You'll be so sick of winning. Or just of being sick. So the Senate's version of Obamacare repeal has finally dropped with a mighty splash, and dear Crom, it is a big ol' stinky one. As Ezra Klein says at Vox, it "takes what Americans hate about Obamacare and makes it worse." It keeps some aspects of the Affordable Care Act -- at least in name only -- but makes health insurance more expensive and far crappier, rolls back the ACA's Medicaid expansion, and cuts Medicaid as a whole even more than the terrible House version did. This thing is a disaster that will let people die of preventable illnesses and drive families into bankruptcy, which means it will probably become law. At least it has a memorable name: the "Better Care Reconciliation Act."
I think you are nitpicking. The vast majority of adult Boomers did not get a chance to attend the March on Washington. There were 76 million Boomers, and only 250,000 people participated in the March on Washington. The adult Boomers witnessed it on TV, just like I did. But it was their generation's openness to new ideas and new ways of thinking and living and treating other people, and their refusal to accept the old ways, that made the March on Washington possible. Your father was part of that.
I did not have to be present on the Grassy Knoll and personally witness JFK's assassination, or participate in the investigation afterwards, to have my world rocked by this event and be permanently changed by it. It was MY generation that was most seriously affected by this event, even though we had nothing to do with it.
Makes me feel appreciative of my state retirement pension. I got a 1% cost of living increase this year. The first permanent increase in the retirement system in 6 years.
You and me are--I'm 67 and glad to make it to medicare after 2 yrs on Obamacare but we know that that lying sack of shit with the widow's peak and big nose has Medicare next on his list for "reform" which is a GOP euphemism for "destroy"
The sunset on requiring the Post Office to fund pensions for 75 years was one good thing. The Patriot Act was supposed to sunset too but kept getting renewed, grrrr.
Yeah, even the Social Security increases suck. For a couple of years, the cost of living index was just below what would trigger a raise, so cumulatively, you now receive less based on inflation than 3 years ago. And that is not based on the real increase in cost most people in our age group experience. Low gas prices have screwed most of the olds by lowering the CPI, while medical costs are not really counted.
Considering many Bernie fans claimed their conscience would not permit them to vote for Hillary, the Republicans are not the only ones with conscience problems.
From that Vox article:Someone who has earnings right around the poverty line (about $12,000) would still be expected to spend 2 percent of her income on premiums. But in return, she’d get a health plan that covers less than what she gets under the Affordable Care Act.
So I'm guessing they plan on fucking up Medicare as well which I should be eligible for in 2 years?
I was thinking that Cruz has been uncharacteristically quiet the last awhile. Then I saw an article a couple weeks ago that claimed he had become a dealmaker in the secret write-up meetings. That didn't sound right. It turns out, he's been working with Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and who's the other jackass (?) to chafe McConnell's turtle-taint and squeeze as much cruelty into the plan as possible in the small amount of time they have.
Because of course that's what Cruz has been doing.
I think you are nitpicking. The vast majority of adult Boomers did not get a chance to attend the March on Washington. There were 76 million Boomers, and only 250,000 people participated in the March on Washington. The adult Boomers witnessed it on TV, just like I did. But it was their generation's openness to new ideas and new ways of thinking and living and treating other people, and their refusal to accept the old ways, that made the March on Washington possible. Your father was part of that.
I did not have to be present on the Grassy Knoll and personally witness JFK's assassination, or participate in the investigation afterwards, to have my world rocked by this event and be permanently changed by it. It was MY generation that was most seriously affected by this event, even though we had nothing to do with it.
Makes me feel appreciative of my state retirement pension. I got a 1% cost of living increase this year. The first permanent increase in the retirement system in 6 years.
You and me are--I'm 67 and glad to make it to medicare after 2 yrs on Obamacare but we know that that lying sack of shit with the widow's peak and big nose has Medicare next on his list for "reform" which is a GOP euphemism for "destroy"
Yeah, I got a $5 a month cost of living adjustment this year.
The RNC demands that all candidates have their consciences surgically removed before they are allowed to run for office
So did I but my Medicare premuim went up $6, so I'm screwed again
There is more white here than at the dairy tour I just took.
The sunset on requiring the Post Office to fund pensions for 75 years was one good thing. The Patriot Act was supposed to sunset too but kept getting renewed, grrrr.
Yeah, even the Social Security increases suck. For a couple of years, the cost of living index was just below what would trigger a raise, so cumulatively, you now receive less based on inflation than 3 years ago. And that is not based on the real increase in cost most people in our age group experience. Low gas prices have screwed most of the olds by lowering the CPI, while medical costs are not really counted.
Considering many Bernie fans claimed their conscience would not permit them to vote for Hillary, the Republicans are not the only ones with conscience problems.
From that Vox article:Someone who has earnings right around the poverty line (about $12,000) would still be expected to spend 2 percent of her income on premiums. But in return, she’d get a health plan that covers less than what she gets under the Affordable Care Act.
So I'm guessing they plan on fucking up Medicare as well which I should be eligible for in 2 years?
Republican Healthcare bill has a great provision for cancer patients!they're gonna throw them into an active volcano....see problem solved!
Thanks Republicans!!!!!
Sorry, I should have used the sarcasm thingy. I know he won't veto it because he'll consider it a win, whatever it is whatever, it looks like.
I was thinking that Cruz has been uncharacteristically quiet the last awhile. Then I saw an article a couple weeks ago that claimed he had become a dealmaker in the secret write-up meetings. That didn't sound right. It turns out, he's been working with Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and who's the other jackass (?) to chafe McConnell's turtle-taint and squeeze as much cruelty into the plan as possible in the small amount of time they have.
Because of course that's what Cruz has been doing.
A revelant cartoon from Reuben Boiling https://uploads.disquscdn.c...
The GOP should call this "The parity with Russia on healthcare outcomes" Act.