GOP who voted to repeal ACA last year. Everyone with an ❌ has since been voted out of Congress.

[MelissaB]

This is the photo taken at the White House right after @HouseGOP voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act last year. Everyone with an ❌ has since been voted out of Congress.

Link to tweet

[MelissaB]

1. We have a little unfinished business to take care of.

[riversedge]

2. Yup. lots more vile Repugs need to be voted OUT

[Hermit-The-Prog]

25. absolutely; fill in those X's!

There are still too many faces without an X.

[Larrybanal]

27. but they are from shithole states with shithole voters

[Raven123]

3. Now the Dems need to strengthen ACA or propose a version of Medicare for all

[ucrdem]

7. The ACA already is a version of Medicare for all.

Last night I heard an endless harangue on Pacifica radio about how compromised and unfair Obamacare is and how Medicare for All on the other hand is worth dying for. Because FDR and Johnson " went all in," he kept repeating, and Pelosi needs to go all in or step aside. Weird and disturbing because it sounded to me like irrational racism. The long and the short is that the distinction between the ACA and Medicare for All is basically null because one is an existing policy and the other is a political slogan. And not a good one.

[shanny]

8. Maybe a version of Medicare Advantage for All

since it leaves the blood-sucking for-profit health insurance companies in the mix...and that's the part that needs to go imo. I don't care what anybody chooses to call it as long as EVERYONE is covered and the profit motive is axed.

[Hortensis]

9. Besides which, the ACA was designed to have a single payer option,

which ultimately (because Republicans said they'd support passage) was put away for the next term that never happened. AND the ACA included expansions of Medicare coverage to many millions. The ACA is Medicare to Many As A First Step. Second step delayed.

The ACA was and is intended to become universal healthcare coverage. I wanted a single payer system and planned to sign up for the single payer option, and I figured most Americans would ultimately choose the single payer option among those offered.

Btw, I had ACA coverage and then I went on Medicare. My ACA coverage was much better than basic Medicare. It effectively included
* The standard Medicare part A.
* Under the top 3 or so plans: significantly better to sufficiently better coverages and lower deductibles, copays, coinsurance, so that the extra coverages people can buy as part of Medicare part B were already included.
* Prescription medication coverage and some free standard medications.

Under Medicare, I have to
* Pay premiums for part A, plus pay taxes on the benefits.
* Buy on my own Medicare part B supplemental insurance because uncovered medical bills from A would break us.
* Buy on my own medication coverage.

With the ACA discount because my husband retired and my income dropped, costs were roughly comparable. Under both I've had to purchase separate dental and eye plans, which needs to be fixed.

I don't too much if the name of the healthcare plan is changed to Medicare Something, and if it saved lives I'd even be okay with Trumpcare -- the name is irrelevant to to people who will die without that second round of chemo. But under any name I'd be happy to have the ACA as it's supposed to be right now, and as it's supposed to be in future as guaranteed universal healthcare.

I'd rather honor those we owe so much for making it happen by keeping the name they chose, though. I call it Obamacare most of the time, but note that Pelosicare would not be inappropriate -- she was huge in making it happen. Michael Steele referred to her today as "the architect of the ACA."

[ucrdem]

13. Thanks for that!

Progressive opposition to the ACA has always seemed grossly misguided, to put it politely. Thanks for getting into the weeds and spelling it out!

[Hortensis]

16. :)

I've had the advantage at least of having had both. Many have had neither.

[33taw]

14. How?

We can stop repealing the ACA, but chances will require the Senate and Trump to approve. Do you think they will compromise?

[John Fante]

19. Probably not.

But that will be one more albatross the Pukes will have to wear around their necks for the election.

[Garrett78]

4. And yet the overall percentage of incumbents who were re-elected was typical.

In both the House and Senate, the re-election rate was average (i.e., over 80%).

[deurbano]

17. But the number of House Republicans incumbents who declined to run was well above average.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/here-are-all-the-republicans-retiring-from-congress-in-2018/

[Garrett78]

22. That's true. Unfortunately, some were simply replaced by other Republicans.

[John Fante]

23. Sorry, even the Debbie Downers can't rain on this parade.

[Garrett78]

24. I'm no Debbie Downer. We kicked ass in the election.

But it's worth pointing out that the re-election rate of incumbents is always staggeringly high, even this year. We need term limits for Representatives and Senators. Political office shouldn't be a career.

[malaise]

5. Now if only we could get their healthcare canceled

Too good

[dalton99a]

6. +1

[Sancho]

10. It's a start...but not enough...

[D23MIURG23]

11. Good riddance to human garbage.

Hopefully the next step in their career progression is a slow death from malignant bone cancer that their insurance finds a sneaky way out of covering.

[workinclasszero]

12. Awesome pic!

2020 is right around the corner. What’s left of the GOP rump party better start playing ball with Speaker Pelosi on healthcare and other issues if they value their jobs!!!

[kairos12]

15. They should also lose whatever health care they

have also.

[mgardener]

18. My republican rep, Elise Stefanik

Was unfortunately re elected.
She is a moral coward.

[FakeNoose]

20. Buh Bye!

[pazzyanne]

21. Love Karma!

[IrishEyes]

26. Now we can work on getting rid of the rest. Including that fat ugly orange thing in the middle.