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Obama's health care law still needs some patchwork
TOM MURPHY,Associated Press 3 hours ago .
The health care law of the land has survived for now, but it needs help — and it needs it soon.
Soaring prices and fewer choices may greet customers when they return to the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces this fall, in part because insurers are facing deep uncertainty about whether the Trump administration will continue to make key subsidy payments and enforce other parts of the existing law that help control prices.
Assurances don't look to be coming anytime soon. "As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!" President Donald Trump tweeted early Friday, soon after the Senate narrowly rejected the latest push to dismantle the Obama-era health care law.
The health care law of the land has survived for now, but it needs help — and it needs it soon.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said in a statement after the Senate vote that the Trump administration would pursue its health care goals through regulation.
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means trump is going to go out of his way to ******* it!
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That kind of uncertainty rattles insurers, many of whom have already stopped selling policies through public insurance markets established by the health law because they were losing money.
Their main concern now is that the Trump administration will stop paying crucial subsides called for in the law that help reduce costs like deductibles for people with low incomes. The subsidies, estimated at $7 billion a year, have been challenged by Republicans in court, and Trump has only guaranteed them through this month.
If they stop, insurers will have to raise prices for coverage, known as premiums, because by law they must still offer the same reduced deductibles for their low-income customers.
Leerink analyst Ana Gupte surveyed several states and has said that insurers are asking for price hikes of around 36 percent when they assume the subsidies go away, compared with about 18 percent if they stay.
People with low incomes might be shielded from these hikes in part because the law provides tax credits that cover much of the premium.
But those who make too much to qualify for that help — and tend to vote Republican — could get hit hard, noted health care consultant Robert Laszewski, a former insurance executive.
"(Trump's) hurting his own people," Laszewski said.
Of course, all shoppers will be hurt if insurers leave markets, noted Urban Institute health economist Linda Blumberg.
"Then there's nowhere to use your subsidy," she said.
The Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer Anthem has already withdrawn from markets in Ohio, Wisconsin and Indiana. CEO Joseph Swedish said Wednesday the company may cut back further if it doesn't get certainty on the subsidies "quickly."
Insurers have until the middle of next month to finalize their 2018 prices, industry officials say. They must leave enough time for the rates to be submitted to the marketplaces, and then for the on-line exchanges that sell the coverage to be tested before enrollment for next year's plans begins on Nov. 1.
If insurers want to back out of a market, they have until about late September to do so.
Options already have grown thin. About a third of the U.S.'s approximately 3,000 counties have only one insurer selling coverage on their exchange, which is the only place where shoppers can get tax credits based on their income to help buy coverage. Those credits are separate from the subsidies for low-income customers.
Nearly 40 counties currently have no choices for next year on their exchanges.
Dan Mendelson, president of the consulting firm Avalere, says there is some hope that the Trump administration could yet shore up the system. He thinks the administration could recognize that it will be held accountable by voters for the condition of the law's marketplaces. Further deterioration "would be very negative for them," he said.
"I think in the end they're going to have to stabilize these markets," he said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/obamas-health-care-law-still-needs-patchwork-065045152.html
TOM MURPHY,Associated Press 3 hours ago .
The health care law of the land has survived for now, but it needs help — and it needs it soon.
Soaring prices and fewer choices may greet customers when they return to the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces this fall, in part because insurers are facing deep uncertainty about whether the Trump administration will continue to make key subsidy payments and enforce other parts of the existing law that help control prices.
Assurances don't look to be coming anytime soon. "As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!" President Donald Trump tweeted early Friday, soon after the Senate narrowly rejected the latest push to dismantle the Obama-era health care law.
The health care law of the land has survived for now, but it needs help — and it needs it soon.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said in a statement after the Senate vote that the Trump administration would pursue its health care goals through regulation.
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means trump is going to go out of his way to ******* it!
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That kind of uncertainty rattles insurers, many of whom have already stopped selling policies through public insurance markets established by the health law because they were losing money.
Their main concern now is that the Trump administration will stop paying crucial subsides called for in the law that help reduce costs like deductibles for people with low incomes. The subsidies, estimated at $7 billion a year, have been challenged by Republicans in court, and Trump has only guaranteed them through this month.
If they stop, insurers will have to raise prices for coverage, known as premiums, because by law they must still offer the same reduced deductibles for their low-income customers.
