Democratic pols and supporters had a weekend of earned gloating but now it is time to get real. Supporters of the Affordable Care Act have spent the past three days watching President Trump, Paul Ryan, the House Freedom Caucus and moderate Republicans form a circular firing squad. Their motto, ‘shoot from the lip.’ Steve Bannon reportedly walked into a meeting with resistant Republicans and ordered them to vote for the new American Health Care Act. That landed with a resounding thud http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/47015_Bannon_Ordered_the_House_Freedom_Caucus_Loons_to_Vote_for_Trumpcare._It_Didnt_Go_Over_Well..
The President admitted he had no idea what was contained in the bill but he needed a win. Even the conservative publication, the Washington Examiner pointed out the dangers of Donald Trump’s waffling ignorance when it comes to healthcare http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/what-trump-doesnt-know-about-healthcare-could-hurt-you/article/2584304. Now is the time for Democrats to stop incorporating the talking point, “we know Obamacare is not perfect” and propose meaningful legislation to fix it. Waiting for Republicans to get their act together and not be the party of sabotage, is a waste of a good gloat. Part of the reason that only one health insurer is available in some areas, is because of a wrench thrown in the works by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fl.). Rubio loosened the nuts on the government driven promise to cover risk corridors for insurers. Basically, this was insurance for the insurers. Money was to be made available from a pool of profitable insurers, along with government guarantees to insurance carriers who were inundated with new customers paying lower premiums. A promised cash incentive to help offset the cost was essential to the success of Obamacare https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/10/us/politics/marco-rubio-obamacare-affordable-care-act.html?_r=0. Rubio introduced language to negate those payments. If you wanted to help destroy a program, Rubio found a way to do it and he did it.
The lesson that should be learned from this by Democrats, is waiting for Republicans to place health above profits is a fool’s errand. The destruction of Obamacare by Republicans has advanced far beyond ideology and public welfare, it is the obsession with taking away an Obama legacy. Republicans have run for eight years, and successfully I might add, on hating Barack Obama and his wife. This is a golden opportunity for Democrats to get on the offensive. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY.) could literally talk circles around Donald Trump. As unsavory for the Democratic faithful as it may seem, tricking him[Trump] into believing he is victorious would be child’s play. Single payer has a chance now. The Republican caucus is divided into three factions, the moderates, the establishment and the so-called freedom caucus.
Filling the void of power is at the fingertips of liberals. Afterall, “nature abhors a vacuum.”
America is entangled in a reality tv mentality, fostered by a President whose main news source is television. He has surrounded himself with policy neophytes who know he is only concerned with his image and that their goal is to have him appear a winner. Remember this is a man who does not want to build a practical wall, he wants a “big beautiful wall with a big beautiful door!”
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Word salad appetizers and main courses, plated on grandeur is the food for mortals who want immortality.
Democrats open the big beautiful door and lead him right into the waiting arms of big beautiful single payer.
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