Courtesy of HuffPo:Since Congress can't get its act together on HealthCare, I will be using the power of the pen to give great HealthCare to many people - FAST— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10, 2017
President Donald Trump has already done a lot to sabotage the Affordable Care Act, whether it’s slashing the program’s advertising budget or threatening to cut off some payments that insurers need to cover their costs.
Now Trump is thinking about using his executive authority to do something that could be even more damaging to the law ― and, arguably, more threatening to people who depend on it for coverage.
Sometime in the next few days, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Trump is likely to instruct three key agencies to rewrite a series of regulations that affect health insurance. Some of the details were still in flux as of the weekend, sources familiar with the proposal told HuffPost. But the ultimate goal of these efforts would be to accomplish through executive action what, so far, Trump and the Republican Congress have been unable to pull off through legislation. Specifically, they would undermine the rules that guarantee comprehensive coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.
By his own admission Trump was surprised that healthcare was so hard, so how could ANYBODY possibly think that he could make it better with an executive order.
All Trump care about is undoing everything that Obama accomplished, but what he fails to understand is that once he does anything to change health care every problem that arises after that will be blamed on him, and the Republicans party.
It will be terrible for people currently on Obamacare of course, but ultimately this idiot might be handing the Democrats the tools they need to take back the House, Senate, and White House.
And then folks it is single payer all the way.
This blog is almost as bad as the Trump presidency.
ReplyDeleteSo why do you bother reading or commenting here?
DeleteSilly stalker @8:33.
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@9:12 "he seemed ready to do it again.
Delete“After he apologized, he said, ‘Listen, come up to my room,’” an NYPD commander with direct knowledge of the case says."
“She got scared".>
Battilana returned downstairs. Weinstein joined her. The detectives moved in. They took him away for questioning that immediately ceased when he asked for a lawyer, in particular an attorney from the firm whose partners included former Mayor Rudy Giuliani. A Weinstein spokeswoman would deny the allegations."
"The detectives were still able to bring the Manhattan district attorney’s office a case that was considerably stronger than is routinely needed to convict less illustrious gropers in the subway"
“Don’t stop dreaming just because you had a nightmare.”“Push me down and I’ll go much more up,” she tweets."
"Rudy Giuliani in Drag Smooching Donald Trump"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IrE6FMpai8
"Can't say I didn't try"
I find it an outstanding site and have been viewing it (as well as commenting periodically) since its inception. Thank you IM!!
DeleteThen do yourself a favor 8:33 and get the hell off of it. Geez. Suffer yourself, suffer us. You are worst than Trump himself.
DeleteSo 8:33, given what you have said, why are you here?
DeleteTo quote your idol Sarah Palin's eldest non bastard, all together now, 'Go Fuck Yourself'.
Delete8:33 AM Go Fuck Yourself
Deletethis blog is for those of us who need to let of steam before we do something dumb. it gives us the chance to hear what others have to say-and see what others would like to do. this is freedom of speech in action and if you don't like it im sure you can go some place else.
DeleteAs of last night ~800 more shooting$ in America after Vega$.
ReplyDeleteI have a “pre-existing “ condition according to insurance companies. I take a very low dose cholesterol medication and I committed the unpardonable sin of getting an mri of my back several years ago when I was having back problems. I no longer have any back problems because I practice daily yoga, yet before Obama Care, I was black balled by the insurance industry because of the MRI. I don’t get a subsidy, and can afford my almost 600.00 a month premium now. If the Moron in the White House fucks up health care, I will not be covered. Not a damn thing I can do if he does. Right now I’m praying he has a stroke or goes to prison.
ReplyDeleteYour story is so common amongst people I know! Years ago I had to waive coverage of any disease or treatment of my entire reproductive system because I had been treated for fibroids!!! Anyone who knows anything knows that fibroids are benign. I hope we never go back to the pre-ex for medical insurance! Sadly, life insurance is not as nicely regulated. My 30 year old daughter was screened out of life insurance provided by her employer because she has, and has been treated for moderate IBS. It's controlled, she works full time and has for 8 years. I wish we had a way of stopping that insanity too.