Leerink analyst Ana Gupte surveyed several states and has said that insurers are asking for price hikes of around 36 percent when they assume the subsidies go away, compared with about 18 percent if they stay.
People with low incomes might be shielded from these hikes in part because the law provides tax credits that cover much of the premium.
But those who make too much to qualify for that help — and tend to vote Republican — could get hit hard, noted health care consultant Robert Laszewski, a former insurance executive.
"(Trump's) hurting his own people," Laszewski said.
Of course, all shoppers will be hurt if insurers leave markets, noted Urban Institute health economist Linda Blumberg.
"Then there's nowhere to use your subsidy," she said.
The Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurer Anthem has already withdrawn from markets in Ohio, Wisconsin and Indiana. CEO Joseph Swedish said Wednesday the company may cut back further if it doesn't get certainty on the subsidies "quickly."
Insurers have until the middle of next month to finalize their 2018 prices, industry officials say. They must leave enough time for the rates to be submitted to the marketplaces, and then for the on-line exchanges that sell the coverage to be tested before enrollment for next year's plans begins on Nov. 1.
If insurers want to back out of a market, they have until about late September to do so.
Options already have grown thin. About a third of the U.S.'s approximately 3,000 counties have only one insurer selling coverage on their exchange, which is the only place where shoppers can get tax credits based on their income to help buy coverage. Those credits are separate from the subsidies for low-income customers.
Nearly 40 counties currently have no choices for next year on their exchanges.
Dan Mendelson, president of the consulting firm Avalere, says there is some hope that the Trump administration could yet shore up the system. He thinks the administration could recognize that it will be held accountable by voters for the condition of the law's marketplaces. Further deterioration "would be very negative for them," he said.
"I think in the end they're going to have to stabilize these markets," he said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/obamas-health-care-law-still-needs-patchwork-065045152.html
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this guy just wants rid of anything Obama.... no matter what.... he doesn't care how many he kicks off health care or what happens to anyone... just his personal hate for Obama.... and that is all it is!
Trump threatens insurer payments — and health care enjoyed by Congress
Lev Facher,STAT News 2 hours 56 minutes ago .
President Trump on Saturday indicated he will make good on a months-old threat to destabilize the health insurance market if Senate Republicans cannot repeal and replace major elements of the Affordable Care Act.
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!
11:27 AM - Jul 29, 2017
The first part of the ultimatum likely refers to cost-sharing reduction payments made by the federal government to insurers, which in turn offer discounted plans for many low- or middle-income Americans buying plans through ACA marketplaces.
The second portion, while far narrower in scope, is significant in that it highlights an additional tool at the president’s disposal for acting unilaterally on health policy. Though ACA repeal has been in the spotlight throughout 2017, other rumblings regarding subsidies specific to Congress have been rare.
In January, Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fl.) introduced a bill that would end an exemption enabling members of Congress and Capitol Hill staff to obtain employer contributions from the government to pay for plans on D.C.’s small-business exchange, which the federal Office of Personnel Management in 2013 issued guidance to allow.
“By blowing the whistle on this special deal concocted by OPM, we will make members of Congress better understand the burdens of ObamaCare, thereby incentivizing members to get to work on a good repeal and replace plan,” DeSantis wrote then in a statement.
Heather Higgins, CEO of the conservative-leaning advocacy group Independent Women’s Voice, wrote last week in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: “Congress is essentially unaffected by the high costs of the ObamaCare exchanges because of a special exemption crafted under the Obama administration.” Some subsidies obtained via D.C.’s small-business exchange, the op-ed claimed, were worth as much as $12,000 annually.
While Trump’s meaning was not entirely clear, it is possible he could direct OPM to rescind the ruling enabling the exemption, as a coalition of right-wing groups encouraged him to do in a July 21 letter.
The president’s threat regarding cost-sharing reduction payments, however, is more broadly impactful, more familiar, and more widely understood.
It also echoes a warning made by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in the early hours of Friday, just after his chamber’s efforts to pass a narrow compromise bill fell one vote short.
“I bet I’m pretty safe in saying, for most of the people on this side of the aisle, that bailing out insurance companies — bailing out insurance companies with no thought of any kind of reform — is not something I want to be part of,” McConnell said in his speech on the Senate floor.
