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You are here: Home / Economics / C.R.E.A.M. / Horrorshow Open Thread: Repub Healthcare Prop Comedy

Horrorshow Open Thread: Repub Healthcare Prop Comedy

by Anne Laurie|  March 8, 201712:30 am| 58 Comments

This post is in: C.R.E.A.M., Dolt 45, Open Threads, Republican Stupidity, Republican Venality, Ryan Lyin' Weasel, Assholes, Just Shut the Fuck Up, Outrage

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I just can't get over this argument.

"Look at the size. This is the Democrats. This is us." pic.twitter.com/0lPfRxFvMf

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 7, 2017

Remember the ‘tube sock full of dog turds‘ I mentioned earlier? I think someone hit Sean Spicer across the back of the head with it.

"Our hard constraint on the plan's size was that president Trump had to be able to hold it in one of his very tiny hands." https://t.co/Az5xFg06fq

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) March 7, 2017

@Jordanfabian Barack's is bigger.

— Trumpnosis (@trumpnosis) March 7, 2017

Well, yeah, it doesn't need to be very long because it doesn't repeal the ACA! https://t.co/HZ52AG5aRS

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) March 7, 2017

Currently stress eating so it may end up being a half-filled box unless someone asks soon.

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 7, 2017

And he may not have been the only victim…

Video of HHS Secretary Tom Price claiming Medicaid has "decreased the ability for folks to gain access to care."https://t.co/H6CMt6JelH

— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) March 7, 2017

Tom Price just put down a marker worth keeping in your ACA google doc. "We believe strongly that we will see a decrease in premiums."

— jennifer steinhauer (@jestei) March 7, 2017

has anyone asked tom price which medical companies the bill recommends we buy stock in

— Big Sharia Jeb Malmö (@Mobute) March 7, 2017

1. No repeal
2. Exchanges collapse under Price’s watch
3. Medicaid expansion mostly sticks
4. Next time, Dems just expand public programs

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 7, 2017

Every GOP legislator gets free healthcare for doing a comically easy job.

— Jesse A. Myerson?? (@JAMyerson) March 7, 2017

Remember those promises, folks. pic.twitter.com/wTqogeyTVT

— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 7, 2017

Lemme fix that for you pic.twitter.com/DAnl1Wi5sW

— Dan Amira (@DanAmira) March 7, 2017

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  1. 1.

    amk

    March 8, 2017 at 12:38 am

    To build up something takes effort, time & work and to destroy it takes none, you lying pos.

    btw, didn’t twitler show binders of his ‘tax returns’ as proof that he is not a fraud?

  2. 2.

    NotMax

    March 8, 2017 at 12:38 am

    And if it wasn’t triple spaced and if we didn’t use the really big font it would fit on an index card and be even better!

  3. 3.

    chopper

    March 8, 2017 at 12:41 am

    1) the gop leadership has decided that yes, the government must be deeply involved in the health insurance market including some sort of mandate and some sort of premium support
    2) trump loudly promised universal coverage, better and cheaper than o-care
    3) no matter what happens the gop has basically decided to own the outcome

    this has been an interesting week so far.

  4. 4.

    NotMax

    March 8, 2017 at 12:41 am

    Be on the lookout for Rs in Congress investing heavily in cat food futures.

  5. 5.

    hellslittlestangel

    March 8, 2017 at 12:41 am

    Spicer is right: Obamacare is HUGE. Not to mention pretty fucking awesome.

  6. 6.

    hellslittlestangel

    March 8, 2017 at 12:44 am

    Remember those promises, folks.

    Yeah, right. Like Little Gloves won’t just shrug and say the stuff he promised comes later.

  7. 7.

    Mnemosyne

    March 8, 2017 at 12:45 am

    Bringing this up from the previous thread where it was OT: NYU did a theater experiment where they took excerpts from the Clinton/Trump debates and reversed the genders of the candidates, with some unexpected results. Turns out that subconscious misogyny is a pretty complicated set of reactions.

  8. 8.

    amk

    March 8, 2017 at 12:47 am

    Pay a 30% penalty to the poor, poor insurance companies and get a shitty coverage in return. Freedumb is cheap and short indeed.

