Washington Post-House Democrats' health-care bill hurts Trump and Bernie

[Gothmog]

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What Democrats propose is the sort of step-by-step expansion of Obamacare that both Republicans and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) vehemently oppose. Republicans want nothing; Sanders wants to scrap everything in favor of single-payer health care.

The House Democrats’ bill sets out a proposal to, among other things, reduce health-care premiums (capping out-of-pocket costs at 10 percent of income) and expanding tax credits for those making up to 400 percent of the federal poverty line. Protect Our Care, a progressive group backing the legislation, explains, “In all, the bill’s extended tax credits, reinsurance programs and premium assistance would cut premiums for all ACA-compliant plans sold on the individual market, reducing premiums or deductibles for 13 million with individual market coverage and creating lower cost options for 12 million uninsured people eligible for coverage through the marketplace.” The bill also reinstates the guarantee for those with preexisting conditions, disallows non-ACA compliant plans and reaffirms the list of essential health-care benefits to be covered by the ACA.

[redstatebluegirl]

1. I could care less about either one of them.

I have said this before, I will vote for the Democratic nominee no matter who they are, but if it is Bernie, I will have to hold my nose for sure.

[Me.]

2. Same Here

I say, "Go Nancy."

[comradebillyboy]

3. Once again Bernie makes the perfect the enemy of the good, although

M4A is little more than a slogan with no path to implementation. Maybe Bernie should focus less on the class struggle and more on actually improving what can be improved.