03-26-2017, 10:31 AM
(03-26-2017, 02:07 AM)username Wrote: I'm glad it didn't pass (or they gave up trying) as they were proposing it.
The nutty far right extremists in the Freedom Caucus caused the right outcome for the country for the wrong reasons, in my opinion. I'm glad that terrible bill didn't pass too.
Imagine the ads the Democrats are gonna put out there ahead of the mid-term congressional elections next year. Every Republican Representative who got behind that bill is surely gonna get hammered hard.
The Dems will no doubt remind their constituents how those Reps supported a bill which the CBO projected would, within 10 years, cut off healthcare insurance/access for 24 million people, raise premiums and deductibles for middle aged citizens, allow insurance companies to refuse providing essential benefits, reduce Medicaid, and raise health insurance premiums for seniors by 750%....... while allowing the wealthy to financially benefit via tax credits which were not based on income level.