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Republicans Cave on Health Care Bill

By Jeralyn, Section Trump Administration
Posted on Tue Sep 26, 2017 at 03:14:57 PM EST
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Republicans announced today they are giving up on their health care bill. They don't have the votes.

Another failure for Donald Trump. Another bullet dodged by the American people.

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    Won't be safe until Dems take back (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by ruffian on Tue Sep 26, 2017 at 04:03:24 PM EST
    one house of congress in '18. At this point I think it will happen. DJT is the biggest boat anchor ever. Could cause them to lose enough House seats in FL and CA alone.

    i support Medicare for All (none / 0) (#17)
    by linea on Tue Sep 26, 2017 at 08:45:43 PM EST
    but now i feel the next step needs to be: (1) keep ACA and employer-cover healthcare but (2) replace the 'market options' with a single medicare buy-in based on a flat percentage of income and (3) lower the soc-sec retirement age and age of eligibility for free medicare.

    another goal that's bery important to me is that all children in this country need to have free health care, free dental care, and free vision care. the status or income of 'rents is irrelevant.

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    ACA should have had the so-called (5.00 / 3) (#21)
    by ruffian on Wed Sep 27, 2017 at 10:40:08 AM EST
    'public option' all along.

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    I know (none / 0) (#30)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 28, 2017 at 08:43:06 AM EST
    I could weep for the opportunity lost.

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    They could have written the legislation (none / 0) (#31)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 28, 2017 at 08:46:45 AM EST
    In a way that if an exchange had less than 3 insurers a public option would then become available. It would have preserved competitive private insurers...or don't compete and the government will take over.

    The insurers are trying to divide up the market again and agree not to compete with each other.

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    cuz... (none / 0) (#32)
    by linea on Thu Sep 28, 2017 at 10:10:40 PM EST
    in libertarian utopia...

    The insurers are trying to divide up the market again and agree not to compete with each other.

    competing corporations are supposed to battle-it-out by providing ever-more superiour products and lowering prices - rather than providing garbage and dividing territory.

    i hate utopianists.

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    And, if the Democrats had a clue, (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by NYShooter on Tue Sep 26, 2017 at 05:20:49 PM EST