Sen Casey gets Trump memo detailing how he'll dismantle the ACA

[DeminPennswoods]

Sen Casey got hold of the memo Trump gave to the House Freedom Caucus showing how Trump et al plan/planned to dismantle the ACA (Obamacare). He's now released the memo to the public via Politico.

Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2018/01/11/Pennsylvania-Senator-Bob-Casey-exposes-Donald-Trump-written-plan-dismantle-ACA-Obamacare-Politico/stories/201801110118

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Watch the Freedom Caucus

I mean,the Koch Brothers bought and paid for members of Congress to go bat shit crazy.

[rtracey]

2. hmmm I'm confused

Did we not know this was his goal?

[LanternWaste]

4. First paragraph, first sentence."Its no secret that President Donald Trump has been trying to..."

"It’s no secret that President Donald Trump has been trying to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, but it took a brazen Democrat to pry the written plan from the White House and expose it..."

[Sophia4]

3. I lived in countries that have single payer.

Single payer puts the patient in charge more than our system does.

I could switch doctors more frequently than someone can with American insurance (pre-Obamacare insurance).

The doctors know what services they can't provide without authorization, but just about all the services you need are authorized.

A lot of things like alcohol detox (for my neighbors, not for me), things we consider alternative medicine, things that aren't covered here, were covered under a couple of the single-payer plans.

You can still buy private insurance if you want to and get things most people don't need or want like a private hospital room.

I loved single payer health insurance.

I never had to worry about being covered. Everyone had health insurance.

If you doubt that our health insurance system is still bad, look at the life expectancies in various countries. We are, I believe, 31st on the WHO list and 43d on the UN list.

We should at least be in the top ten.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_life_expectancy

Note that on the OECD list, we are 26 out of 34 countries. That's shameful.

Please look at the lists and see which countries have longer life expectancies than we do.

Of course, the murder rate and guns have an effect on our life expectancy as a nation.

[DAMANgoldberg]

5. Awesome Post

This really needs to be shared beyond DU. I won't do it without your permission, but it's very easy to do as an image.

[Sophia4]

6. Do. I try to tell everyone I meet.

Look at where the US is on life expectancy lists. That tells the story. Even if we do have an extremely high murder rate.

[DeminPennswoods]

8. Be my guest, it's from the Pgh Post-Gazette

They should get credit if you're going to disseminate their reporting.

[DAMANgoldberg]

11. The image created...

out of the screen capture has been posted to Twitter. I didn't know at the time that it came from the Post-Gazette. Next time, I will use Buffer, so I can edit it before it goes live. I really wish Twitter had editing functionality.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Good.

[DeminPennswoods]

9. Indeed!

I personally love the new, more aggressive Sen Bob Casey. I remember his dad could get his Irish up, too.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Yeah, he was always the low-key

soft-spoken, sortof introvert type. But I know he has it in him!

[DeminPennswoods]

12. But wait, there's more!

Also from the PG story:

Mr. Casey said he became aware Thursday of documents related to 200 other health policy changes HHS is pursuing. He said he plans to try to shake loose those records next.

“That will be the next battle on this front,” he said. “It’s part of our obligation to do aggressive oversight, especially when the oversight involves something as serious and grave as to whether someone can have health insurance.”.