This Bipartisan Healthcare Deal - It Seems Like The Dems Might Come Out On The Short End..... [View all]

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of the stick on this.

Since Trump signed the EO the other day - in my book it meant that 'ACA' and 'Obamacare' was over and we were marching into the era of Trumpcare. Everything that comes after that EO is on the backs of the Repugs and Trump. They own it. Any negatives with respect to healthcare insurance (i.e., huge premium hikes, watered down plans, cuts in coverage, etc) is now a direct responsibility of the Repugs and Trump.

Now I hear that the Dems - through Murray (D) and Alexander (R) - have come to some agreement to essentially - IMHO - save the Repugs and Trump from any of these negative consequences. And incidentally - it is only a 1 to 2 year fix. How convenient. It will take it past the 2018 midterms - where any negatives that would really effect the Repugs and give the advantage to the Dems to take back the House and Senate - will be prevented from happening. It gives the Repugs a lifeline for 2018 and perhaps allow them to keep their hold on Congress.

And guess what - right after the midterms - what do you think they will do? Of course - they will go back to destroying healthcare again.

We all know if this deal goes through - Trump will be slapping himself on the back and giving himself an A+ that he coerced the Dems into this deal and he'll take credit for saving healthcare. And we all know - if the Repugs maintain their hold on the House and Senate after 2018 - they will go right back - along with Trump - to destroy it again and put some crappy plan in place.

I know that the Dems like the fact that they will have saved the remainder of ACA at least for a short while and will be happy that the American People won't suffer. But - the Dems aren't known for patting themselves on the back and promoting the fact that it was them that saved healthcare - and I really don't know if they'll use that in their 2018 campaign. My guess is that they won't take advantage of that opportunity.

I'm curious as to what others here on DU think about this move. Do you agree with my thinking on this - or am I missing something here?

Then again - there's always a chance that before this agreement gets passed that either it won't make it through the House or Trump will reverse his lukewarm support for this as it stands now.