan's is happy--> "provide massive tax relief" and "dramatically reduce the deficit," NOTHING about health care!!

[NastyRiffraff]

51. "and I don't give a fuck"

There. I completed his sentence for him.

[Beartracks]

53. "Gradual transition" means "the 750% increase will roll out over 3 years"...

... or something like that, so that people "don't have the rug pulled out from under them." So it'll be okay to have the rug inched out from under them instead?

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[benld74]

54. Liar

[47of74]

55. And if you believe a word that sanctimonious fornicate says, I have the following for sale.

This...



This...



This too...



And this...



I do cash or pay pal

[Bradical79]

56. That's worse than playing stupid.

He's saying that he's aware that he's going to fuck over millions of people, and decided to move ahead anyway.

[roamer65]

59. The true face of Social Darwinism.

[SummerSnow]

60. Oh hell with him. He lies are like diarrhea.

[paleotn]

61. But in reality

he simply doesn't give a shit about anyone but himself. Ayn would be so proud.

[hatrack]

63. Fuck your "recognition", fuck your "appreciation" and FUCK YOU!

Lying sack of SHIT.

[pangaia]

65. Some opinions of the shitfuck found in this thread....

Sanctimonious
self-righteous
insensitive,
unconscionable
shit head!
Dummy
lying sack of shit
heartless slime
numbnuts
pseudo christian
christian taliban
small man
Mr Ryan
FUCKWAD
Paul Lyin' Ryan
Stone cold heartless
monster
sc*mbag
liar
shitfuck

keep up the good work...

[tclambert]

66. "I appreciate their concerns, but you have to remember . . . they're not rich. So fuck 'em."

[pablo_marmol]

67. Gawd what a frightful piece of filth. NT

[joet67]

68. Perhaps he could "appreciate it" more if he were to lose his job and then be diagnosed with

a catastrophic disease, as I did in a single day. Other than that, he's just spewing words out of his pie-hole. How he gets elected is beyond me.

[mdbl]

69. effin' lyers

I am tired of the word access. If you can't afford it, you don't have access. period. Assholes!

[Lulu KC]

70. I've come to expect them all to lie about facts

but when they lie about feelings, I scream BULLSHIT. Pardon my French.

[randome]

72. The ACA has been "collapsing under its own weight" for eight years now.

Funny thing is, it appears to be pretty healthy still.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
Leonard Cohen, Anthem (1992)[/center][/font][hr]

[calimary]

74. All I can say is - "my ass you do, Mr. Soon-to-be-EX-Speaker."