It doesn’t even have to be single-payer. It just has to be single-negotiator, which can happen just fine without single-payer if needed (see Japan).
As I recall, the tax effects of the ACHA are required to get done first, so they can offset what they plan to do with tax reform. I don’t remember the details, but I’m pretty sure it is good for the rich.
They can also only do one budget reconciliation trick per fiscal year:
Senate Democrats have declared war.
Right on. We had a plenty of hearings and amendments, town halls over the course of the country, all kinds of talk about the specifics of the ACA. Going to this other extreme where they want to drop the bill and then vote HOURS after it becomes public is a total mockery of the democratic system.
Good.67
Yes, I wanted them to do their job. Time to call Durbin and thank him for taking a stand.
I fear this will just give cover to moderate Republicans, since it can just be reduced to political combat now.
You want to stop the AHCA? Do what you can to make Ossoff win in the 6th.
That’s what will stop the GOP, and nothing else.
I just sent a message to Congresswoman Waters my own self. She’s great.
I donated a teensy amount, it’s something I hope.
Dean Heller already losing by 5 points or so in Nevada to a generic ballot Democrat in the 2018 NV-Sen race.
Two things:
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He just picked up a fairly strong opponent in Jacky Rosen, and
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The same poll that had him trailing by 5 points found 45% saying they definitely wouldn’t vote for him if he supported the AHCA.
His “YES” vote right now may be a bit more tenuous.
That news comes from The Hill, which reported Monday that the Senate is contemplating imposing a lower inflation growth rate on Medicaid, which would be capped in both proposals. The Senate’s idea is to allow Medicaid to grow at the rate of the overall consumer price index (specifically, the CPI for all urban consumers, the most commonly used variant).
That’s a much lower growth rate than the index in the American Health Care Act, which House Republicans passed in May as a measure to repeal the the Affordable Care Act. The House caps growth in the Medicaid budget at the CPI for medical care, which grows much faster.
If my Senators weren’t Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, it might help.
And living in Steve King’s district too, just to make it feel more like North Korea around here.
Shelley Capito (R-WVA) is making noise about trending no on the latest Medicare props in the hidden and secret Senate bill. They can’t really lose her. And if she says…
C’mon. She’s a moderate Republican. She’s a yes vote waiting for someone to grease the skids a little more.
My senators are Bill Nelson (yay), and fucking Marco Rubio. Ugh, I never have anyone to call except for minor disagreements with Bill.
Josh Marshall:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-moderates-tale-or-the-play-acting-before-the-cave
Or:
That guy could win.
Hard to say. He ran for offices twice before and lost, but in a very different political climate.
Trump voters don’t like Ryan, so it’s possible.