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You are here: Home / Healthcare / World's Best Healthcare (If You Can Afford It) / Doctor, doctor give me the news

Doctor, doctor give me the news

by DougJ|  February 25, 20179:22 pm| 49 Comments

This post is in: World's Best Healthcare (If You Can Afford It), Our Awesome Meritocracy, Our Failed Political Establishment

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Republican replacement plans for Obamacare would lead to significant declines in the number of Americans with health insurance coverage, according to an analysis presented Saturday at the National Governors Association and obtained by Vox.

The analysis was conducted by the health research firm Avalere Health and the consulting firm McKinsey and Company.

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  1. 1.

    dr. bloor

    February 25, 2017 at 9:29 pm

    Republican governors might be Republican, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a survival instinct. The gold-plated turd Ryan is peddling still smells like a turd.

  2. 2.

    lollipopguild

    February 25, 2017 at 9:35 pm

    The smarter ones see that taking insurance away from 20-30 million Americans might hurt their career.

  3. 3.

    Hungry Joe

    February 25, 2017 at 9:36 pm

    At least they’ll die free.

  4. 4.

    Thru the Looking Glass...

    February 25, 2017 at 9:44 pm

    But… but I HEARD Trump say VERY FEW people are covered by the ACA with my own stinkin’ ears… and that we’ll all have something better and cheaper soon!

  5. 5.

    Patricia Kayden

    February 25, 2017 at 9:46 pm

    Do Republicans care about this? Only if their constituents care.

  6. 6.

    BGinCHI

    February 25, 2017 at 9:47 pm

    The new TrumpCare Card will be made out of gold plastic and will not be accepted for healthcare or pharmacy services.

  7. 7.

    The Dangerman

    February 25, 2017 at 9:52 pm

    @BGinCHI:

    ….TrumpCare Card will be made out of gold plastic and will not be accepted for healthcare or pharmacy services.

    …but WILL get you 5% off on stays at Trump properties. Certain restrictions apply*.

    *You must be Caucasian.

  8. 8.

    Westyny

    February 25, 2017 at 9:56 pm

    @Hungry Joe: haha!

  9. 9.

    Bruuuuce

    February 25, 2017 at 9:58 pm

    @BGinCHI:

    The new TrumpCare Card will be made out of gold plastic and will not be accepted for healthcare or pharmacy services.

    Doubtless the plan will promise to pay, but never come through unless there’s bad media exposure.

  10. 10.

    WereBear

    February 25, 2017 at 9:59 pm

    Well, duh.

    But nice to see the obvious written out. Some apparently need it.

  11. 11.

    Villago Delenda Est

    February 25, 2017 at 10:00 pm

    @Hungry Joe: Their heirs will not be so fortunate.

  12. 12.

    mai naem mobile

    February 25, 2017 at 10:05 pm

    Trump’s pal Vlad will do ads for the Trump Care Card – “I never leave Mother Russia without my Gold Trump Care Card”

  13. 13.

    chris j

    February 25, 2017 at 10:05 pm

    To them that’s a feature, not a bug

  14. 14.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    February 25, 2017 at 10:09 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: But they won’t have to pay estate tax.

  15. 15.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 25, 2017 at 10:13 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: The estate tax is essentially optional as it is.

  16. 16.

    Major Major Major Major

    February 25, 2017 at 10:14 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: People on Medicaid already don’t pay estate tax.

  17. 17.

    Villago Delenda Est

    February 25, 2017 at 10:15 pm

    The Heirs still have to worry about paying those medical bills.

  18. 18.

    Davis X. Machina

    February 25, 2017 at 10:15 pm

    A low-income, near-senior couple would go from paying 8-12% of their income on healthcare to ~80% under Price’s plan

    From a Loren Adler tweet.

  19. 19.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    February 25, 2017 at 10:17 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: They don’t seem to know that.

  20. 20.

    Major Major Major Major

    February 25, 2017 at 10:20 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: what Trump voters don’t know could fill the food warehouse at a reëducation camp.

  21. 21.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 25, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: Nope. The estate of the deceased is essentially insolvent. As a general rule, debt cannot be inherited.

  22. 22.

    James Powell

    February 25, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    When estate tax is eliminated, what will all the estate tax avoidance attorneys do for a living?

    Also too, will states with inheritance taxes follow?

  23. 23.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 25, 2017 at 10:24 pm

    @James Powell:

    When estate tax is eliminated, what will all the estate tax avoidance attorneys do for a living?

