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It seems insurers quite like it but don't want their fingerprints on it, and the rest of the HC industry is scared of Trump and the GOP taking away their subsidies if they oppose it. It's not clear why the AARP isn't flexing its muscle. Any smart takes on this?
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In the VOX article...
And this action across the nation...
https://www.indivisibleguide.com/act-locally/
~OGD~
by oldenGoldenDecoy on Mon, 06/19/2017 - 7:19pm
Amber waves of blue - nice.
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 06/19/2017 - 9:02pm
Great links, thanks. Indivisible looks like it's growing to be a useful long-term organization. Glad they and a 1.5 million dollar ad buy (the equivalent of, what, 90 seconds of air time nationally?) inspire you with so much confidence, but color me skeptical. Any effective grassroots campaign should eventually trickle up to MSM coverage, but so far nada. That isn't a good sign.
by Obey on Tue, 06/20/2017 - 12:07am
Thanks for pointing out this Vox post apart from Sarah Kliff's pieces. it is indeed a question I had.
Backatcha:
I just found out how one figures out what is really up on this bill, one goes to one of the few serious conservative publications left:
It's Medicaid, Stupid
Shelley Moore Capito is a harbinger of what could stall health reform.
by Chris Deaton @ The Weekly Standard, June 20
concluding paragraph:
by artappraiser on Wed, 06/21/2017 - 2:10am
Thanks for the link! I didn't know so many of the details of the bill were out already. A rather recondite issue, but I was struck with their index-linking strategy:
I thought medical costs were rising because of technological advancements, not because we were just paying more for the same old equipment and services. The latter suggests a real problem of efficiency of how health care is delivered, especially given that I suppose the 50% rise in doctors' incomes over the last 6 years plays an important role. I wonder what happens to medical cost inflation indexes when you phase out HC insurance for millions of people. Do prices rise, since uninsured people pay higher prices? Do prices fall, since uninsured people lower HC demand? I would suspect (non-Medicaid) prices rise, making Medicaid funds tied to such an index (as in the House version of the bill) actually comparatively attractive.
by Obey on Wed, 06/21/2017 - 2:51am