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Bengus81

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18. This from CNN about says it all..........

Tue Aug 1, 2017, 10:55 AM

Aug 2017

"Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, for instance, is requesting a rate increase of nearly 23% for next year. But it said it would have only asked for an 8.8% bump if Trump and House Republicans agreed to fund the Obamacare cost-sharing subsidies through 2018.

Other carriers no longer want to deal with the volatility and are deciding to walk away from the individual market. Anthem (ANTX), Aetna (AET), Humana (HUM) and other insurers have reduced their footprint or have exited completely."

This is nothing to do with the failure of Obamacare that Republicans LOVE to pimp to anyone who'll listen. It's 100% about THEIR failures and wanting nothing but a fat tax cut for the rich.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/01/news/economy/health-care-subsidies-bailout/index.html

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Republicans are intent on reviving the repeal of "Obamacare" because... [View all] kentuck Aug 2017 OP

Yep. dalton99a Aug 2017 #1

Neither the house or senate bill has much to do with healthcare. TNNurse Aug 2017 #5

Sure it is madokie Aug 2017 #2

They literally have NOTHING else to offer... Moostache Aug 2017 #3

McConnell Scarsdale Aug 2017 #4

Rose Garden Celebration jaxind Aug 2017 #6

And that is a BIG problem padfun Aug 2017 #19

Correct-o-mundo! They_Live Aug 2017 #7

GOP leaders say its time for Senate to move on from health care IronLionZion Aug 2017 #8

ain't gonna happen. spanone Aug 2017 #9

No, Senate GOP leaders were all over the Sunday shows saying it is time to move on. Demsrule86 Aug 2017 #10

they'll end up just cutting taxes anyway, and let the deficit explode. unblock Aug 2017 #11

Yep...an exploding ND over tax cuts for the rich never bothered Saint Ronnie or Bush Bengus81 Aug 2017 #14

They want to keep their rabid The Wizard Aug 2017 #12

Koch bros and Sheldon Adelson insist on it workinclasszero Aug 2017 #13

Those guys will be dead in ten years or so Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2017 #16

Yes, that is prime motivation. lark Aug 2017 #15

I hope the message of the richest of the rich will pay even less taxes DK504 Aug 2017 #17

This from CNN about says it all.......... Bengus81 Aug 2017 #18

I didn't realize lebkr Aug 2017 #20