AARP warns Republicans about "age bands" and "block grants" in their Obamacare scam

[Miles Archer]

Republicans trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act have a new problem on their hands: The AARP isn’t happy.

The nation’s most famous retiree organization, which represents 38 million older Americans, has fired off letters critical of two proposals that have figured prominently in GOP discussions about replacing the Affordable Care Act. One of those proposals would relax the law’s “age bands.” The other would transform Medicaid into a so-called block grant.

The AARP’s objections alone aren’t enough to stop Republicans from including versions of these ideas in health care legislation, of course. But the organization represents a demographic that happens to be an essential part of the Republican voting coalition.

Taken together, the group’s warnings constitute one more reminder of the difficult policy trade-offs, and equally difficult politics, that Republicans are sure to confront as their effort to repeal “Obamacare” moves forward.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aarp-obamacare-affordable-care-act_us_589280eee4b070cf8b80ab63?0yets3im5vlhaor&

[riversedge]

1. Thank you AARP

[Cracklin Charlie]

2. They wouldn't have any of these problems...

If they would have done their damn jobs in the first place.

They could have worked with President Obama, and the congress to craft health care legislation that would benefit their constituents.

Their political obstructionism over just this one issue has cost us seven years of progress, and may have helped to install President Trump.

I have had it with their wedge issue governance.

[mopinko]

3. we are doomed to being cassandra.

i would be so tempted to laugh at these fools who are now getting what they voted for, but they will be taking a lot of people down with them.

and of course, how short sighted is it to not treat things early that will end up making you a disabled mess if you dont? do we really need to have people end up in nursing homes, disabled by rotted joints that we have the ability to repair?
or failing kidneys and hearts that we can replace?
the cost of a year in a nursing home buys a whole lot of prevention.

but i guess that is all just alternative facts.

[Miles Archer]

4. I had a heartbreaking moment with a Facebook friend last night...

...she did not vote for Trump (yes, she voted for Hillary), BUT...she has a total lack of awareness regarding Paul Ryan and his agenda.

She has been receiving chemo and battling cancer. Only now has she become aware of what would happen to the ACA if Ryan got his way. Her response to something she'd read about pre-existing conditions (I posted the article here last night) was "I hope this isn't true," and a number of her friends chimed in in agreement. I posted Ryan's "Better Way" manifesto plus two other well-documented links that explain exactly what he's trying to pull and it overwhelmed her.

See, we have three segments of society:

1). Hillary voters who were so fierce in their conviction because, in addition to her being their candidate of choice, they also knew what the alternative was

2). Hillary voters who really believed in her as a candidate but had no clue as to what eggs the Republicans were trying to hatch

3). Trump voters and people who didn't vote, or voted for someone other than Clinton or Trump, because Trump sold them on his "Make America Great Again" horse crap (including his vow to not touch Medicare, Medicaid and SS), or they had an issue with Clinton.

I think that if the people in Group 2 knew what was going on, we might have had a few more "Get Out The Vote" feet on the street.

And obviously, whatever happens now is squarely on the shoulders of everyone in Group 3.

[mopinko]

5. my own son was a BoB

he could have voted in utah, where it mattered, but instead chose to vote absentee in illinois, so he could vote for jill stein where "it didnt matter. hillary couldnt lose illinois"
and he is a smart person.

the level of subconscious activity in this election kinda fascinates me.