Trump has made the threat before, indicating he believed ending the payments would leave Democrats with no choice but to negotiate with Republicans on a broader repeal bill. But it takes on added significance in light of GOP senators’ setback.
Insurers have repeatedly indicated that ending CSR payments would throw markets into turmoil and even cause the type of “death spiral” Republicans in Congress have long warned against.
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated the payments’ value at $7 billion in 2017, $10 billion in 2018, and $11 billion in 2019.
The Kaiser Family Foundation projects that without CSR payments, the cost of “silver” insurance plans in Medicaid expansion states would increase by 15 percent, and in non-expansion states by 21 percent.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) responded to Trump quickly via the same medium on Saturday:
Chuck Schumer
✔ @SenSchumer
If @POTUS refuses to make CSR payments, every expert agrees that premiums will go up & #healthcare will be more expensive for millions.
1:05 PM - Jul 29, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-insurer-payments-health-183810351.html
Trump threatens insurer payments — and health care enjoyed by Congress
Lev Facher,STAT News 2 hours 56 minutes ago .
President Trump on Saturday indicated he will make good on a months-old threat to destabilize the health insurance market if Senate Republicans cannot repeal and replace major elements of the Affordable Care Act.
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!
11:27 AM - Jul 29, 2017
The first part of the ultimatum likely refers to cost-sharing reduction payments made by the federal government to insurers, which in turn offer discounted plans for many low- or middle-income Americans buying plans through ACA marketplaces.
The second portion, while far narrower in scope, is significant in that it highlights an additional tool at the president’s disposal for acting unilaterally on health policy. Though ACA repeal has been in the spotlight throughout 2017, other rumblings regarding subsidies specific to Congress have been rare.
In January, Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fl.) introduced a bill that would end an exemption enabling members of Congress and Capitol Hill staff to obtain employer contributions from the government to pay for plans on D.C.’s small-business exchange, which the federal Office of Personnel Management in 2013 issued guidance to allow.
“By blowing the whistle on this special deal concocted by OPM, we will make members of Congress better understand the burdens of ObamaCare, thereby incentivizing members to get to work on a good repeal and replace plan,” DeSantis wrote then in a statement.
Heather Higgins, CEO of the conservative-leaning advocacy group Independent Women’s Voice, wrote last week in a Wall Street Journal op-ed: “Congress is essentially unaffected by the high costs of the ObamaCare exchanges because of a special exemption crafted under the Obama administration.” Some subsidies obtained via D.C.’s small-business exchange, the op-ed claimed, were worth as much as $12,000 annually.
While Trump’s meaning was not entirely clear, it is possible he could direct OPM to rescind the ruling enabling the exemption, as a coalition of right-wing groups encouraged him to do in a July 21 letter.
The president’s threat regarding cost-sharing reduction payments, however, is more broadly impactful, more familiar, and more widely understood.
It also echoes a warning made by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in the early hours of Friday, just after his chamber’s efforts to pass a narrow compromise bill fell one vote short.
“I bet I’m pretty safe in saying, for most of the people on this side of the aisle, that bailing out insurance companies — bailing out insurance companies with no thought of any kind of reform — is not something I want to be part of,” McConnell said in his speech on the Senate floor.
Trump has made the threat before, indicating he believed ending the payments would leave Democrats with no choice but to negotiate with Republicans on a broader repeal bill. But it takes on added significance in light of GOP senators’ setback.
Insurers have repeatedly indicated that ending CSR payments would throw markets into turmoil and even cause the type of “death spiral” Republicans in Congress have long warned against.
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated the payments’ value at $7 billion in 2017, $10 billion in 2018, and $11 billion in 2019.
The Kaiser Family Foundation projects that without CSR payments, the cost of “silver” insurance plans in Medicaid expansion states would increase by 15 percent, and in non-expansion states by 21 percent.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) responded to Trump quickly via the same medium on Saturday:
Chuck Schumer
✔ @SenSchumer
If @POTUS refuses to make CSR payments, every expert agrees that premiums will go up & #healthcare will be more expensive for millions.
1:05 PM - Jul 29, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-insurer-payments-health-183810351.html
Trump Attacks Republicans As 'Fools' While Support Among Base Drops
Chris Riotta,Newsweek 1 hour 36 minutes ago .
