Republicans want to replace Obamacare with absolute Crap!

[busterbrown]

...Healthcare Savings Accounts.. Catastrophic inexpensive Med. Plans
Crossing State lines to shop better healthcare plans.. They think we’re that stupid to actually think these things will work for middle class incomers.. I can’t even begin to express my anger right now..

How about some help..http://crooksandliars.com/2017/01/sen-rand-paul-aca-replacement

[unblock]

1. the rich save money and the poor die.

it's what republicans call a "win-win".

[Warpy]

4. Not just the poor. It's the young and the formerly middle class

who aged out of their decent corporate jobs between 50-55 and have 10-15 years before Medicare will kick in.

Republicans have been completely blinded by their ideology. They honestly believe the free market fairy will jump in and save them.

[unblock]

9. not their ideology, their partisanship.

so blinded by their partisanship that they couldn't support the aca, which was *their* ideological alternative to hillarycare and single-payer.

now they don't know what to replace it with because the aca *is* their ideological replacement.

[Hoyt]

2. The really want to disassociate it from Obama.

[Generic Brad]

3. Make sure to call the replacement "Trump Care" or better yet - "GOP Care"

Strap that identifying millstone around their neck for a generation.

[Tanuki]

5. How about Conservative Republican Austerity Plan Care....

or CRAP -care for short?

[Generic Brad]

6. The Health Care Less Act

[Snarkoleptic]

7. Supporters of this BS plan need to be made aware....

The shocking number of Americans who can’t cover a $400 expense
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/05/25/the-shocking-number-of-americans-who-cant-cover-a-400-expense/

The Federal Reserve surveyed more than 5,000 people to determine whether their personal situations were improving along with the economy. The results, released Wednesday afternoon, found that though households showed “mild improvement” overall, their perspective depended on their income, race and education.

Take this one telling statistic: About 46 percent of Americans said they did not have enough money to cover a $400 emergency expense. Instead, they would have to put it on a credit card and pay it off over time, borrow from friends or family, or simply not cover it at all.

Not surprisingly, those with higher incomes were better equipped to handle an emergency. About 81 percent of people making more than $100,000 a year reported they would be able to cover the bill, compared with 34 percent of those earning less than $40,000.

At every income level, white consumers were better prepared for a $400 emergency than other racial groups. Eighty-three percent of the wealthiest whites surveyed said they could easily absorb the cost, compared with 63 percent of blacks and 67 percent of Hispanics in the same income group. Among the poorest consumers, 40 percent of whites would be able to cover the expense compared with 20 percent of blacks and 27 percent of Hispanics.

[Equinox Moon]

8. The sad truth is "money-worship" wins.

Thom Hartmann had an "ah-ha" moment last week on the radio. He said, 'I finally get it why Republicans want to repeal the ACA so bad. There is a provision in the law that is taxing people that make over $300,000 (? on the income parameter, could be lower) at a higher tax-rate to help pay for ACA.'

The bottom line is that the wealthy own our federal government and they do not want to help pay for other people's needs. GREED, lack of connection with humanity, superior, lack of compassion and empathy, etc.....

[madaboutharry]

10. Healthcare Savings Accounts is another way of saying

Fuck You Suckers, You're On Your Own!

Along with their other ideas, it all adds up to nothing.

It's a scam.

[central scrutinizer]

11. HSAs are a joke

Do the math. IF you could afford to put aside $100 every month for 20 years and IF you could get a 5% return on your investment, you would have about $41,000. Ignoring inflation. What is that worth? Two days in a hospital?

[roamer65]

12. We need to call it the DPP.

Death Penalty Plan.

[pansypoo53219]

13. no coupons?

[busterbrown]

14. Health Stamp Books..

Similar to Green Stamp Books.. remember those?

[Buns_of_Fire]

15. I remember they always wound up stuck to the milk and

the frozen foods by the time you got home.

But I suppose one could use a strip of them as a temporary band-aid, along with a quarter-square of toilet paper. (NOT double-ply, you moochers!*)




* Not that it matters, since paper products (like toilet paper) can't be purchased with a SNAP card anyway...

[busterbrown]

16. I wonder if 20,000 Green Stamps..

would cover an office visit check up?