Politics In Trump’s America, Rape Is a Preexisting Condition

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  1. dviss1

    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    I just said that... :waiting:

    It's passed the house 61x. Now they'll get rid of the filibuster to ram that piece of crap down our throats.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    Repeal and replace failed in the house once, passed once.

    Repeal (but not replace) failed 60 times.

    This isn't the 61st time they voted on a bill like this one.
     
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    They didn't replace shit. They just changed things that they'll only be able to pass through budget reconciliation (simple senate majority). So they'll destroy medicaid by block granting it as well as get rid of the subsidies for people. All while giving the rich a huge tax break...

    It's a steaming pile of SHIT.

    Republicans literally made their own bill worse to say they "fixed" Romney er obamacare.

    Millions of people will lose coverage and preexisting conditions are now a thing again.

    Truly lipstick on a pig.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    ObamaCare is gone. Bye bye, not anymore.

    The awful NYTimes even admits this much. But they won't call it ObamaCare.


    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/us/politics/health-care-bill-vote.html

    House Passes Measure to Repeal and Replace the Affordable Care Act
     
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    dey gon get killed n tha midtermz, shitz gon b wack son. All dem poor crackaz gon lose dey free shizzz n blame trumpcare, bout to be dat single payr noiz up in thiz biatch frfr lolol
     
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    Totally cool as long as a criminal physical assault where the victim is male is considered pre-existing and erectile disfunction and testicular cancer can be denied because only men get them and my insurance premium shouldn't have to go toward that.
     
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    So how exactly is Trump going to force insurance companies to lower their rates?
     
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    He wont and he can't. Millions of people are going to lose their coverage and people will die or get taken to the poor house because they lose their coverage.
     
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    With or without ObamaCare, 93% of Californians are insured. Instead of big brother providing, literally one size fits all, the states will do what works for their population.

    Most people get insurance through work. Incentive to work.

    There is still a lot of assistance in the proposed new law.
     
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    That is not even the first question to ask in a lot of places. Places where Health insurance is not even sold. You wonder if any will offer it again.
     
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    Totally agree that it is stupid and you ere clearly fucked over. .
     
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    From the Trump sub forum on Reddit.

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    My healtcare coverage is the only thing keeping me at work to be honest. If it was provided And someone else paid I'd chill for like a year not doing jack shit.
     
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    What a life! ObamaCare, free medical marijuana, food stamps, a year of unemployment. All at someone else's expense!

    Heck, you can even get one of those ObamaPhones so you can call your pals.
     
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    Most people get health insurance through their job.

    This is winning. Note that 211K jobs isn't good enough and the 4.4% unemployment rate is partially due to people who stopped looking for work the past 8+ years. That said, the lower unemployment gets, the less supply of workers there is and demand will drive up wages and benefits.


    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-idUSKBN1810BZ

    U.S. job growth rebounds sharply, unemployment rate hits 4.4 percent

    U.S. job growth rebounded sharply in April and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 percent, near a 10-year low, pointing to a tightening labor market that could seal the case for an interest rate increase next month despite moderate wage growth.

    Nonfarm payrolls surged by 211,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, well above the monthly average of 185,000 this year and a jump from the gain of 79,000 in March.

    The job gains were broad-based, with hefty increases in leisure and hospitality, healthcare and social assistance as well as business and professional services.

    ...

    With the labor market expected to hit a level consistent with full employment this year, payroll gains could slow amid growing anecdotal evidence that firms are struggling to find qualified workers. That could also push up wages.

    The economy needs to create 75,000 to 100,000 jobs per month to keep up with growth in the working-age population. Job growth averaged 178,000 per month in the first quarter.

    ...

    A broad measure of unemployment, which includes people who want to work but have given up searching and those working part-time because they cannot find full-time employment, dropped three-tenths of a percentage point to 8.6 percent, the lowest level since November 2007.

    The employment-to-population ratio rose one-tenth of percentage point to a fresh eight-year high of 60.2 percent.




     

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