Showing posts with label Obamcare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obamcare. Show all posts

May 4, 2017

Well, that just happened

HR1628, The American Health Care Act of 2017, presented by Republicans, just passed Congress.


I swear on the live feed you could hear Republicans singing "Na na na na na na hey hey goodbye."

UPDATE: It seems it was Democrats singing, under the mistaken belief that Republicans just shot themselves in the foot. It's funny because these are the same people who passed Obamacare without reading it.

March 13, 2017

CNBC - Missing the headline

The Congressional Budget Office says that the GOP replacement bill for Obamacare would see 26 million people lose their coverage. according to CNBC, glossing over the fact that they can buy the insurance themselves on the open market, quite possibly at a cheaper price.   And that's not even the missing headline - check out the last paragraph (emphasis added):
The loss in coverage projected for next year if the bill is enacted alone equals about 70 percent of the 20 million or so people who have gained insurance coverage as a result of the Affordable Care Act, as Obamacare is more formally known.

The total loss in coverage over the next decade would wipe out Obamacare's gains in coverage, and then some.

The Republican bill also would reduce the federal deficit by $337 billion over the next decade, the CBO estimated in an analysis of the embattled proposal, which is currently working its way through the House of Representatives.
CNBC misses the main purpose of the CBO - scoring the cost or cost savings of various bills. You have to wonder if it's intentional.  Oh wait, no you don't.
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