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Shit eating rightwing repukes promise to strike down Affordable Care Act today
Another Trump campaign promise not fulfilled. "The Trump administration on Monday said the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down, in a dramatic reversal." So to fulfill his promise of affordable healthcare & pharmaceuticals for all Americans Trump announces today that he wants to strike down the Affordable Care Act and he will not be replacing it with another program to provide Affordable Care in pharmaceuticals for Americans. Trump administration now says entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down |
Trump administration now says entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down
The Trump administration on Monday said the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down, in a dramatic reversal. In a filing with a federal appeals court, the Justice Department said it agreed with the ruling of a federal judge in Texas that invalidated the Obama-era health care law. In a letter Monday night, the administration said "it is not urging that any portion of the district court's judgment be reversed." "The Department of Justice has determined that the district court's comprehensive opinion came to the correct conclusion and will support it on appeal," said Kerri Kupec, spokesperson for the Justice Department. It's a major shift for the Justice Department from when Jeff Sessions was attorney general. At the time, the administration argued that the community rating rule and the guaranteed issue requirement -- protections for people with pre-existing conditions -- could not be defended but the rest of the law could stand. After the Justice Department took that position, federal District Judge Reed O'Connor struck down the entire law and the case is currently before a federal appeals court. Trump and the administration repeatedly promised -- particularly leading up to the midterm election -- to protect people with less-than-perfect medical histories. But this shift in the Justice Department's stance doubles down on stripping away all the protections that were a hallmark of the landmark heath reform law. The administration's move didn't only startle supporters of the law. One former official who worked under Sessions told CNN Monday night that he, too, was surprised by the new position. Because the case is before one of the most conservative appellate courts in the country, it almost guarantees that the issue will return to the newly solidified conservative Supreme Court at some point. President Barack Obama's former solicitor general, Donald Verrilli -- who once defended the law before the Supreme Court -- is now defending the law on behalf of the Democratic-led House. Overturning the law would have far-reaching consequences -- way beyond disrupting coverage for the millions of people who get their health insurance on the exchanges or through Medicaid expansion. Obamacare saves senior citizens money on their Medicare coverage and prescription drugs. It lets many Americans obtain free birth control, mammograms and cholesterol tests. And it allows children to stay on their parents' health insurance plans until they turn 26. And, even the Trump administration is using the landmark health reform law to try to lower prescription drug prices. The Trump administration would not defend the law in court so a coalition of 21 Democratic states led by California stepped in. "This lawsuit is as dangerous as it is reckless. It threatens the healthcare of tens of millions of Americans across the country -- from California to Kentucky and all the way to Maine," said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra in a statement. "The Affordable Care Act is an integral part of our healthcare system. ... Because no American should fear losing healthcare, we will defend the ACA every step of the way." Related Article: The inside story of how John Roberts negotiated to save Obamacare After November's midterm elections, the Democratic-led House of Representatives also joined in. In briefs filed with the appellate court, House lawyers said that if O'Connor's ruling were upheld "the consequences will be devastating." "Millions of Americans will be denied affordable health care," the House lawyers wrote. They added that "insurance costs will skyrocket" and "Medicare recipients will face steep increases in the price of drugs and other services." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the administration's stance amounted to "all-out war on the health care of the American people." "On the very first day that the Democratic Majority held the gavel, the House of Representatives voted to intervene against Republicans' monstrous health care lawsuit to defend people with pre-existing conditions and the health care of all Americans," Pelosi said in a statement. "While the Trump Administration broadens its monstrous ambitions from destroying protections for pre-existing conditions to tearing down every last benefit and protection the Affordable Care Act provides, Democrats are fiercely defending the law of the land and protecting all Americans' health care." Sen. Kamala Harris, a California Democrat, became the first 2020 candidate to weigh in on the filing with her criticism Monday night. During Attorney General William Barr's confirmation hearing in January, Harris asked him whether he was open to reconsidering the department's position. He replied: "Yes." "Trump and his administration are trying to take health care away from tens of millions of Americans — again," Harris wrote in a tweet. "We must fight back again with everything we've got. And in 2020, we need to elect a president who will make health care a right." |
They want to deny health care to 35 million people, they have no problem letting these people die. A slower and more subtle version of the holocaust.
