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Nevilledog

(50,675 posts)
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 07:23 PM Sep 2020

"Trump and Republicans' health care 'plan' would endanger people like me amid Covid-19"




https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-republicans-health-care-plan-would-endanger-people-me-amid-ncna1240879

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has dramatically affected the future of our nation's health care. The fate of Obamacare could very well be decided mere days after the election, when the Supreme Court hears arguments about its validity on Nov. 10. And without Ginsburg on the court, the conservative wing may finally have the votes to declare the landmark law unconstitutional.

But while health care for millions of Americans is more precarious than ever, conservative politicians are trying to gaslight voters with election-year sleight of hand. Polls show that the Affordable Care Act has become popular with both Democrats and independents, and protecting people with pre-existing conditions is supported across the board. But rather than moderate or improve their own positions, President Donald Trump and Republicans are choosing to obfuscate congressional history.

I am watching this happen with my own senator, Cory Gardner. Gardner has voted at least nine times in the last three years to undermine Obamacare. However, he's now attempting to rewrite his own record with a fig leaf of a bill that he erroneously (according to experts) claims would protect Americans with pre-existing conditions. Gardner, who is up for re-election this year and is considered a "vulnerable" Republican, is airing false TV commercials claiming to be a protector of people with pre-existing conditions. People like me. But these commercials are pure political spin.

Hypocrisy aside, Gardner's lies are personal for me. Three years ago, I walked into a doctor's office with a nagging cough. I walked out with a diagnosis of stage 4 cancer (Hodgkin's lymphoma).

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"Trump and Republicans' health care 'plan' would endanger people like me amid Covid-19" (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2020 OP
repuke fuckers, they just DO.NOT.CARE. Skittles Sep 2020 #1
Yeah, it would endanger most of us because Bettie Sep 2020 #2
Their "plan"? Do nothing. Same as their COVID-19 "plan." Beartracks Sep 2020 #3
Republican healthcare plan: "Thoughts and Prayers" Vogon_Glory Sep 2020 #4

Bettie

(15,998 posts)
2. Yeah, it would endanger most of us because
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 07:29 PM
Sep 2020

it is pretty much: No more ACA, Nothing to replace it!

Also, if the ACA disappears, it throws our entire health care system into chaos overnight. I think that's a bonus for them.

Beartracks

(12,761 posts)
3. Their "plan"? Do nothing. Same as their COVID-19 "plan."
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 07:35 PM
Sep 2020

The Republican solution to diabetes, heart disease, the opioid epidemic, all of it: Herd Mentality.

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Vogon_Glory

(9,084 posts)
4. Republican healthcare plan: "Thoughts and Prayers"
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 07:52 PM
Sep 2020

They think you ought to pay for your treatments until you’re Financially ruined, then you’re supposed to “get right” with their version of God before you die.

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