If Graham had this wonderful idea for a healthcare bill before, why didn't he share it

[pnwmom]

while they were considering all the alternatives?

Seems strange that suddenly he supposedly has a good one.

[Adrahil]

1. His "great idea" is really just block grants to states...

Hardly a great idea.

[Afromania]

2. What I want to know is how the fuck do you write an entire bill

and iron out all of the possible loop holes and answer all of the questions that can pop up over a lunch? dinner? overnight meeting? Are these people all fucking insane with this bullshit? Most people can't figure out which version of whatever item they want to buy that quickly. I wish you could put people in jail for gross political malfeasance because what they are doing right now is downright criminal.

[still_one]

4. They are f**king insane. The ACA is essentially a republican healthcare plan proposed by the

Heritage Foundation. President Obama presented it as the starting point because he wanted Democrats, republicans, and blue dogs to work together together to form a healthcare plan. It became very clear early on that the republicans were not going to have anything to do with a healthcare plan from an African American, even if it was based on a republican proposal. It was about racism pure and simple, and it wasn't just about the ACA.

[BigmanPigman]

3. It is confusing since it keeps changing and it's secret but I think

that after the Skinny Bill the next/variation to was going to be the Graham/Cassidy Amendment then after that they would have a vote-a-rama but they changed that plan too. I'm not sure what the details were though.

Trying to call up and sound reasonably knowledgeable about all this crap this week was next to impossible.