Boy, this is rich:
Everybody agrees that ObamaCare doesn’t work. Premiums & deductibles are far too high – Really bad HealthCare! Even the Dems want to replace it, but with Medicare for all, which would cause 180 million Americans to lose their beloved private health insurance. The Republicans…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2019
….are developing a really great HealthCare Plan with far lower premiums (cost) & deductibles than ObamaCare. In other words it will be far less expensive & much more usable than ObamaCare. Vote will be taken right after the Election when Republicans hold the Senate & win……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2019
….back the House. It will be truly great HealthCare that will work for America. Also, Republicans will always support Pre-Existing Conditions. The Republican Party will be known as the Party of Great HealtCare. Meantime, the USA is doing better than ever & is respected again!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2019
It’s weird that Trump is so eager to step on this rake again, but this is what he does. He overpromises based on zero information. He might as well be selling Trump steaks.
And, yes, I do agree that Republicans will always support preexisting conditions. They support you having them, and living with them … uncomfortably … without treatment.
Needless to say, these tweets are nonsense. Many Democrats support Medicare-for-all because it would be cheaper, better, and more comprehensive than Obamacare. They’re not jonesing for a GOP replacement, which Republicans have been promising will ride in on a glitter-farting unicorn any day now but has somehow never quite materialized. Oh, but they’re so, so close this time.
Of course, Trump has no support in this. As in, the Republicans surely are not developing their own plan.
- Several Republicans have backed away from ACA replacement plans. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested Thursday he would not be lead an appeal of the healthcare act. “I am focusing on stopping the ‘Democrats’ Medicare for none’ scheme,” he told Politico.
- Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) wrote to to Attorney General Bill Barr Monday urging him to reconsider the Justice Department’s decision.
Of course, believing Donald J. Trump can craft a health care plan all by himself that somehow works better than the ACA is like expecting Kirk Cameron to find the Higgs boson in his yogurt. It’s not going to happen. But the cult will believe.
Still, at some point you have to hope that a sufficient majority will understand that this idiot is just a carnival barker, and maybe then we can get back to a serious policy discussion. Until then, GOTV.
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