Hillary Clinton Cheers Move To Pull ACA Repeal Bill As 'Victory For All Americans'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By KRISTIN SALAKY Published MARCH 24, 2017, 5:34 PM EDT

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took to Twitter Friday to celebrate the House Republicans' pulling of a vote on their bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, calling it a "victory for all Americans."

Clinton -- who has kept a fairly low profile since her defeat last November, save for a few public speaking engagements and some walks in the woods -- released a statement on President Donald Trump's favorite social media platform, hailing the move to pull the bill as a victory for affordable health care and urging Democrats to fight on.

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Following her statement, she shared the stories of those who have been helped by the Affordable Care Act.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Priceless with impeccable timing

America is beginning to understand. Every time Trump and Ryan lose, Americans win.

[Hoyt]

2. She is right that it's good it didn't pass. But, GOPers will fail to fund ACA adequately and make

needed tweaks. ACA will fail, but not because it was bad legislation. It will fail because GOPers let it fail, or more likely actively make it to fail.

[KewlKat]

3. do the dems have any power to fix ACA?

[Hoyt]

5. I wish, but they'll get no help from the GOPer Congress or Trump.

But, they can certainly present a better option if they advertise the successes of ACA, etc.

I'm betting GOPers are back trying to repeal ACA as soon as they lack their wounds.

[C Moon]

8. I doubt they're going to give up on getting rid of ACA. They've been at it too long.

They would feel lost without trying to get rid of it.

[susanna]

21. I think they'll try to play the pity-party "poor us"

until after the midterms in 2018.

Then watch how fast they screw everyone.

I am inclined to believe that this was a calculated move designed to 1) avoid being primaried in moderate districts and 2) save their majority in both houses.

I guess we will see. I was never much of a cynic before, but this ongoing circus has changed me in a fundamental way.

[Hoyt]

22. Don't know exactly what strategy they plan, but I've become cynical too. They'll find some way

to appease enough gullible white wingers to stay in office.

[susanna]

34. Yep. Sure as the sun rises. :(

[ColemanMaskell]

24. welcome to reality, Susanna

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Cynicism (contemporary)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism_(contemporary)

[susanna]

33. I'll go with the first definition...

fits me far better LOL.

Thanks, Coleman

[Talk Is Cheap]

6. Technically, no - republicans control Congress and the Presidency. But,.....

But, the Dems can offer ACA improvements and rally the people to support it.

Will it work? Generally no, not with reps. But the People did help to kill the AHCA - maybe
the people can rally support for Dem improvements. Maybe even Medicare for All.

[Sunlei]

25. I suggest an ACA tweak bill to focus on one 'fix' at a time. The first bill a small reasonable tweak

First bill should be a very reasonable small focused 'fix'. A tweak supported by Doctors, medical professionals and supported by the general public the buyers of insurance plans.

Ds in the House should write the bill immediately. Consult with ACA experts right away, decide on the small tweak to improve ACA and publish the change.

Republicans would be foolish to try to block a small tweak ACA amendment, that directly benefits American consumers.

I suggest a tweak on something in insurance billing where insurance corporation excessively inflates the price of a medical service so a consumer has to pay a much higher co-pay. Inflates the price so a state/federal government has to pay a lot more to the insurance corp. if there is a reimbursement to Insurance Corporation. This increases their profits, the bottom line for any Corporation is profit margin.

For example, a friend had a blood test to re-check liver values. Billed at $900 by insurance so his co-pay was over $200. I'm positive the lab charge is less than $100 for this test. Not every medical charge is vastly inflated to increase profit margin but several services are. Pick one and tweak by a small bill please, Ds.

[JudyM]

7. We need to get town halls going on this slightly more subtle issue. Need leadership to stay vocal.

[Ligyron]

4. This is a good opportunity for her to come out of hiding

and really let them have it but good.

Now she should point out why the Canadians and Europeans have such a good system.

So should we all.