Donald Trump's schedule was fully cleared for the weekend, with no scheduled public appearances or high-profile talks with international leaders on the calendar for Saturday or Sunday, giving the president all the time in the world to do his favorite thing: tweet.
Trump kicked off Saturday Twitter by quoting a tweet from Fox News and suggesting Russia was working to diminish his 2016 presidential campaign, instead of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's—as the U.S. intelligence community has found during an ongoing probe into the Kremlin’s interference in last year’s election.
"Russia was against Trump in the 2016 Election," he wrote. "Why not, I want strong military & low oil prices. Witch Hunt!"
Then things suddenly got personal between the president and his party.
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
Republican Senate must get rid of 60 vote NOW! It is killing the R Party, allows 8 Dems to control country. 200 Bills sit in Senate. A JOKE!
6:20 AM - Jul 29, 2017
First, Trump had a demand for the party: change current Senate practices requiring 60 votes to pass legislation. "Republicans in the Senate will NEVER win if they don't go to a 51 vote majority NOW," Trump wrote. "They look like fools and are just wasting time……"
He then dug in at conservatives on Capitol Hill for decrying former President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare legislation, the Affordable Care Act, and failing to remove it from law when given the opportunity.
"Many great Republican bills will never pass, like Kate's Law and complete Healthcare. Get smart!" Trump wrote. "After seven years of ‘talking' Repeal & Replace, the people of our great country are still being ****** to live with imploding ObamaCare!"
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
....8 Dems totally control the U.S. Senate. Many great Republican bills will never pass, like Kate's Law and complete Healthcare. Get smart!
6:39 AM - Jul 29, 2017
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
If the Senate Democrats ever got the chance, they would switch to a 51 majority vote in first minute. They are laughing at R's. MAKE CHANGE!
6:47 AM - Jul 29, 2017
Trump’s attacks on his own party, vented through his favorite social media platform instead of directly to his colleagues in the Republican-held houses, were nothing short of scathing. His tweets followed Friday’s news Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, a Republican insider and favorite among conservatives in Washington, was ****** out by Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, a conservative outsider with zero political experience.
The inroads Trump made to the Republican Party may quickly be eroding as the president attempts to direct politics via Twitter rather than actual governance. The GOP has been unable to pass any major legislation after six months of controlling the entire federal government.
Meanwhile, Republican senators defecting from party line agenda items—as three did this week when an Obamacare repeal was killed in the late hours of Wednesday night—will only continue if the president can’t keep a hold of his base.
Recent polls show Trump is slowly losing ground among the white, Republican-registered voters who largely voted him into office in last year’s election, after failing to maintain many of the campaign promises that floated his presidency.
With just 35.1 percent of those polled in a Reuters survey published Thursday approving of Trump’s job performance, Republicans expressed disapproval more than ever before.
Trump’s support from Republicans plunged six points in nine days amid the failed health care battle, declining to 73.9 percent July 24 from 79.9 percent on July 15.
The new low among Trump’s own party, paired with his sharp words and further distancing from Republicans on Twitter, may only spell more trouble for his presidency down the road.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-attacks-republicans-apos-fools-195743095.html
Chris Riotta,Newsweek 1 hour 36 minutes ago .
Donald Trump's schedule was fully cleared for the weekend, with no scheduled public appearances or high-profile talks with international leaders on the calendar for Saturday or Sunday, giving the president all the time in the world to do his favorite thing: tweet.
Trump kicked off Saturday Twitter by quoting a tweet from Fox News and suggesting Russia was working to diminish his 2016 presidential campaign, instead of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's—as the U.S. intelligence community has found during an ongoing probe into the Kremlin’s interference in last year’s election.
"Russia was against Trump in the 2016 Election," he wrote. "Why not, I want strong military & low oil prices. Witch Hunt!"
Then things suddenly got personal between the president and his party.
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
Republican Senate must get rid of 60 vote NOW! It is killing the R Party, allows 8 Dems to control country. 200 Bills sit in Senate. A JOKE!
6:20 AM - Jul 29, 2017
First, Trump had a demand for the party: change current Senate practices requiring 60 votes to pass legislation. "Republicans in the Senate will NEVER win if they don't go to a 51 vote majority NOW," Trump wrote. "They look like fools and are just wasting time……"
He then dug in at conservatives on Capitol Hill for decrying former President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare legislation, the Affordable Care Act, and failing to remove it from law when given the opportunity.