    Other tax avoidance.

  24. 24.

    Villago Delenda Est

    February 25, 2017 at 10:27 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’m experiencing something quite different, but then again, that’s in liquidating the estate to pay off the debts. I’m not personally responsible for my mom’s debts.

  25. 25.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    February 25, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    Can no person here say:

    I got a bad case of loving you…

  26. 26.

    amk

    February 25, 2017 at 10:34 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: traitorship costs money, dood.

    eta: dratz. wrong post.

  27. 27.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 25, 2017 at 10:37 pm

    @Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: I hate that song.

  28. 28.

    Shrillhouse

    February 25, 2017 at 10:44 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Well, they should just borrow some money from their parents and start a small business!

  29. 29.

    Lyrebird

    February 25, 2017 at 10:46 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: So post something better! Seriously – could you mention the name again of the band w/3 sisters doing close vocal harmony?

  30. 30.

    Villago Delenda Est

    February 25, 2017 at 10:50 pm

    @Shrillhouse: Yeah, or sell off some of those wedding stock gifts.

  31. 31.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 25, 2017 at 10:58 pm

    @Lyrebird: Haim?

  32. 32.

    Steve in the ATL

    February 25, 2017 at 11:01 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I hate that song.

    I’ll see that and raise you Foreigner’s entire oeuvre

  33. 33.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 25, 2017 at 11:07 pm

    @Steve in the ATL: Well, yeah. I mean, duh.

  34. 34.

    MomSense

    February 25, 2017 at 11:09 pm

    @Steve in the ATL:

    Nothing is worse than REO Speedwagon, but Foreigner comes pretty close. I’ll give you that.

  35. 35.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 25, 2017 at 11:09 pm

    @MomSense: Creed. Nickelback.

  36. 36.

    MomSense

    February 25, 2017 at 11:12 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I had completely blocked all memory of those bands. Shudder.

  37. 37.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 25, 2017 at 11:13 pm

    @MomSense: Sorry.

  38. 38.

    Lyrebird

    February 25, 2017 at 11:14 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Thanks — no, maybe it was just two sisters, but hey now I’ve seen something new!

  39. 39.

    Steve in the ATL

    February 25, 2017 at 11:15 pm

    @MomSense:

    Nothing is worse than REO Speedwagon, but Foreigner comes pretty close

    Air Supply, but that is arguably a different genre

    ETA: I thought about typing “I heard it from a friend that…” but I’m not that much of an asshole. At least not tonight.

  40. 40.

    Gretchen

    February 25, 2017 at 11:18 pm

    @Lyrebird: I think you’re thinking of the Roches. One sister recently died.

  41. 41.

    Lyrebird

    February 25, 2017 at 11:24 pm

    @Gretchen: thanks – great singers, for sure. Dug through my email heaps – it was Joseph with “White Flag”

  42. 42.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 25, 2017 at 11:25 pm

    @Lyrebird: Right. I would have gotten there.

  43. 43.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 25, 2017 at 11:29 pm

    @Lyrebird: No harmony, but you might like this.

  44. 44.

    efgoldman

    February 25, 2017 at 11:30 pm

    Speaking of Doctor, Doctor……

    If I didn’t know better I’d think this was a parody patent, but apparently the Patent Office doesn’t do comedy.

    The dude is a chiropractor
    I have no idea if he’s married, but if so, he’s never paid attention.
    His pearl done fell out his oyster.
    He also, apparently, doesn’t know how to use the intartoobz.

    If anybody’s offended, I’m sorry, but this was too good to leave alone.
    The klown’s own brother thinks he’s a complete loon.

    h/t LG&M Shakezula

  45. 45.

    MomSense

    February 25, 2017 at 11:32 pm

    @Steve in the ATL:

    Heard it from another

  46. 46.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 26, 2017 at 12:03 am

    @MomSense: DIAF

  47. 47.

    gene108

    February 26, 2017 at 3:01 am

    @Thru the Looking Glass…:

    and that we’ll all have something better and cheaper soon!

    Theoretically possible. Congress would need to raise money for more generous benefits, which would mean more taxes on the rich.

    Anything else is like wishing for a unicorn

  48. 48.

    opiejeanne

    February 26, 2017 at 3:24 am

    @Davis X. Machina: Holy shit!

  49. 49.

    Chet Murthy

    February 26, 2017 at 4:54 am

    @MomSense: you been sleepin’ around

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