  9. 9.

    Mnemosyne

    March 8, 2017 at 12:47 am

    @hellslittlestangel:

    I am not joking when I tell you that one of the features of Nazi art was to have male statues with very small penises, because it was considered a sign that they were smarter than the untermenschen who might be better endowed.

  10. 10.

    efgoldman

    March 8, 2017 at 12:52 am

    @hellslittlestangel:

    Like Little Gloves won’t just shrug and say the stuff he promised comes later.

    Or deny he ever said it at all.

  11. 11.

    Thru the Looking Glass...

    March 8, 2017 at 12:53 am

    You go down there, Mr Trump… you go down there!

  12. 12.

    amk

    March 8, 2017 at 12:53 am

    This will kill more Americans than Al Qaida & Isis could ever kill but at least your healthcare won't be named after a black guy. #Trumpcare— John (@linnyitssn) March 7, 2017

  13. 13.

    amk

    March 8, 2017 at 12:54 am

    Dear poor people with cancer
    Illegal immigrant Melania Trump costs $1 million a day

    Our thoughts & prayers are with you

    The GOP#Trumpcare— John (@linnyitssn) March 7, 2017

  14. 14.

    Linnaeus

    March 8, 2017 at 12:54 am

    Medicaid has decreased the ability for folks to gain access to care? Were it not for Medicaid, I’d have no access right now, so Price can stick it.

  15. 15.

    Yarrow

    March 8, 2017 at 12:57 am

    Okay, I watched the Spicer video. “This is government; this is not.” ???? WTF? Isn’t he “the government” now? Isn’t Trump? Congress? Whose plan is it, then? I mean, I know some lobbyist group wrote it, but are they saying that a plan that they say they want the government to pass “isn’t government?”

    They are just so dumb.

  16. 16.

    amk

    March 8, 2017 at 1:00 am

    I don’t know why bin laden even tried. Home grown treasonous traitors & deplorables were and are more effective.

  17. 17.

    Mnemosyne

    March 8, 2017 at 1:01 am

    @Linnaeus:

    Well, see, there aren’t a lot of Medicaid providers, so it’s hard to find a doctor who will accept Medicaid payments, but if you pay cash for everything, then you can see any doctor you want!

    The fact that poor people tend not to have a lot of cash laying around by definition usually escapes these guys.

  18. 18.

    Thru the Looking Glass...

    March 8, 2017 at 1:02 am

    “The reason the visual is so important is that this so f’n dumb it hurts to listen to me so I’m hoping I can fool at least some of you w/ these two stacks of paper…”

    Edited for clarity…

  19. 19.

    efgoldman

    March 8, 2017 at 1:02 am

    @Yarrow:

    They are just so dumb.

    They are some indefinable place beyond dumb. And it’s got nothing at all to do with IQ. My granddaughter (3.5) has better logic and reasoning skills.

  20. 20.

    jl

    March 8, 2017 at 1:03 am

    Spicer must be really missing the good old days when he could dress up as the Easter Bunny, get a sweet man hug from W, and joke around with the kids.

    Edit: R-E-S-P…. E-C-T! How easy it can go.

    Edit: and now that I think about it, I predict the Trump admin Easter Bunny, should there be one, will be a total disaster.

  21. 21.

    Linnaeus

    March 8, 2017 at 1:03 am

    @Mnemosyne:

    The Republican health care plan, in its majestic equality, allows the rich and poor alike to pay cash for health care.

  22. 22.

    Thru the Looking Glass...

    March 8, 2017 at 1:05 am

    @Mnemosyne:

    The fact that poor people tend not to have a lot of cash laying around by definition usually escapes these guys.

    Yeah, but that’s the WHOLE point… if poor people had planned better, like making better choices about where and when they were born, they wouldn’t be poor!

  23. 23.

    Pangloss

    March 8, 2017 at 1:06 am

    Somebody is going to do a Broadway musical about these clowns, and I want to live to see it.

  24. 24.