"Many great Republican bills will never pass, like Kate's Law and complete Healthcare. Get smart!" Trump wrote. "After seven years of ‘talking' Repeal & Replace, the people of our great country are still being ****** to live with imploding ObamaCare!"
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
....8 Dems totally control the U.S. Senate. Many great Republican bills will never pass, like Kate's Law and complete Healthcare. Get smart!
6:39 AM - Jul 29, 2017
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
If the Senate Democrats ever got the chance, they would switch to a 51 majority vote in first minute. They are laughing at R's. MAKE CHANGE!
6:47 AM - Jul 29, 2017
Trump’s attacks on his own party, vented through his favorite social media platform instead of directly to his colleagues in the Republican-held houses, were nothing short of scathing. His tweets followed Friday’s news Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, a Republican insider and favorite among conservatives in Washington, was ****** out by Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, a conservative outsider with zero political experience.
The inroads Trump made to the Republican Party may quickly be eroding as the president attempts to direct politics via Twitter rather than actual governance. The GOP has been unable to pass any major legislation after six months of controlling the entire federal government.
Meanwhile, Republican senators defecting from party line agenda items—as three did this week when an Obamacare repeal was killed in the late hours of Wednesday night—will only continue if the president can’t keep a hold of his base.
Recent polls show Trump is slowly losing ground among the white, Republican-registered voters who largely voted him into office in last year’s election, after failing to maintain many of the campaign promises that floated his presidency.
With just 35.1 percent of those polled in a Reuters survey published Thursday approving of Trump’s job performance, Republicans expressed disapproval more than ever before.
Trump’s support from Republicans plunged six points in nine days amid the failed health care battle, declining to 73.9 percent July 24 from 79.9 percent on July 15.
The new low among Trump’s own party, paired with his sharp words and further distancing from Republicans on Twitter, may only spell more trouble for his presidency down the road.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-attacks-republicans-apos-fools-195743095.html
like what?
I try to post anything that I think effects the middle class..... AND Trump fuck-ups!
even if very few read it!
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Sen. Bernie Sanders: Trump ‘wants to sabotage health care in America’
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., accused President Trump of wanting to “sabotage” the Affordable Care Act after the president threatened to cut off subsidies to insurance companies that make plans purchased through ACA marketplaces more affordable to many low- and middle-income Americans.
“You know, I really think it’s incomprehensible that we have a president of the United States who wants to sabotage health care in America, make life more difficult for millions of people who are struggling now to get the health insurance they need and to pay for that health insurance,” Sanders said in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.
In a tweet on Saturday, the president called the subsidies “bailouts” for insurance companies and threatened to end them.
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!
11:27 AM - Jul 29, 2017
Trump’s tweet was a response to the Republicans’ failure last week to dismantle the ACA, putting the long-promised repeal and replace efforts on hold for the foreseeable future. Friday, Trump said the Republican strategy should be to let the ACA “implode” to pressure Democrats into passing repeal and replace legislation.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Sunday the administration had not come to a decision on whether to halt the subsidies; counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway said Trump would make that decision this week.
Later in the interview, Sanders said he planned to introduce single-payer health care legislation now that Republicans efforts at health care reform failed. However when pressed by “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper on how single-payer could be passed nationally after failed attempts in California and his home state of Vermont, Sanders admitted, “Politically, this is difficult.”
“Look, taking on the insurance companies and the ******* companies, taking on Wall Street, taking on a lot of very powerful forces that make billions of dollars a year from the current health care system is not going to be easy,” Sanders said. “And it’s not going to take place until millions of people get involved in this struggle and appreciate the fact that whether you’re rich or whether you are poor, health care is a right.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., accused President Trump of wanting to “sabotage” the Affordable Care Act after the president threatened to cut off subsidies to insurance companies that make plans purchased through ACA marketplaces more affordable to many low- and middle-income Americans.
“You know, I really think it’s incomprehensible that we have a president of the United States who wants to sabotage health care in America, make life more difficult for millions of people who are struggling now to get the health insurance they need and to pay for that health insurance,” Sanders said in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.
In a tweet on Saturday, the president called the subsidies “bailouts” for insurance companies and threatened to end them.
Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!
