It's bigger than Obamacare. It's the future of our democracy.
Mitch McConnell laid out the Senate's version of AHCA yesterday. Already four of his own party said they would not vote to enact it. Not a single democrat will also.
Poll after poll demonstrate that the change is not improving "Obamacare" a/k/a ACA. Millions of Americans will lose access to healthcare, thereby risking their health and/or mortality. Those who can afford to keep it will pay more -- much more -- especially if they are older and have certain age-related conditions and maladies.
Clearly the "new" bill is not popular, even with republican constituents.
Yet we have congressional representatives and senators are voting according to their donors and the 1%, a statistical minority, not according to their districts/states.
Democracy is theoretically dependent upon a representative voting according to the majority of the will of their district/state, not according to their party leaders, their richest donors, their personal beliefs.
Not only will a multitude of this country lose their healthcare, but a massive (perhaps irreversible) shift of wealth will occur as well as the voices of "The People" will be muted (perhaps silenced) if this Senate Bill is passed.
Make no mistake. This is a war for our democracy. If McConnell doesn't have the votes by July 4, he will persevere. The Bill will return again and again, like the resolutions to repeal Obamacare became almost a routine part of congressional and Senate business when Obama was president.
The issue has to be addressed whether republicans can be allowed to vote according to their party or according to their districts/states.
And when I say by their districts/states, I don't mean the misrepresentation by elected leaders that mischaracterize what their constituents want as what the Party wants.
