Squeaker of the House MAGA Mike "Moses" Johnson (MAGA-LA) wants to assure you that, in addition to killing Roe v. Wade, MAGA Republicans want to kill the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), because who needs health care anyway?!
“Health care reform’s going to be a big part of the agenda," he said during a campaign event in Pennsylvania for House candidate Ryan Mackenzie, according to footage obtained by NBC News. "When I say we’re going to have a very aggressive first 100 days agenda, we got a lot of things still on the table.
“No Obamacare?” an attendee asked.
“No Obamacare,” Johnson said, reportedly with an eye-roll. “The ACA is so deeply ingrained, we need massive reform to make this work and we got a lot of ideas on how to do that.”...
Yes, and we know what those "concepts of a plan" are, and it would start with essentially repealing the ACA and fashioning a Big Insurance- backed program undermining Medicaid, raising premiums, and eliminating core protections including denying affordable health insurance for people with pre-existing conditions, while expanding programs that benefit primarily wealthy people. If that sounds like the typical Republican punching down to you, you're paying attention.
2 comments:
I wonder how many fairly well off folks who hate the ACA for reasons but have benefited from it? Both our daughters went back on my work policy after college depending on their job status until 26. The young one had over $80,000 in surgery bills paid by my companies plan when she was 25. I was laid off and the ACA was a true blessing when my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer (all better now).Without the ACA our retirement savings would have taken a huge hit, expect I would need to still be working full time. And everyone has a preexisting condition - it's called getting old.
Mart - Life is fragile, and to have some sense of security that a medical emergency won't ruin you financially is what we're talking about here. Thanks for sharing your and your family's experience. Glad everyone's better now!
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