11:27 AM - Jul 29, 2017
Trump’s tweet was a response to the Republicans’ failure last week to dismantle the ACA, putting the long-promised repeal and replace efforts on hold for the foreseeable future. Friday, Trump said the Republican strategy should be to let the ACA “implode” to pressure Democrats into passing repeal and replace legislation.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Sunday the administration had not come to a decision on whether to halt the subsidies; counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway said Trump would make that decision this week.
Later in the interview, Sanders said he planned to introduce single-payer health care legislation now that Republicans efforts at health care reform failed. However when pressed by “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper on how single-payer could be passed nationally after failed attempts in California and his home state of Vermont, Sanders admitted, “Politically, this is difficult.”
“Look, taking on the insurance companies and the ******* companies, taking on Wall Street, taking on a lot of very powerful forces that make billions of dollars a year from the current health care system is not going to be easy,” Sanders said. “And it’s not going to take place until millions of people get involved in this struggle and appreciate the fact that whether you’re rich or whether you are poor, health care is a right.”
I just read an article about how there are a lot of jobs around and they just can't find workers!
Don't suppose it is because they won't pay anything do you?
the right likes to piss and moan and cry about all the taxes they have to pay... slowing down their wealth....and yet they pay in taxes a small portion of what was paid years ago and people still made money.....but with today's greed they want to pay nothing and expect their employees to make it on that.... and then cry when those same workers can't make and need assistance... they want to put and end to the "handouts"
these right wingers really take the fucking cake!
how about we put an end to the big biz "handouts"?
Don't suppose it is because they won't pay anything do you?
the right likes to piss and moan and cry about all the taxes they have to pay... slowing down their wealth....and yet they pay in taxes a small portion of what was paid years ago and people still made money.....but with today's greed they want to pay nothing and expect their employees to make it on that.... and then cry when those same workers can't make and need assistance... they want to put and end to the "handouts"
these right wingers really take the fucking cake!
how about we put an end to the big biz "handouts"?
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Anthony Scaramucci out as White House communications director after 11 days:
White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been removed from his position after just 11 days on the job, according to multiple reports.
Scaramucci accepted the position on July 21, shortly after the abrupt departure of White House press secretary Sean Spicer. He made headlines less than a week after assuming the post with a profane interview with The New Yorker in which he insulted members of the White House staff, including now former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.
Priebus left his role suddenly on Friday, and was replaced Monday morning by retired four-star general John Kelly, who had been serving as Trump’s secretary of homeland security.
“Anthony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as White House Communications Director,” said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a statement. “Mr. Scaramucci felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team. We wish him all the best.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/anthony-...tions-director-11-days-reports-190158404.html
White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been removed from his position after just 11 days on the job, according to multiple reports.
Scaramucci accepted the position on July 21, shortly after the abrupt departure of White House press secretary Sean Spicer. He made headlines less than a week after assuming the post with a profane interview with The New Yorker in which he insulted members of the White House staff, including now former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.
Priebus left his role suddenly on Friday, and was replaced Monday morning by retired four-star general John Kelly, who had been serving as Trump’s secretary of homeland security.
“Anthony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as White House Communications Director,” said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a statement. “Mr. Scaramucci felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team. We wish him all the best.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/anthony-...tions-director-11-days-reports-190158404.html
I could go on with several... got those facts stored here someplace..... but Wal Mart is the biggest example
I'm going to kick you like a rented mule if you don't quit picking on me!
you are hurting my feelings!
a few more.....
nongolfer
Male
Well, when you have some items which aren't gifs or memes, post them. I'm not going to engage the minimum wage argument given how few minimum wage earners are actually supporting a household. There is empirical economic data that is going to make your side of the argument extremely difficult to win.
If you actually did want to argue it, I'd even throw you a bone, and maybe shock you by letting you know most reasonable conservatives if ****** with minimum wage, would probably settle on one if part time, and workers under 18 were excluded. But unfortunately one party seems to not understand why this is a deal breaker. But that party seemingly lies to lower income and vulnerable people, which appears to be designed at keeping these people they profess to want to help poor and vulnerable. Probably for votes.
But let's stick to what you categorize as "big biz handouts."
If you actually did want to argue it, I'd even throw you a bone, and maybe shock you by letting you know most reasonable conservatives if ****** with minimum wage, would probably settle on one if part time, and workers under 18 were excluded. But unfortunately one party seems to not understand why this is a deal breaker. But that party seemingly lies to lower income and vulnerable people, which appears to be designed at keeping these people they profess to want to help poor and vulnerable. Probably for votes.
