GOP's AHCA aka Trump-RyanCare

[donquixote99]

John Oliver's effort, previously, came up with a priceless graphic to illustrate 'inadequate coverage....'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEGpriv2TAc

[Rajoo]

I think the Democrats should goad the GOP into repealing Obamacare. That would foment a battle between the conservatives and Trump/Ryan limited partnership. Hopefully Trump will Twitter his feelings on the topic.

Eventually they should listen to reason and begin to fix Obamacare. Guess a guy can dream. Nominating Bernie was a dream too.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

I think the Democrats should goad the GOP into repealing Obamacare. That would foment a battle between the conservatives and Trump/Ryan limited partnership. Hopefully Trump will Twitter his feelings on the topic.

Eventually they should listen to reason and begin to fix Obamacare. Guess a guy can dream. Nominating Bernie was a dream too.

Raj I am still laughing over a piece in the Post that referred to Ryan as the intellectual leader of the GOP. Say what? I read Atlas Shrugged at seventeen and knew even at that tender age it was a crock, but it is Ryan's Bible. If he is what passes for an intellectual here we are in big trouble.

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Raj I am still laughing over a piece in the Post that referred to Ryan as the intellectual leader of the GOP. Say what? I read Atlas Shrugged at seventeen and knew even at that tender age it was a crock, but it is Ryan's Bible. If he is what passes for an intellectual here we are in big trouble.

I too read that book about the same age, maybe a bit later after I entered college. At that time I was an avowed soshulist, maybe even a borderline communist.

I do believe that Ryan and Pence are two scary dudes.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

I too read that book about the same age, maybe a bit later after I entered college. At that time I was an avowed soshulist, maybe even a borderline communist.

I do believe that Ryan and Pence are two scary dudes.

You too? Ryan panders to the wealthy and holds poor folks in disdain, I think he figures that the way to abolish poverty is to starve them all to death. Pence seems to believe in that Old Testament command 'wives submit yourselves to your husbands'. He views women as property. Makes me think of Florence's late husband (she was a widow when we met) he always said she was his proudest possession, sheesh! The minister was told that the words 'serve and obey' were not even to be thought at our wedding let alone mentioned. There is an old saying - God did not take woman from man's forehead that he should command her, neither from his foot that she should be his slave, but rather from his side that she should be close to his heart. She always was.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by merrylander

You too? Ryan panders to the wealthy and holds poor folks in disdain, I think he figures that the way to abolish poverty is to starve them all to death. Pence seems to believe in that Old Testament command 'wives submit yourselves to your husbands'. He views women as property. Makes me think of Florence's late husband (she was a widow when we met) he always said she was his proudest possession, sheesh! The minister was told that the words 'serve and obey' were not even to be thought at our wedding let alone mentioned. There is an old saying - God did not take woman from man's forehead that he should command her, neither from his foot that she should be his slave, but rather from his side that she should be close to his heart. She always was.

Biologically speaking, figuratively, female preceded male which means women came first.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by Rajoo

I too read that book about the same age, maybe a bit later after I entered college. At that time I was an avowed soshulist, maybe even a borderline communist.

I do believe that Ryan and Pence are two scary dudes.

Republicans are the party of the scary dude.

[Pio1980]

The only "death panel" is the Republican party.

[icenine]

Another thing the do is hire workers as per diem (casual relief) that are only supposed to work a shift or two a pay period. Say a weekend warrior who doesn't get benefits because he or she is not even full time.

Then they work that person almost 40 hours a week but never offer them full time with benefits.
Of course if you need the benefits it sucks because to get your foot in the door you usually have to be per diem in the first place before they consider you for full-time, and in a saturated employment market that is very easy to do. In other words a person starts to work near 40 hours a week for a year before they become full time. Ok if you don't need insurance but not if you do.

[BlueStreak]

"As part of an effort to rein in soaring executive pay, the ACA decreed that health insurance companies could deduct from their taxes only $500,000 of the pay of each top executive. That’s a tighter restriction than the limit imposed on other corporations, which is $1 million per executive. The ACA closed a loophole for insurance companies enjoyed by other corporations, which could deduct the cost of stock options and other “performance-based” pay; for insurance companies, the deduction cap is $500,000 per executive, period." LA Times

What do you expect from the party of sphincter-kissing flunkies? They love to run at the heels of the rich.