GOP to kill language exempting staff from new ObamaCare repeal bill
Source: The Hill
GOP to kill language exempting staff from new ObamaCare repeal bill
By Jessie Hellman - 04/26/17 05:33 PM EDT
Republicans say they will kill a provision in their new ObamaCare replacement bill that would have exempted members of Congress and their staffs from some of its effects. An amendment to the American Health Care Act intended to win over conservatives would allow states to apply for waivers for certain ObamaCare provisions — but it wouldn’t apply to Congress.
Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.), an author of the new language, said he is working with leadership to remove the exemption. “That’ll be fixed,” he said. “That was written in to comply with some Senate rules to make sure it’s just a budget vote. … Leadership has already committed that we will have a stand-alone bill that corrects that. Congress, my staff, we’re on the Affordable Care Act exchange. We need to live by the same rules as everyone else, period. And I will make sure that is fixed before a vote.”
MacArthur’s amendment, negotiated with Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, would gives states the ability to opt out of ObamaCare rules that keep insurers from charging premiums based on a customer’s health and require basic health plans to cover certain services, like prescription drugs and mental healthcare. It isn’t entirely clear why or how language exempting lawmakers and staffers ended up in the amendment.
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Democrats quickly jumped on the controversy, with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) launching digital ads in 30 Republican-held districts, including those of MacArthur and Rep. Darrell Issa (Calif.). “This digital ad campaign will educate voters in targeted districts about this morally bankrupt Congressional Carveout,” DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law said in a statement.
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and I know many folks listen in the car while commuting.
I have no problem with using target-demo/subject ads and understand the more complex issue of television, but if they aren't running there already, these should at least be on "local" terrestrial radio (and natually on streaming stations if need be to capture those who utilize that instead of OTA). I would hate for it to just be internet-only that you stumble upon on YouTube or Facebook or whatever.
We progressives/liberals whine incessantly about hate talk radio with Limpballs and Levine and Savage Weiner et. al., who are syndicated on hundreds of stations. And we keep laughing at and insulting AM radio... meanwhile the RW loons have a monopoly over it and put their (and their PAC) advertising on it... And then we sit there and demand that some elected Democrat should "pound the podium more" to get the message out or we will insist that Democrats "are doing nothing in terms of "'messaging'".
As a sidenote, I use to work at my college radio station (doing news, public affairs, and music) back some 35+ years ago! 
but I also have the TuneIn app on my cell (back when they had the cheap lifetime sub) and TuneIn has agreements with a lot of OTA stations that stream - which usually or often includes their local commercials (IHeart Radio's app is similar although they are about to go belly up), so it is different from Spotify or Pandora. I know some of the smaller stations use SoundCloud now, where those stations upload their podcasts, including commercials.
Of course the beauty of AM is how far the signal can travel OTA vs FM. For those in a remote area or in areas with sparse or no cell/wifi signal, AM would be a godsend to at least get some rudimentary info if need be.
And yup, I have all sorts of ad blockers too. 
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