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Honeycombe8

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6. This is bad news. :( It's all to give $$$ to the ins. cos., and take $$$ from the ACA,

Reply to progree (Original post)

Fri Apr 14, 2017, 08:17 PM

Apr 2017

so it can be transferred to the wealthy in the form of tax cuts.

Sounds like they are dropping the pretense of reforming health care for the benefit of the public, and going straight to the money grab from it for the transfer to the wealthy and corporations. They desperately need that money to offset the YUGE deficit that will be caused by the YUGE tax cuts for the wealthy.

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Trump administration issues final rule on stricter Obamacare enrollment [View all] progree Apr 2017 OP

How the hell is this legal? DK504 Apr 2017 #1

The actual ACA gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services great latitude in setting PoliticAverse Apr 2017 #2

And the death doctor Price will do everything he can to undermine, sabotage, and ultimately kill it dalton99a Apr 2017 #3

Great latitude Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2017 #15

More rules? What happened to deregulation? bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #4

These narcissistic assholes think that there should be more capitalists values and more turbinetree Apr 2017 #5

This is bad news. :( It's all to give $$$ to the ins. cos., and take $$$ from the ACA, Honeycombe8 Apr 2017 #6

I think I know airplaneman Apr 2017 #7

Bingo! progree Apr 2017 #8

Removing federal oversight? What could go wrong? tenorly Apr 2017 #9

haha, I see what you did there.... and it's just so sad that criminals like this guy are in charge Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #11

If the fact that this reptile is leading our fourth most important state tenorly Apr 2017 #12

on the healthcareDOTgov website I can access the list of local doctors who take the plan while I'm Sunlei Apr 2017 #14

what does "final rule" mean? Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #10

It means no more comments/discussion this is what we've decided the law is going to be. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2017 #16

that's what I figured, but hard to believe that they won't mess with it more Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #17

open enrollment is only about two months, guess the big 3 insurance corps are fighting over subsidy Sunlei Apr 2017 #13