Showing posts with label Obamacare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obamacare. Show all posts

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Trumpcare? More like FAILCARE! LOL!

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Courtesty of Slate.com
The biggest news of the week is that the long-awaited moment of House Republicans trying to finally get rid of Obamacare has failed.
Healthcare was one of the big subjects that President Trump spoke on during his campaign, claiming that he would get rid of Obamacare in the first few days of his presidency. It is obviously clear that he has failed to keep his word following Speaker Paul Ryan pulling the bill from the floor this past Friday afternoon.
In a story by CNN, they presented Trump saying, “We were very close,” in the oval office after the bill was pulled. Trump looking for someone to blame pointed his finger at Democrats instead of his own party, the Republicans, who hold the majority in the House.
Trump stated in a tweet Saturday morning, "Obamacare will explode and we will all get together and piece together a great health care plan for THE PEOPLE. Do not worry!"
Speaker Ryan did not come out of this without some metaphorical scars, he has made himself look weak, especially since he can’t seem to wrangle in his own party.  
Ryan said, “we came up short, and will be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future.”
Democrats on the other hand were filled with glee at the sight of Republicans failing to come together and achieve something like a healthcare bill. 

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Trumpcare

The Republican replacement for Obamacare has been met with opposition lately. Not just from the people, but from Republicans and Steve Bannon news site, Breitbart.

The new healthcare plan is being pushed by House Speaker, PAul Ryan, who has been continuing a campaign to get his party to vote on the bill. While interviewing on CBS's Face the Nation, Ryan spoke on the opposition of the bill, by downplaying it, saying that it is simple "compromises and negotiations."

The Democrats main criticism of the replacement healthcare plan is the possibility of 15 million people losing coverage. Ryan's response to this is that he, "can't answer" on how many may or may not lose coverage.

A major problem for Republicans for this plan is that they could possibly give up their majority hold over the House next year.

One argument presented by Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, while supporting the bill stated in an interview with ABC's This Week, that the bill is more about care than coverage. Stating that those under Obamacare cannot afford the care side of things, and this new bill will provide affordable, quality care to those that decide to insure themselves.

This bill is a way for the Trump administration to test the kind of sway it has in Congress. To see if that actually works still remains to be seen, as Republicans like Senator Rand Paul have said they will not vote for the bill.
https://news.vice.com/story/paul-ryan-stumps-to-save-trumpcare-from-dissident-republicans