Trumpcare

[PalJoey]

 

According to the CBO:

64-year-old making $26,500 pays $1,700 under Obamacare

Under Trumpcare: Same person pays $14,600.

 

[PalJoey]

 

Suckers.

 

"Among those hit the hardest under the current House bill are 60-year-olds with annual incomes of $30,000, particularly in rural areas where healthcare costs are higher and Obamacare subsidies are greater.

"In nearly 1,500 counties nationwide, such a person stands to lose more than $6,000 a year in federal insurance subsidies. Ninety percent of those counties backed Trump, the analysis shows.

"And 68 of the 70 counties where these consumers would suffer the largest losses supported Trump in November."

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES: Trump voters would be among the biggest losers in Republicans' Obamacare replacement plan

 

[PalJoey]

 



The New York Times Opinion Section

The C.B.O. has called it as it sees it, and the picture is clear: Trumpcare would throw millions of Americans off their health coverage. And no amount of spin or scorn for the C.B.O. can alter that reality.

 

[madbrian]

I'm desperately clinging to my belief that the vast majority of Trump supporters are not ignorant, or racist, or misogynist, etc.  However, with approximately 40%-45% of Americans approving of the job he's doing, that's becoming an increasingly difficult position to defend.

[javero]

@madbrian

I'm always amazed and humbled by your unbridled optimism.  I recently had to un-friend a few childhood frenemies on FB who've come out in full support of Trump for all the wrong reasons.  Something about Trump's fake bravado and Bannon's playbook have completely emboldened them.

ETA: I can halfway tolerate one of their ism(s) that's partially directed at me but I won't tolerate their misogyny which rears its ugly head every time HRC's name surfaces.

[madbrian]

@javero - thanks for those kind words.  I've only had to un-friend one person on Facebook, and that was someone from my childhood whom I hadn't actually seen in over 30 years.  I had actually talked her down from voting for Trump; she had switched to Johnson.  Then, she went full-out racist on Obama, and I couldn't tolerate it any more.

For some folks, their politic leaning is as deeply ingrained as their religious beliefs, though I think few would admit it.  And I think that can be true of folks across the political spectrum.  I think what we're seeing here is unique in our history; Trump was able to embolden the worst of America, and create a coalition along with blind-faith GOP voters, coupled with palpable antipathy for HRC.  I'm certain this wasn't his plan, and without the benefit of hindsight, it's not difficult to understand why no one saw this coming.  I'd like to think this couldn't have happened on the left, but who's to say a different 'perfect storm' might not create a similarly bad outcome?