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Good.
ObamaCare has been a disaster. Especially for the low-income people it was meant to help. |
A large portion of Trumps constituents are Affordable Care Act customers.
When conservatards tried to do this in 2017 their base revolted when they realized Obamacare was actually the Affordable Care Act and they demanded to keep their healthcare. |
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The ACA was unconstitutional and just really bad. What don't you people understand?? :pimp |
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Another bad day for the Blaidwires. :(
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ObamaCare made healthcare much more expensive, and people found that the only way they could survive was to cancel their health insurance and pay the fine instead. With ObamaCare out of the way, those "35 million" people still have access to healthcare, except it's much more affordable now. |
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Another Trump lie.
Another broken promise by Trump. 2 years ago Trump promised repeal and replace. Now Trump wants to take away Affordable health Care with no replacement for the 35 million people who currently enrolled under the Affordable Care Act. |
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Who fucking cares what part of Russia you're in. 2.5 million my ass. This report from 2016 puts it at 20 million. Stop your fucking lying. Who Gained Health Insurance Coverage Under the ACA, and Where Do They Live? |
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They're Trump wannabes. They think the more they lie the more they can be like him. |
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They're literally disagreeing with Trump :1orglaugh |
You clowns getting all upset without waiting to hear what the replacement is.
He's said several times he would have something for people with pre-existing conditions. just wait. Or don't wait and run around bitching some more, like you guys always do. Hey did you hear that his veto stands so we're getting our wall? Did you hear about the green new deal getting zero votes?? Haha it's a great day watching you guys. It's like an ant farm. |
"leaders of the free world" can not even organize non-criminal healthcare in their own fucking country :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh
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The only shit eater here is the OP.
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Obamacare was just a way for Obama to stroke his ego
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It's been 2 years and republitards still have no health care plan to replace Obamacare. Tax cuts for the rich is more important .
Republitards plan is don't get sick |
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Obamacare sucks for everyone overall. The only thing good about it, is that it was able to cover a lot of people for pre-existing conditions.
It's too bad that Dems are forced to feed that to their base. The reality is it has also created for more people to get sick. It has made quality insurance even further out of reach for many. |
Republicans have no interest in healthcare. If they wouldn't get killed politically for it they would just repeal Obamacare and not replace it with anything.
People like me get to go back to not having insurance, paying cash, and just hoping they don't get really sick. |
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Trump is a lame duck the next 2 years and nobody can change that. Being neutered like this pisses Trump off so he's going to do a bunch of yelling and screaming to make himself feel relevant still. |
Just do it.
Seriously. Republicans have been talking about this now for years. Okay, well, do it. Take away everyone's medical benefits without a replacement. Let's see how that works. |
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Dems do nothing voters care about,... just complain, resist, obstruct, derail and have NO PLAN at all for ANYTHING... and will again be baffled when they get smoked in 2020.
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↑↑↑ Knows what the shit deep in in Trump's asshole tastes like.
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So many people lost coverage after obamacare :2 cents:
My premiums doubled in the first 2 years. |
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Why do you constantly lie? |
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Republicans managed to round up all the dumbfucks in this country and got them to vote.. |
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Only a piece of shit communist would support oboomercare. |
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The chart below shows you Trump idiots are flat out liars. From 1999 - 2009 (pre-Obamacare) rates almost tripled, and from 2009 - 2019 (Obamacare) rates didn't even double. Trumpers will lie to get people to lose their health coverage, that's what pieces of shit they are. http://www.usmessageboard.com/proxy....e46c3de3ae67ab |
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In fact I bet not a single one of you red hats had healthcare insurance prior to Obamacare. Why do all you you lunatics lie all the time? |
^↑↑ Truth
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Why don't Trump supporters want Americans to be healthy?
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One-Third Don’t Know Obamacare and Affordable Care Act Are the Same https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HzN9RzN3D...600/578239.jpg |
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I also like the "shit eating repukes" part...thats nice and classy...
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