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But they still get to PWN DUH LIBZ, though, right?
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They didn't do anything about it the last time he was in office and just talked about a replacement plan that never materialized. What makes it seem more likely they'll actually remove it this time?
Serious question. I didn't really mean to make it sounds as snarky as it looks on a reread.
That's not entirely true. Everyone forgets there was an individual mandate penalty that his administration & congress repealed.
Anyone remember how the ACA assessed a tax on those who were not insured? (with income based exceptions). The tax was meant to feed into the ACA and keep plans in the marketplace cheaper, and to stop the program from adding to the federal deficit.
Once the trump administration came in they worked with Congress to eliminate that tax penalty.
Here is a helpful article that talks about the penalty and what the early findings showed when it was removed.
Yup! This is what is leading to the slow ACA death spiral.
In the current system yeah but that's largely because the ACA did almost nothing to address the astronomical cost of healthcare, which is the primary reason the ACA needs to exist.
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Didn't they have control of the House and Senate last time and still couldn't get it repealed before? Do they have the votes to get rid of it this time?
Assuming they get rid of it, assuming Trump actually steps down in 4 years, and assuming we ever have another election (big ifs, I know), could this actually help Democrats for the next few election cycles?
This was the one reason I wasn't cheering for the filibuster to be repealed. The 60 vote threshold was the only thing that saved it last time. They will only be able to realistically get rid of it if they abolish the filibuster. Which would be a net win for Democrats, so they likely won't do it.
Didn’t they have control of the House and Senate last time and still couldn’t get it repealed before?
Repealing the bill would mean revoking tens to hundreds of millions from various states. A lot of the healthcare and health insurance industry (which is dominated by right-wing financial interests) sees ACA as a valuable income stream. Its hard to uproot for the same reason Social Security and Medicaire/caid are hard to uproot. There's simply too much money running through the system and too many private interests invested in the flow.
When they spoke of mental health care instead of gun reform they meant they would take care of those with mental health concerns by simply eliminating the concerns.
Ie. Camps and culling.
Yay can't wait to lose my insurance