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Very good clear simple list

artappraiser — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 13:59:23 +0000

In reply to (King) Trump to Relax Rules in Bid to Undermine Obamacare

Very good clear simple list with links:We’re Tracking the Ways Trump Is Scaling Back Obamacare. Here Are 12.

By Haeyoun Park @ NYTimes.com, Oct. 12

I am sure that in history one can find other examples of an administration not wanting to execute the law of the land,but strikes me that the sabotage may never have been so blatant. And because it is so blatant, it would be an impeachable offense if the current Congress wasn't so amenable to the sabotage. The point: this is challenging our system of government like never before. It's supposed to be: Congress makes the laws, Executive executes them. And if someone thinks Executive is interpreting the law incorrectly, they go to the Courts. But this is just blatant sabotage, no need for any court to interpret.

Tennessee has insurance rules

artappraiser — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 01:57:28 +0000

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Tennessee has insurance rules like the ones Trump proposed. It's not going well.

Updated by Sarah Kliff @ Vox.com, Oct 12, 2017, 1:26pm EDT

President Donald Trump signed today an executive order that will allow skimpy health plans— some that Obamacare outlawed — back into the insurance markets.

Dylan Scott wrote a lengthy story about what exactly the executive order does, which you should definitely read. The upshot: The Trump administration is planning to bring back certain health plans that don't have to play by Obamacare rules. They can charge higher premiums to sicker patients, for example, or not cover the health law's essential health benefits.

It turns out, we can actually see a preview of what this might look like in Tennessee. It appears to be the only state that has allowed this type of insurance plans to stick around [....]

This is big - Trump plans to

artappraiser — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 01:54:01 +0000

In reply to (King) Trump to Relax Rules in Bid to Undermine Obamacare

This is big - Trump plans to cut off key Obamacare subsidy 20 days before open enrollment. https://t.co/Rhc75hk2VQ
— Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) October 13, 2017

Plus court: "moi, le deluge"

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:49:08 +0000

In reply to p.s. main difference with

Plus court: "moi, le deluge"

p.s. main difference with

artappraiser — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:29:48 +0000

In reply to He has now decreed, l'etat, c

p.s. main difference with Louis XV: just change apres moi, le deluge to avec moi, le deluge

He has now decreed, l'etat, c

artappraiser — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:21:38 +0000

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He has now decreed, l'etat, c'est moi:

Trump signs order to eliminate Affordable Care Act insurance rules

In his biggest action yet to undo the health-care law, President Trump signed an executive order intended to allow small businesses and potentially individuals to buy a long-disputed type of health insurance that skirts state regulations and Affordable Care Act protections.

@ WaPo, 43 minutes ago, more:

Trump’s executive order to

artappraiser — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:57:29 +0000

In reply to (King) Trump to Relax Rules in Bid to Undermine Obamacare

Trump’s executive order to undermine Obamacare, explained

How association health plans and short-term insurance could damage the health care law.

By Dylan Scott @ Vox.com, Oct. 12