Definition of terms.
Democrats: people who are progressives, young and old, wealthy
and poor, male and female, white and other shades, religious and non-religious,
straight and of other sexual orientations.
Republicans: people who are conservatives, young and old, wealthy
and poor, male and female, white and other shades, religious and non-religious,
straight and of other sexual orientations.
Repugnicans: people who are white, rich, radical christian
supremacists who consider themselves better and more American than anybody
else.
Congratulations Repugnicans!
You've made "American" a dirty word.
What would have changed if the House had waited for the
Congressional Budget Office to make its report on what the bill would cost? What would have changed if there'd been time
for those representatives to read the bill?
Isn't that what they blamed Democrats for doing when Obamacare passed? Willful ignorance... the hallmark of
Repugnican governance.
Features of the AHCA:
1. It slashes funding for Medicaid. 2. Premiums and deductibles will rise.
3. States can opt out of pre-existing conditions coverage at the same price.
4. States can opt out of "essential services" requirements coverage at the same price.
5. It includes a $600 BILLION tax cut for those making $200,000/year, $250,000/year for married couples. The "individual mandate" has been removed. No tax credits if you make more than $75K ($150K for families).
6. Hospitals that have been getting more paying customers due to the ACA, and took reduced medicare payments as a trade-off, now will still have those reduced medicare payments but with fewer customers who can afford to pay their bills. More hospitals will close down, especially those that have been struggling in poor and rural areas.
Call the Senate switchboard operator at (202) 224-3121 and
tell your Senator that you strongly oppose this bill. We have to flood Congress
with calls in the coming days to ensure this legislation is defeated. Calls are
the single most effective way to make a difference.
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