    Mnemosyne

    March 8, 2017 at 1:08 am

    @Thru the Looking Glass…:

    Damn it! Why did I choose to be born with pre-existing conditions! Only a moron would do that!
    /slaps forehead

  25. 25.

    jl

    March 8, 2017 at 1:10 am

    @Pangloss: Notlimah!
    Rrub Noraa will be Trump, and will be the hero.

    And Burr’s ghost will sue for defamation.
    Will be fun court case. Will get the old coot out of hiding. Not sure if that will refer to Trump or Burr, though.

  26. 26.

    Mnemosyne

    March 8, 2017 at 1:11 am

    @Pangloss:

    Mel Brooks already beat them to it.

  27. 27.

    hellslittlestangel

    March 8, 2017 at 1:12 am

    @jl: Trump admin Easter Bunny, should there be one, will be a total disaster.

    Elitist lefties will complain about the sign on his basket that says, “EGGS $5.00”

  28. 28.

    Thru the Looking Glass...

    March 8, 2017 at 1:12 am

    @Mnemosyne: My point EXACTLY…

    There was some Republican twit several years ago who actually said people should make their money the old fashioned way, like he did, inheriting it…

    Whoooooaaaa… ice cream headache… ice cream headache…

  29. 29.

    Mnemosyne

    March 8, 2017 at 1:12 am

    @Linnaeus:

    See? You just have to stop buying so many iPhones and then you can totally afford health insurance. Problem solved!

  30. 30.

    hellslittlestangel

    March 8, 2017 at 1:13 am

    @Linnaeus: Anatole France really should have used sarcasm tags.

  31. 31.

    Linnaeus

    March 8, 2017 at 1:17 am

    @Mnemosyne:

    Well, I do have an iPhone. But at least my countertops are formica, not granite.

  32. 32.

    Linnaeus

    March 8, 2017 at 1:20 am

    @hellslittlestangel:

    I dunno. I wonder if France would have thought sarcasm tags to be too unsubtle.

  33. 33.

    efgoldman

    March 8, 2017 at 1:20 am

    @Pangloss:

    Somebody is going to do a Broadway musical about these clowns

    It’s alreeady been done. It’s called Sweeney Todd.

  34. 34.

    Redshift

    March 8, 2017 at 1:24 am

    @Thru the Looking Glass…: And there was the Republican twit in Texas who justified a vote cutting aid to the poor with “well, they’ll just have a little less to leave to their children.”

  35. 35.

    danielx

    March 8, 2017 at 1:30 am

    What, all these years I’ve been worrying about insurance and all I had to do was pay cash? Why didn’t I know about this sooner?

    Oh wait, the amount of cash I have available would pay for about one not-very-serious trip to an ER. I forgot.

  36. 36.

    Millard Filmore

    March 8, 2017 at 1:32 am

    @Mnemosyne:

    See? You just have to stop buying so many iPhones and then you can totally afford health insurance. Problem solved!

    What a nice “let them eat cake” moment that was.

  37. 37.

    efgoldman

    March 8, 2017 at 1:34 am

    @danielx:

    the amount of cash I have available would pay for about one not-very-serious trip to an ER. I forgot.

    Most insurance charges copays of $100-$200 for ER visits unless you’re admitted.
    And most ERs will do almost anything not to admit you.

  38. 38.

    jl

    March 8, 2017 at 1:34 am

    I hope things go so well that Trump’s in the mood to go on another 2020 campaign swing soon.

  39. 39.

    amk

    March 8, 2017 at 1:45 am

    Dr: You have cancer and it's not covered under TrumpCare

    Me: Oh

    Dr: On the other hand the bill is only 123 pages long, so you are more free

    Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) March 8, 2017

  40. 40.

    NotMax

    March 8, 2017 at 1:48 am

    @efgoldman

    Or Stop the World, I Want to Get Off, maybe?

  41. 41.

    Villago Delenda Est

    March 8, 2017 at 1:53 am

    These people are all monsters, and still they get reelected to office.

  42. 42.

    Major Major Major Major

    March 8, 2017 at 2:02 am

    Was up late playing Zelda and just saw what Adam posted below. Yikes! Makes me pine for the post-apocalyptic Miyazaki-esque cutescape of the video game.

