Paul Ryan, intellectual leader of the Republican Party, doesn't know how insurance works

Daily Kos Staff

Thursday March 09, 2017 · 9:28 AM PST

2017/03/09 · 09:28

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. uses charts and graphs to make his case for the GOP's long-awaited plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Thursday, March 9, 2017, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) — You know Paul Ryan has been working hard because his sleeves are rolled up.

Paul Ryan spent the morning giving a deeply dishonest presentation, with PowerPoint no less, on Trumpcare. But one part sticks out as being just mind-numbingly bad and unbelievable.

Paul Ryan says insurance can't work if healthy must pay more to subsidize the sick. But this is exactly what happens in every employer plan.
— Jonathan Cohn (@CitizenCohn) March 9, 2017

This is exactly what health insurance is. It's what all insurance is. You pay into a pool that covers disaster for any and everyone else who has paid into the pool. That's just how it works. It's, like, the definition of insurance!

Seven. Years. Seven fucking years Obamacare has been the one thing Republicans have been obsessing over and their big brain, their chief wonk, their intellectual leader doesn't know how health insurance works. No wonder they elected Trump president.

Paul Ryan, intellectual leader of the Republican Party, doesn't know how insurance works

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