Orange Alert MCCAIN says he supports Graham Cassidy healthcare bill. Would vote for it — Peter Sullivan (@PeterSullivan4) September 6, 2017 Graham-Cassidy would shift money from states that have successfully implemented the ACA to non-expansion states and then ratchet down the block grants. Time to call the Senate again. We need to run out the …
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An end may be in sight
If you want to repeal Obamacare with FY17 reconciliation, you better do it soon:*PARLIAMENTARIAN RULES ACA REPEAL MECHANISM EXPIRES SEPT 30 — Anna Edgerton (@annaedge4) September 1, 2017 The dramatic vote at 2:20 AM where all forty eight Democrats and three Republican Senators voted against Skinny Repeal did not kill the bill. It merely killed …
How do you like your blue-eyed boy, Mister Death
This is an amazing ad. Tough to watch, but important in terms of the issues it raises. It’s by Randy Bryce, who is running against Paul Ryan. I’m trying to stay away from the catnip of raising money for marquee races, but fuck, this guy’s running against Paul Ryan and he’s put together one hell …
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California single payer
California is studying a single payer system. It is doing the homework to make explicit the assumptions that are needed to make the system work. Modern Healthcare has some details: SB562 would guarantee health coverage with no out-of-pocket costs for all California residents, including people living in the country illegally. The state would contract with …
Bronze is a great age
I want to look at one element of the CBO score. It is the offered actuarial value of plans. Under the House Bill, out of pocket maximums would be fixed but there would be no age banding. The CBO sees this having an interestingly low effect. Beginning in 2020, the legislation would repeal those requirements, …
And the canary just died
The First Congressional District in Virginia is represented by a long standing Republican, Rob Wittman. He easily won re-election in 2016 by twenty three points and Trump carried the district by 13 points. This is a district where the traditional threat to a Republican Representative is from their right flank. Keep that in mind as …
Come on, come on down, you’ve got it in ya
This is great news: Buoyed by a wave of progressive activism that began after the election of President Trump, Virginia Democrats plan to challenge 45 GOP incumbents in the deep-red House of Delegates this November, including 17 lawmakers whose districts voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton. Is anyone going to the Not My President’s Day rally …
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