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Under Cover of Darkness 0
Josh Marshall points out that
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Republican Health (Don’t Call It) Care 0
At Philly.com, Ronnie Polaneczky profiles a Medicaid recipient who is a potential victim of Trumpcare. She’s a seven-year old girl from a solidly middle-class family who suffers from Rett Syndrome. Here’s a bit of her article:
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Emma is only one of the countless thousands of Americans who rely on Medicaid when their luck runs out. Sick kids, disabled adults, the impoverished elderly – there is a real person, a real family, behind every dollar. Trump’s butchering of Medicaid would trade the well-being of these Americans for tax breaks for those who are already rich enough to buy and staff their own hospitals.
That possibility is not just immoral.
It’s grotesque.
GOP Health (Don’t Call It) Care 0
Today’s Republican Party is a vile and loathsome thing.
“Don’t Get Sick. If You Do Get Sick, Die Quickly” 0
Robert Reich excoriates Paul Ryans “they call it a health care” bill. A snippet:
The Doctor Is In(censed) 0
In The Charlotte Observer, a North Carolina physician unloads on the AHCA (that is, Trumpcare). A snippet:
How Stuff Works, Insurance Dept. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Mark B. Baer explains why Trumpcare is in no way health “insurance.”
Read it.
Follow the Money 0
Thom suggests that Trumpcare is motivated by tax cuts for the rich and nothing more, then reviews the potential costs to ordinary citizens.
“The Party of Personal Responsibility” 0
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In related news, Dick Polman dissects the hypocrisy.
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