The GOP health care bill

My curiosity was piqued, so I did a search on Who has actually read the bill and can tell me in a synopsis what is in the bill.

Contrast this with what the Dems did: they passed the bill in secret.  Congress had to pass it before you could see what was in it.

On at least this score, it is better.

After reading this, it appears to be a lot like what is already in existence.  However, there are some important differences.

• Allocates money out to states as opposed to the current system.  (Don't know how they do it now, but evidently more money goes to the states.  This appears to be for Medicaid. )
• Enhances and expands Health Savings Accounts.  ( You have to be making money to use this, in my opinion.  This would not help me right now.)
• Replaces the subsidy with a Health Care Credit, which is a refundable tax credit much like the ones already in existence.  ( The idea here is to get people to shop for health care on their own.  Not sure how this will improve matters, but the idea is also to get people to get what they need as opposed to having the government mandate that EVERYTHING be covered.  For example, my coverage has to cover stuff I will never need because I am not married,  nor am I a female.)
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It is opposed on the grounds that it "Obamacare Lite".  Well, maybe it is.  The difference, perhaps, is that it is a more individualized version of Obamacare, which cedes more control to the states and to individuals.  Whether or not it succeeds in the long run to avoid a single payer socialistic solution, I don't know.

Actually, I like my own ideas better, but I guess that is me.  I prefer something that would be a true insurance policy that requires that you pay for your own healthcare, and lets insurance companies underwrite policies based upon risk, which is what insurance actually is.  It is not a mere semantic difference.  Call things by their right names.  The left is always redefining words into what they don't mean.  What we have now is NOT insurance, but HEALTHCARE.   A real philosophical difference exists between offering to help INSURE people, but not to TAKE CARE of people.

If the GOP cannot pass this bill, they may not be able to pass anything at all.  Those who oppose this ought to think about that before they vote against it.

They are worried that this will lose votes because it doesn't really repeal Obamacare.  They should look at it this way: if they don't pass anything at all, they will also lose votes.  It may be a no win scenario.  You are going to be damned if you do, and damned if you don't

Update:

Dick Morris says that it leaves in Obamacare spending that is costly and unnecessary.  I wonder about that one.   If my recent medical stay at the hospital couldn't be covered, then it would have been ruinous.  Secondly, the refundable credits aren't as much as the premiums ( subsidies) .  They're getting cheap on us, I do believe.

Look.  Some stuff would be good to have.  Why not do catastrophic coverage on all for all, and call it a day?

If you want to get coverage, then you can do this other stuff.

Al Fin's post

The Incredible Shrinking Left.

Al Fin makes a lot of good points, but there may be some wishful thinking.  When the guys who are supposed to be on the rise are as much into groupthink as the left, then the left will win by default.

They will win because they have the momentum, the media, and the indoctrination dept (so called Education Department).

I think there is way too much overconfidence at this point.  You can be assured that you are being set up.

Have to wonder about this

Once upon a time, I suggested to any of the sorry ass Democrats who might be perusing this blog, that they should forget freaking Russia, and concentrate on real issues.

And damned if that is what they are doing.  They are sly mofos these Dems.  I wish I could say the same for the pubs, but these guys are stuck on stupid.

You might think from my writing that I am flipping Dem, but you would be wrong.  I'll never vote Dem.  I'll be freaking dead and cold in my grave before that would happen.  Obamacare or not.

Because basically they are full of shit.  They don't give a shit about Russia and they don't give a shit about people like me.  Especially, very especially people like me.  Not a freaking chance.

And so the same for the pubbies.  The one thing that Trump brought to the table was a refreshing honesty and sincerity.  Or so it seemed.

If he hooks up with the pubbies in order to save his ass, he may be making a mistake.

Dems need something.  They may be making a flanking move, while the pubbies still laugh their asses off about the freaking Russian joke.

Stupid fucks.

Patterns are hard to escape

Behavior patterns are the topic.  I may not be a good "noticer", but I have indeed noticed that it is really hard to change one's habits.