[Sunlei]

26. She can't at this time engage in politics with ongoing Russia espionage investigations.

It really would be unwise of her, Obama and anyone else associated to compromise the Russia 'thing' at this time.

Hillary's a very wise person and still can make statements/suggestions/opinions about Americans healthcare & ACA.

[lapucelle]

30. I don't see Hillary as being "in hiding".

I think that her low key strategy is smart. She's not getting in the way of Democratic leadership, and she's not distracting from the Democratic message by making herself the focus. Her series of tweets yesterday was both on point and on message.

I've volunteered for Hillary for many years. This is not the first time I've seen her put the best interest of the country first.

It would have been nice, however, if certain Stein apologists had not worked so hard to purge any reference to Hillary by name from the Women's March official program.

They had no problem co-opting Hillary's stunningly incisive and courageous statement from the 1995 UN Conference as their overall theme, but neglected to mention the name of the woman who wrote those words and who proudly and defiantly spoke them in 1990's China for all the world to hear.

[llmart]

9. I love hearing from our President....

Yep, she will always be the President in my mind. It was stolen from her. We could be moving forward with her in office but instead we will spend however long the orange shitgibbon is in office fighting back.

[Sunlei]

28. "Approval ratings for President Clinton hit 89 percent "

President Hillary Rodham Clinton

News from the Real America, Where the Majority Rules




http://www.hillarybeattrump.org/

[elmac]

10. if our election and political system wasn't so corrupt

President Hillary Clinton and a Democratic majority would be voting on single payer right now and lowering SS age to 59. But, the fascists are in control so ;o(

[caballojm]

11. Meh! What does she know?

She was just the popular vote winner ... by only 3 million.

[riversedge]

13. She has been onto the Thrump Russia connections since day ONE!

[FakeNoose]

15. I'm sure she got more votes than that

We should ask Pootie and Wikileaks how many votes they stole from Hillary.

Inquiring minds want to know!

''

[Sunlei]

27. 90,000 blank ballots in this state, some mailin invalid because of a scribble/mark in write in area.

We can't post because GE is over and would be breaking rules on DU. I don't think Russia or wiki leaks had anything to do with mail-in ballots with a scribble in write-in box that invalided presidential choice or 90,000 ballots carefully filled in except president choice left blank.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%27s_congressional_districts

[yardwork]

29. It's not against DU rules to discuss the GE.

It's against DU rules to "keep fighting the Democratic primaries" but that's not what your post is about. Keep posting about the suspicious GE issues. They are important.

[Sunlei]

12. Hillary has worked for DECADES towards good American healthcare system. I wish she was President.

Love you Hillary

[dalton99a]

20. +1

[Hoyt]

23. If anyone could have resolved this issue, would be her. Her 1990's plan was closer to what most

of us want than any other viable legislation.

[FakeNoose]

31. Yes! I hope Hillary reads DU occasionally

We remember the work she did as "the First Lady" to get a single-payer healthcare bill passed.
Sadly it never did pass despite her awesome work.

She was working for us even then, and never got credit or appreciation either.
Just the Rush Limbaugh-type insults from conservative a-holes.

[Cha]

14. It's still a good day.. Mahalo, Hillary! It's a big BLOW to

ryan-trump.. their big greedy draconian move on the American People didn't work this time.

Mahalo Hillary!

[ismnotwasm]

16. K&R

[George II]

17. Even when (temporarily) out of the limelight, Hillary Clinton...

...has her finger on the pulse of America and is always thinking about us, ALL of us!

[brer cat]

18. Compassionate and caring.

That's what we voted for.

[not fooled]

36. And a competent civil servant

given the massive clusterf*ck we are witnessing now, competency sounds pretty darn good.

Of course, those of us here know that all along.

And, Secretary Clinton would have been MUCH more, of course.

[SunSeeker]

19. K & R

[NastyRiffraff]

32. How like Hillary to bring personal stories to us

She always does this, showing how political issues affect real people. To her, this is very personal; I remember when she fought for health care as First Lady.

[mcar]

35. K&R