    Otherwise tonight, I finished the Crowley portion of the research pile for my urban fantasy novel and had a friend over for a while. We talked about all the things.

    So, that was my night. Why did I get out of the boat? Sigh.

  43. 43.

    Mnemosyne

    March 8, 2017 at 2:12 am

    @Major Major Major Major:

    I got some actual writing done tonight. I’m trying not to self-edit, but I’m also not sure about the direction one of the main characters is going. A difficult dilemma.

    ETA: I also have a bad habit of getting worried that I’m being too wordy and not getting to the point quickly enough, which means I don’t let the plot points develop.

  44. 44.

    Major Major Major Major

    March 8, 2017 at 2:23 am

    @Mnemosyne: I did some important plot-hint insertion into earlier chapters once I realized some important details & foreshadowing I could do this morning. Also wrote a conversation about injecting dolphins with LSD.

  45. 45.

    NotMax

    March 8, 2017 at 4:13 am

    @Mnemosyne

    being too wordy and not getting to the point quickly enough

    Ah, Maddow syndrome.

  46. 46.

    NotMax

    March 8, 2017 at 4:23 am

    @Major Major Major Major

    Injecting seems awfully time consuming, cumbersome and inefficient. Ingesting in food or absorbing via a patch would seem preferable methods of administration.

    Just sayin’.

  47. 47.

    clay

    March 8, 2017 at 5:02 am

    Since the previous thread was dead when I got to it, Im’ma gonna repost this here:

    Given that Wikileaks has proven itself to be a virtually unambiguous arm of the Russian propaganda machine, why aren’t we (meaning: our counter-espionage services) doing something about them?

    I don’t mean plugging Assange, but DNS or DDOS attacks, or whatnot.

  48. 48.

    NotMax

    March 8, 2017 at 5:38 am

    @NotMax

    Also now vaguely recalling some coursework 40+ years ago citing a few studies which pointed to injection leading to no appreciable acceleration of effect onset.

  49. 49.

    Shalimar

    March 8, 2017 at 6:10 am

    @amk: In Trump’s defense, he can’t read. Ivanka told him they were his tax returns, and he believed her. In reality, they were binders full of Barron’s book reports.

  50. 50.

    Zinsky

    March 8, 2017 at 6:13 am

    @amk: It was Sam Rayburn, Democrat from Texas and longest serving Speaker of the House who said, “Any jackass can kick down a barn. It takes a skilled carpenter to build one”.

  51. 51.

    Aimai

    March 8, 2017 at 6:43 am

    @Thru the Looking Glass…: fantastic!

  52. 52.

    ArchTeryx

    March 8, 2017 at 8:10 am

    @Linnaeus: I’m in the same boat. Medicaid is literally what’s keeping me alive right now.

  53. 53.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    March 8, 2017 at 8:33 am

    Waiting for Spicer to say “Look it’s simple, just do like President Trump did, you get into finical trouble just get a loan from a Russian bank. Wake up people”

  54. 54.

    opiejeanne

    March 8, 2017 at 9:51 am

    @Villago Delenda Est: Whoops! post to wrong person.

  55. 55.

    opiejeanne

    March 8, 2017 at 9:51 am

    @NotMax: Threepenny Opera.

  56. 56.

    Debbie1

    March 8, 2017 at 9:58 am

    Cheer up, everyone. If things look bleak now, just think of how much worse life would be under a Hillary Clinton administration; what with her poor email etiquette.

  57. 57.

    Lillian Barron

    March 8, 2017 at 10:01 am

    @Thru the Looking Glass…: To whom they were born is much more on point. Just sayin’

  58. 58.

    J R in WV

    March 8, 2017 at 11:22 am

    @Linnaeus:

    Well, I do have an iPhone. But at least my countertops are formica, not granite.

    We have an Android phone. But we keep it turned off except when we make a phone call, or need to look up an address of something. I think it’s lots harder to hack a device that is turned off than one that is on 24/7. Correct me if I’m wrong about that.

    And we have black electrical tape over the cameras on our laptops, too. Not being paranoid, just being careful.

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