Let's talk about Trump and the GOP caving too late on healthcare....
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What is the episode’s opening premise about Trump and the GOP’s healthcare delay?
Well, howdy there internet people it spell again. So today we're going to talk about Trump and the GOP caving too late on healthcare. They're late, they're late, for a very important date, but And it's unlikely that they actually meet the deadline by the end of the month. In fact, some are already admitting that won't happen. For about a year, we've talked about how Republicans will eventually have to do something about health care and the ACA tax credits, whether they want to or not. Now after abandoning the working class in the one big beautiful bill, and then shutting down the government to avoid extending the ACA tax credits. With just days left.
Why are Republicans suddenly changing their tune on ACA tax credits?
They're changing their tune. And are going to try to act like helping the working class with health care was something other than a position they opposed. So rapidly they shut down the government over it and cost the country billions. On Thursday, Trump was talking to a crowd of Democrats when he said quote. I think we're going to start working together on health care. I really predict that. That happened as Trump's approval on the economy has been about the only thing dropping faster than the average American's chances of seeing the American dream. So it seems like Trump speak for poor people are blaming me for not having money.
What did Trump say to Democrats about working together on healthcare?
So now I have to pretend like I care about them. It's also worth noting Trump and Republican leadership backtracked as members of their own party started signing a discharge petition on extending the ACA credits. A lame duck says quack. The next day, Republicans in the House conceded to allowing a vote on extending the ACA tax subsidies. But it seems like they want to attach it to something being called a Republican health care plan. It's not a health care plan. It's a collection of things the Republican Party can agree on that do not form any kind of coherent healthcare policy. It honestly looks like they took healthcare related components that had already cleared committee and stuck them together to make it look like they weren't late with their homework.
How does the Republican “health‑care plan” actually differ from a coherent policy?
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries described it as quote. Their healthcare package, as I understand it, is likely to be a disaster and actually not enhance the health care of the American people. It will take away from it. So it's not clear to me that even if it's amended to include whatever Fitzpatrick has proposed, that it will actually solve the problem of addressing the Republican health care crisis. There's a part that would provide funding for cost sharing reduction payments that would lower premiums for certain Affordable Care Act enrollees. Which would be cool. Except the Republican Party can't help itself. It has to find a way to kick the working class in the teeth.
Why does the discussion suggest a single‑payer or Medicare‑for‑All system might be necessary?
So that paired with reductions and subsidies still means that many will end up paying more, not less. It also has measures that help tie health insurance to your employer. Again, there is no way the Republican Party would want to empower the working class. This way, you're more reluctant to seek better employment because you could lose your health insurance. There is no stronger argument in favor of single payer, Medicare for All, or some other nationalized healthcare system. Then actually reading and understanding a Republican healthcare proposal. Nothing makes it more clear that they view the working class as lesser than their healthcare policies. While they of course have health care paid for by the working class they want to kick down at.
But even as bad as it is, it's also probably too late. Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the episode’s opening premise about Trump and the GOP’s healthcare delay?
0:01–0:48
2
Why are Republicans suddenly changing their tune on ACA tax credits?
0:48–1:31
3
What did Trump say to Democrats about working together on healthcare?
1:31–2:25
4
How does the Republican “health‑care plan” actually differ from a coherent policy?
2:25–3:13
5
Why does the discussion suggest a single‑payer or Medicare‑for‑All system might be necessary?
3:13–4:16
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