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Wow. Ted Cruz at a loss of words.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/13/republicans_on_cbo_s_awful_health_care_score_we_ve_got_nothing.html
Sen. Orrin Hatch had not had a chance to look at it. When I relayed the 24 million figure to him, he simply offered, Thats what it says. In his flattest voice, Sen. Ted Cruz repeated several times, to several different questions, that he was still reviewing the report. Sen. Chuck Grassley hadnt looked. Sen. Jeff Flake hadnt looked. Sen. Roger Wicker hadnt looked. Sen. Tom Cotton, asked if hed had a chance to read it, replied, Its long!
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It comes as little surprise that Senate Democrats did find the time to either read or brief themselves on CBOs findings. It struck me that there was no variation in their disgust across the spectrum. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchinwhom we might call the left and right poles of the Senate Democratic caucuseach spoke with a voice full of loathing.
Legislation that would throw 24 million people off of health insurance, raise premiums for older, low-income Americans, while at the same time [providing] $285 billion in tax breaks for the top 2 percent, is a disgusting and immoral piece of legislation that should not go forward, Sanderswho in fact rarely speaks to reporters in the Capitolsaid, before walking into the Senate. If this legislation is passed, there is no question: Thousands of Americans will diewill diebecause they will not be able to go to the doctor when they need to.
If youre older, you get murdered. If youre on the Medicaid expansion, its unfair, Manchin said. And then they put on top of that tax cuts Ive said this: Youve got to have a moral compass inside of you, and thats just not right. You cant do that. President Trumps plan to fly into red states to pressure vulnerable Democrats into supporting the legislation may not bear much fruit if this is what the conservative West Virginia Democrat is saying.
roscoeroscoe
(1,370 posts)Stand united 💪
DFW
(54,436 posts)They can hardly say they looked at its findings and then voted for them. Not every Republican voter is a zillionaire HMO executive.
wishstar
(5,271 posts)When we all know that the CBO estimate on Obamacare was using the expectation of full Medicaid expansion in most states plus states helping promote state insurance exchanges, but instead Repub states obstructed full rollout of ACA as initially planned
ChoppinBroccoli
(3,784 posts)Paul Ryan's been running around crowing about how the CBO report shows that Trumpcare will save everyone a bunch of money, costs will come down, everyone will get a free puppy, etc. These guys are delusional.
spanone
(135,873 posts)that's how shitty their constituents are treated.