There’s no excuse for not being rich
Robert Reich boils down a Washington Post piece on why the Republican “health care bill” isn’t.
The 2 biggest lies at the heart of Trumpcare are:
1. It covers people with preexisting health conditions. It doesn’t. Trumpcare sets aside $138 billion over the next decade to cover such people. But the estimated cost of really doing so ranges from $150 billion to $330 billion. Worse yet, states could use the money to offset the health insurance costs of healthy people who buy insurance as individuals — which is what the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office expects they’ll do.
2. It’s a healthcare bill. It’s not. It’s a trillion dollar tax cut for the richest 2 percent that’s paid for with a trillion dollars of health-care cuts for the poor and middle class.
In reality, Trumpcare is a massive transfer from Americans who are poorer and sicker to those who are richer and healthier. Not being rich is the ultimate preexisting condition.
Meanwhile Trump sits there like a toad saying over and over “It will be great, premiums will go down, the care will be great.” When premiums go down because the insurance doesn’t cover anything, that’s not “great.”
He is a monster.
He’s the archetype of the sleaziest used car salesman. So bad, they kicked him out of the guild which is why he was knocking around, looking for a new gig.
Salesman: This car is a peach. Didja see that paint job? Best paint job evah! And that rearview mirror? New, I tellya. New!
[Voices heard off]: It’s missing the steering wheel, the tires are bald, and there’s oil dripping out the tailpipe.
Salesman: ‘Sa great car. Great, I tell ya. And so affordable. Didja see the paint job?
etc etc etc.
Dents my ass, that’s patina is what it is!
Trump isn’t wrong. Nothing raises competition and lowers prices like a smaller population which is what we’ll get under his health plan.
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