Health and Sanity category archive
Designed to Fail? 0
Noz has a theory that the proposed Republican “they laughingly call it a health care” bill is designed to fail.
I’m not sure I buy it.
Applying Occam’s Razor, I suspect that this is the more likely backstory.
Pre-Planning* 0
Reminder: It’s all about the Benjamins.
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*As if there were any other kind of planning.
Ryan’s Derp, Surprise Surprise Dept. 0
Update:
Late yesterday, after I wrote this (yes, I do write stuff in advance), the Republicans opened the box. It’s every bit as horrible as imagined.
Click to see the image at its original location.
In related news, Catherine Rampell has reveals a secret:
Here’s the dirty little secret: Obamacare already gives Americans this freedom.
Follow the link for more.
A Flair for the Obvious 0
Someone hasn’t been paying attention for the last three decades or so.
Ryan’s Derp, If You Do Get Sick, Die Quickly Dept. 0
TPM tries to figure out how many persons will lose health coverage under Paul Ryan’s plan to repeal the ACA. It’s not pretty.
The Republican Party: The Party of Mean for the Sake of Mean.
MIA 0
Remember all those teabaggers who demonstrated against the Affordable Care Act carrying signs that said, “Hands off my Medicare”?
Ryan’s Derp, Hands Off My Medicare Dept. 0
Nothing says “America” like making health care more expensive or, ideally, unobtainable.
I wonder what all the old white men who voted for Trump will think of this.
Aside:
There was a pickup truck festooned with flags and Trump signs on a major local street for several weeks. I passed it on election day. Seated beside it were two old white men. All I have to say to them is “Get a brain, morans.”
By the by, I’m an old white man, but I already have a brain, thank you.