But let's stick to what you categorize as "big biz handouts."
well I know most don't like the meme's.... but most are factual and easily fact checked if you want to take the time
and your minimum wage is another good one..... again meme's but factual
I know you don't like mem's.... but facts are facts!
very interesting... and he is now the chief of staff!
John Kelly was angry about James Comey’s dismissal: report
Former FBI director James Comey; White House chief of staff John Kelly. (Photos: Patsy Lynch/MediaPunch/IPX/AP; Evan Vucci/AP)
Former FBI director James Comey; White House chief of staff John Kelly. (Photos: Patsy Lynch/MediaPunch/IPX/AP; Evan Vucci/AP)
Incoming White House chief of staff John Kelly was reportedly furious about the way President Trump abruptly fired FBI director James Comey in May.
Two sources told CNN that Kelly was so upset by the dismissal of Comey that he called the longtime law enforcement official and told him he was considering resigning from his position as secretary of Homeland Security.
Both sources with knowledge of this conversation said Comey and Kelly are not friends but have a mutual respect for each other as professionals. They also told CNN that they were not sure how serious Kelly was about actually resigning at the time.
“John was angry and hurt by what he saw and the way [Comey] was treated,” one source told CNN.
According to the report, Comey took the call while traveling from Los Angeles to Washington and urged Kelly not to quit.
Kelly was sworn in to replace Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff on Monday. Trump had announced on Friday that Kelly would fill this position.
Comey’s dismissal was hugely controversial because of his role in the investigations of former secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and Russia’s interference with last year’s presidential election.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-kelly-angry-james-comeys-dismissal-report-200902007.html
John Kelly was angry about James Comey’s dismissal: report
Former FBI director James Comey; White House chief of staff John Kelly. (Photos: Patsy Lynch/MediaPunch/IPX/AP; Evan Vucci/AP)
Former FBI director James Comey; White House chief of staff John Kelly. (Photos: Patsy Lynch/MediaPunch/IPX/AP; Evan Vucci/AP)
Incoming White House chief of staff John Kelly was reportedly furious about the way President Trump abruptly fired FBI director James Comey in May.
Two sources told CNN that Kelly was so upset by the dismissal of Comey that he called the longtime law enforcement official and told him he was considering resigning from his position as secretary of Homeland Security.
Both sources with knowledge of this conversation said Comey and Kelly are not friends but have a mutual respect for each other as professionals. They also told CNN that they were not sure how serious Kelly was about actually resigning at the time.
“John was angry and hurt by what he saw and the way [Comey] was treated,” one source told CNN.
According to the report, Comey took the call while traveling from Los Angeles to Washington and urged Kelly not to quit.
Kelly was sworn in to replace Reince Priebus as White House chief of staff on Monday. Trump had announced on Friday that Kelly would fill this position.
Comey’s dismissal was hugely controversial because of his role in the investigations of former secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and Russia’s interference with last year’s presidential election.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-kelly-angry-james-comeys-dismissal-report-200902007.html
Donald Trump to Meet Rex Tillerson After Reports of 'Chaos' and Resignation at the State Department
President Donald Trump is set to meet with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Monday after a week of resignation rumors and reports of chaos in the State Department.
The pair are set to meet at 1:30 p.m., according to White House schedules, their meeting coming a week after Tillerson opted to take a few days off while attempting to downplay reports about his frustration with the administration and the president’s open criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
The State Department did not state what the politicians would discuss during the meeting at the White House, though they are likely to talk about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for hundreds of U.S. diplomatic staff to be cut, a move the State Department called a "regrettable and uncalled-for act."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-meet-rex-tillerson-161146803.html
President Donald Trump is set to meet with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Monday after a week of resignation rumors and reports of chaos in the State Department.
The pair are set to meet at 1:30 p.m., according to White House schedules, their meeting coming a week after Tillerson opted to take a few days off while attempting to downplay reports about his frustration with the administration and the president’s open criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
The State Department did not state what the politicians would discuss during the meeting at the White House, though they are likely to talk about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for hundreds of U.S. diplomatic staff to be cut, a move the State Department called a "regrettable and uncalled-for act."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-meet-rex-tillerson-161146803.html
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