Wait, you guys think I am a CO? Hahahahahaha. Im a Sheriff's Deputy, not in corrections. Is that a bad thing or something.
Trump really is a great manipulator of the press. The media had you guys frothing over that racist Beauregard being the AD. Now you see Libs talking about what a great man he is and how Trump is so mean to him. Same thing happened with Comey.
I read plenty of books. My mom was an English teacher, I have written a bunch of reviews in the book section here. I was and will continue to laugh at guys that read those fantasy books and play online wizard games.
I can't wait for there to be disagreements over what was agreed upon, but no one can recall who said what at this meeting because lunch was a big bowl of chili
Nah we're mainly just laughing at how much of a clusterfuck all of this has turned out to be. No one could have seen that coming.
No you don't. You see this thread still talking shit about him, hoping Trump fires him to make things worse on himself again, and you see GOPers coming to his defense and telling Trump it would be a bad idea to fire him. Try to keep up Utherydes
Who are we kidding. They had seven plus years to come with an ACA replacement, and have nothing. No way they can agree on an order lunch in less than three months.
"if I did it" by Hillary Clinton yeah, yeah, I've already seen these... meme's humor potential is already used up, yet I'll see posts and tweets on it for the next 2 years.
12 months ago i simply disliked republicans; now I feel a visceral, violence-inducing hatred for them.
siap Here is USA Today's skinny on the skinny What could a 'skinny repeal' of Obamacare mean for you? USA TODAY Maureen Groppe4 hrs ago WASHINGTON — Unable to pass broader legislation to rewrite the Affordable Care Act, Senate Republicans seem more likely at this point to pass something that would qualify as a "skinny repeal" of Obamacare. It’s unclear what that would end up being. Thursday afternoon the Senate is expected to vote on dozens of amendments, and at the end of the process — probably late Friday or early Saturday — they probably still will still not have a meaningful repeal bill, because they have been unable to unite 50 Senators behind any plan. At that point, the expectation is that Republican leaders will offer a few narrow provisions they think could get 50 votes to pass, giving them a bill they could at least take to a conference with House Republicans where they would negotiate some kind of broader health care overhaul. The House has passed its own bill that President Trump has called "mean" and the Senate could not pass. The Senate might be able to pass narrow language focusing on eliminating mandates for individuals to obtain insurance coverage and employers to provide it, and ending one of the least-popular Obamacare taxes. But it is really anybody's guess at this point what provisions can get 50 votes in the Senate. It is also not clear whether House Republicans would accept a "skinny repeal" just to get a bill to the president's desk. © Mark Wilson, Getty Images The early morning light begins to appear behind the U.S. Capitol on July 25, 2017. If Congress does end up passing this kind of "skinny repeal," here's how it could affect you if it’s narrowly targeted: Would you get a tax cut? Most of the taxes imposed by the ACA to pay for extending health coverage to more Americans would remain. The exception is a 2.3% excise tax on pacemakers, artificial hips and other medical devices. ACA taxes on insurance and pharmaceutical companies would remain, as would taxes on investment income, higher earnings, high-cost employer-provided plans and tanning beds. Would you still have to buy insurance? You would no longer face a tax penalty for a lapse in insurance coverage. Would your employer still have to offer coverage? The bill would be expected to repeal the ACA’s penalties for larger employers who don't offer affordable insurance to workers. What would happen to insurance premiums? If the mandates are removed, plans sold to those who aren’t offered coverage through an employer or a government program would become more expensive. That’s because without the individual mandate, fewer people would buy insurance and those most likely to opt out are younger, healthier customers. With fewer healthy customers offsetting the costs of sicker ones, premiums would rise. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office previously estimated plans would become about 20% more expensive without the individual mandate. Would you get help paying for the higher premiums? It appears the tax credits that help people earning up to 400% of poverty — about $84,650 for a family of three — pay for premiums would remain. The federal government, not the customer, would pick up most of the increased cost in premiums for those eligible for subsidies. But people who don’t qualify would bear the full brunt of higher premiums. Would you get help paying deductibles and co-payments? People earning up to 250% of the poverty rate would theoretically still get help with out-of-pocket expenses. But the Trump administration hasn’t committed to continuing to reimburse insurers for these subsidies, a main reason some carriers are considering either ending their participation in the Obamacare exchanges or increasing rates by an additional 20%. Would insurers still have to sell insurance to people with pre-existing conditions? A "skinny" bill would likely not end the ACA’s ban on insurers denying coverage to sick people, or basing premiums on their health status. Insurers would also still be required to cover specific benefits. But some insurers may decide they no longer want to sell plans in the individual market if the pool of customers shrinks too much and becomes a lot sicker overall. Could older people be charged more? It is likely the bill would not change the ACA’s rule that people in their 60s can’t be charged more than three times as much people in their 20s. Would young adults be able to stay on their parents’ plan? The bill probably would not change the ACA’s rule that dependent children can stay on a parent's plan until age 26. What would happen to people on Medicaid? A "skinny" plan would not change the extra federal funding available to states who extend Medicaid coverage to people earning just above the poverty line. And unlike the version that passed the House, a skinny bill would also not reduce overall federal spending on Medicaid. What would be the overall effect on insurance coverage? With the changes outlined above, the number of people who are uninsured could be about 16 million higher than if the law is not changed, according to CBO. About 7 million would be reductions in the number of people covered by Medicaid. Another 5 million fewer people would buy coverage on the individual market. An estimated 4 million fewer people would get insurance through an employer.
Now consider this! The current skinny repeal has like $50 billion for the opioid epidemic. It would be a miracle if half of that went to treatment. It will, very likely, end up mostly in R&D contracts to pharmaceutical companies so they can make a slightly less addictive, 'cheap' substitute, since they seem to be pretty good at that. But it's still addictive and will be very very overprescribed. And the cycle continues. All of this instead of the ACA which covers treatment for the addictions. Also millions people won't have insurance anymore when the next addiction-related crisis inevitably happens.
Textbook case of confirmation bias. No "libs" are claiming Sessions is a "great man." Bill the Butcher confirming a narrative that fits his mindset ...
I'm way behind today, but i think i read the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that changes to lifetime caps and pre existing conditions are off the table.
Graham is begging other senators for no's now, it looks like. It's a veritable "save us from ourselves"
huh? it keeps the state waiver, same as the house bill. states can opt out of limetime caps if they seek a waiver.