One bad habit is drinking cokes.  I have tried many times to stop, but I always start up again.  Another one is cussing.  Yeah, I tried to stop cussing.  I used to get into trouble in school because of my cussing.  It just comes out of me.  It seems like it cannot be helped.  And so forth and so on with the list.  The list is long.

Can't shake those habits.  Well, a tiger doesn't change his stripes, and a leopard doesn't change his spots.  Dogs bark, cats meow.  Things are what they are.

Damn.

There are better things for me to do

..than this here blog.  But I like it a bit too much for my own good.

I was thinking about how many times I heard the saying--- "the squeaky wheel gets the grease."  You know what?  I HATE that.  When I heard that same thing from my doctor, I thought, it's time to give it up.  It makes no difference if you are right when you are dead.

You see it is like this:  I don't want to wave my arms around like a damn fool in order to get attention.  I have some pride about me that won't let me do that, or do it easily.  I figured after six years of this blog, if I haven't shown people that it is worthy of their attention, maybe I ought to give it up.  Maybe the same about life, but wait a minute.  Death is forever.  Nobody is ready for the Grim Reaper.  You better believe it, kid.

So, I think I should have better things to do than to try to impress you people with my brains.  Evidently, they don't give a shit, so I am wasting my time.  I may not have that much time left.  There's no 100 percent guarantee of success in this treatment, you know.  There's about a five percent chance of something really bad happening, including death.

I saw a lot of stupid shit in the primaries.  I supported Trump early on.  It was really disappointing to hear negative shit about him from these people I once trusted.  The way it looks to me now is that the same shit is going to happen again.  It is going to happen because the people who get to the top are the damn fools who wave their arms around like a jackass.  THEY get the attention, when someone like me won't ever do shit like that.  And because of that, the blog will get ignored.  That would be a shame because there is good stuff here.

The GOP is acting a lot like the Dems, and because of this, they are screwing up.  They had better listen to people, and that even includes these sorry ass Democrats.  If the Democrats won't be reasonable, then you can say that you tried.   You have to show the people that you tried.   Because not everybody is a true blue believer in your brand of bullshit.  Make no mistake:  politicians on both sides are basically full of shit.  That is a lesson I learned this past primary season. 

I figure if the GOP cannot get their shit together and soon, their power will not last long.  I can warn you, but if you people are going to be idiots, then there's no hope for you.

I'll keep hanging around, I suppose.  At least for the time being.   If you fuck this up, you will deserve it.  I won't be around to help you the next time, you rotten bastards.  So you better shape the fuck up.

Analysis: Most likely true

It's all about girl power now.

I'm thinking about a youngster right now that fills the bill in that link.  Once he gets into school, they are going to do a number on him.

Then the women will whine, "Where have all the men gone."

You women, by voting for leftist, are emasculating the men.  Or, you are trying to.  Trouble is, you get a whole lot more of the thing you don't want when you do that.

I was on a jury last year.  That dude could have been a really bad seed;  but he might only have needed somebody to help him out, yet there wasn't anybody.  I would have liked to have sat in on the punishment phase of that trial, but they made an alternate out of me.  My input must not have been desired.

Funny how that keeps happening.

Anyway, you women don't know what you want, but you sure as hell do want power.  All the more reason to deny it to you.  You got too much of it already.

Not so fast

While Democrats Fume, Trump becomes jobs President.

Let's not get into groupthink here, you people.   The so-called right won this last election, but recent history has not been kind to the GOP.

The two Bushes gave the lefties a hole big enough to drive a semi through it.  Trump may be different in temperament, but the results easily could be the same.

I am not so sure that the left has lost its stranglehold on the public.  They have way, way, way too much influence.  Frankly, a lot of them belong behind bars.  I know you can't do that, but if there was a good reason, as I think there is, there could at least be a few shots across the bow.  Know what I mean there, Vern?

No, you don't know what I mean.  That's what makes it the Stupid Party.

For the Democrats to beat the dumbasses that you are, all they have to do is to show up.