The vandals are inside the walls of the city
The House Republicans suddenly decided yesterday that oh yes they have the votes now so they’re going to hurry up and vote today to take health insurance away from millions of people.
THE BIG IDEA: Kevin McCarthy has guaranteed victory when the House votes today on a health care bill that would overhaul Obamacare. “Do we have the votes? Yes. Will we pass it? Yes,” the majority leader told reporters last night. The Rules Committee met late last night to take procedural steps and approve the compromises that have been made.
— Some guidance on timing, via Steve Scalise’s office: Around 10:30 a.m., the House will have its first votes of the day. Then the chamber will begin formal debate. Between approximately 1:15 p.m. and 1:45 p.m., the House will vote on this legislation. Members are being told they’ll be free to leave the floor by 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
That’s an hour from now.
How this is working is that the Republicans are saying it will all be fine, there are fixes that will make it all fine, and that they’re lying about that. The patches to provide some subsidies are totally inadequate; the provisions for pre-existing conditions are even worse; it’s going to suck.
Why should they care as long as Congress retains its health care? The people that matter are covered, and the rest? Well, it’s like Scrooge said “It’s better they should die and ease the surplus population”. Say that in Paul Ryan’s voice, it will be believable that it came from him.
There is also the factor of forcing people to go to religious groups for charitable assistance. If they have insurance, they might go to doctors in offices instead of clinics that are sponsored by the church where they can force Bibles and other literature on you as the price you pay for your treatment (while claiming they don’t do that, because they receive federal money, and it isn’t allowed to force religion on people if you receive federal money – something that doesn’t seem to be checked on too closely, if I may say so).
I have type 1 diabetes (I guess because I’m dirty and bad). So this is all every exciting!
Don’t worry! Trump’s EO this morning about the Johnson Amendment will start to take care of this!
Sure, Ben. It makes me think of when Obama backed a proposal to stop illegal whaling by making it legal. (He backed down when huge uproar occurred; I suspect Trump just digs in his heels more when he realizes how many people hate his plan).