Health Insurance - Winners and Losers

This has 3 articles shared. One, from Politico cites Anthem, a major health insurer that backs TrumpCare. Are we really surprised? Huff Po cites: "According to that analysis, which the Joint Committee on Taxation prepared this week and which the New York Times obtained, shows households with incomes of more than $1 million will get tax cuts that, over the next decade, would add up to roughly $157 billion." And finally, WaPo has an article on the poor in W. VA and how the loss of ACA will hurt them. Sadly, many in W. VA want coal jobs that won't come back. It is sad. 

We should be appalled by this. 

Here are the articles:

Politco Major Health Insurers Back Plan

Huff Po Millionaires Will get $157 Million Tax Cut

Wa Po Poor and Sick and Voted for Trump

Trump's Conflicts of Interest

NYT Sue While the Conflicts are Hot

Regrettably, the Republicans who control Congress have decided they have no obligation to hold presidents of their own party accountable. Despite repeated requests by Democrats, they have shown little interest in investigating Mr. Trump’s business interests when there are compelling reasons to do so. 

Sexist ads and Trump's Sexist comments

Trumps comments re-imagined with sexist ads Huff Po

This would be funny if it wasn't true. So disgusting.

IPhone or Health Insurance? How is this a choice?

NYT Having No Insurance is Hard; Having no Phone is impossible

So how can they communicate with work? I can't believe Chaffetz made this assumption.

Ted Cruz - and he supports women? Yeah, sure.....

HuffPo Ted Cruz Brings Daughters to the White House - and has dinner with the same man who insulted their mother. I am glad my husband would never do that.

Republican Healthcare =FAILURE - several links

Brookings Expect the CBO to estimate large coverage losses

Wow. Just Wow. And how is this better. I find this so repulsive.

For another piece of coverage

American Healthcare Act Debate - Austin Channel 7

HuffPo Paul Ryan's Wonk Stick - Yeah, Paul Ryan is a creep

HuffPo HHS Tom Price says "nobody will be financially worse off"  Um, sure Tom. Whatever you say. *eye roll*

Is Free Press Really Free?

WaPo What's a Legitimate News Outlet?

On one hand, this makes me wonder if Free Press is under attack, and then on the other hand the notion of all agencies having a bias matters. Perhaps the issue isn't the News Outlet but the readers?

Can Trump Handle a Crisis?

WaPo - Will Trump Make a Crisis Worse

This is an important question. And I have no answer.

Democrats: Sad but True

Why the Democratic Party is failing. 

I think this points out quite a bit. I do worry that this adds to polarization but the definition of insanity is to keep doing what you have always done and expect different results.

HR 899 Eliminate the Dept of Education

A Texas Representative co sponsored the bill to eliminate the DoE

Lovely. Do they even understand what they are doing? I agree that there problems with the heavy handed oversight but there are valuable pieces to the Department. This is dismantling everything. At the very list, we will be shortening the list of people who can be designated survivors!

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/899/cosponsors?pageSort=lastToFirst