DeleteI have anxiety about the pre existing conditions also. To be honest I feel anxious about what Trump touches, undoes and a nuclear war he may start.
DeleteNot funny funny Ha!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/jimmy-kimmel-escalates-feud-with-donald-trump-jr-in-hilarious-opening-monologue/
WHY YOU TURD?
ReplyDeleteImprove ObamaCare don't sabotage it
He will own the health insurance system once he does this. Trumpcare will hurt thousands of people. Up to the Dems to make sure voters understand what he's done to them.
ReplyDeleteIf he succeeds, he’ll be handing the Democrats single payer universal healthcare on a platter.
DeleteHe can't have anything re-written that is part of the ACA LAW. He can't change the law as written. If he tries, he'll be sued and he'll lose.
ReplyDeleteBut he is too dumb to understand this, which is why he doesn't this shit over and over because, well, FUCKING MORON.
Oh and LOSER!
Soo, I was thinking, with all these stories coming to light about Putin trying to undo our democracy out of spite, just maybe Fox news was of his making too? I mean in this story line, anything is possible, right?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.thedailybeast.com/the-case-for-impeaching-donald-trump-is-real-and-serious-heres-why
Delete"Impeachable offenses aren’t the same thing as crimes listed in the U.S. Code. In fact, that’s the point: a president can be held accountable for actions that aren’t necessarily crimes. A crime might be an impeachable offense - but not all impeachable offenses are crimes." Richard Nixon would have been impeached and convicted had he not given up the presidency to avoid that fate (and to hold onto his pension). The proceeding against Nixon in effect succeeded because it was serious and bipartisan. Whether such a formation is possible in today’s politics is questionable, but as the Republicans get increasingly worried about Trump, a bipartisan move against him becomes less far-fetched than has been widely assumed."
"he drafters of Article II significantly broadened the scope of impeachable offenses by holding the president accountable for the acts of his subordinates. Under this principle, winking and nodding but not saying anything incriminating (or caught on tape), wouldn’t exempt a president from responsibility for their acts. Thus the answer to the persistent question, Did Nixon know ahead of time about the Watergate break-in? is, ‘It doesn’t matter.’ He gave enough signals to his subordinates that he wanted to “get the goods”"The charge would be that through his aides and associates, he aided and abetted a foreign adversary in subverting the American democratic electoral system set forth in the Constitution. Of course if Trump himself is proven to have colluded with the Russians to tilt the election in his favor – whether or not these efforts can be shown to have accounted for his victory – he could be impeached and convicted for those same infringements of the Constitution."
(Treason, as it happens, is one of the few specific impeachable offenses listed in the Constitution)
Obstruction of Justice
Accepting Foreign Emoluments
Abuse of the Ethics Rules
Lying to the Public
Refusal to Release Tax Returns as President
A Report by the Special Counsel to Congress that the President has Committed Crimes."
PS. MSNBC to {RT} ed schultz
"“If they [the American media] want to go after fake news, they can start with the Clinton campaign and their accusations” about Ru$$ian involvement, he said on a broadcast in September." “They’re trying to cast anyone on RT in a negative light. I think it’s deplorable. We’re journalists. We’re fair. We have correspondents all over the world. Yes, part of our funding comes from the government. But so does the BBC. So does the Canadian Broadcasting Network. The mainstream depiction of RT is a travesty. It’s dishonest.”
“The idea is to obfuscate and confuse people about it being a government entity.”
{one year ago}
" In October, Haney saw his old friend again when they traveled to Des Moines to interview Bernie Sanders. They flew there on Schultz’s newly purchased jet"<BERN!
Will Trump back down?
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October 10, 2017 - 12:21 PM EDT
Mensa offers to host IQ test for Trump and Tillerson
Bring on the IQ test — Mensa says it’s willing to host President Trump and secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a battle of the brains.
Read more at
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/354718-mensa-offers-to-host-iq-test-for-trump-and-tillerson
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/cnn-rolls-scorching-supercut-to-prove-huckabee-sanders-wrong-trump-isnt-joking-about-iq-hes-obsessed/
Delete" 22 times Trump has discussed IQ on Twitter and in speeches prior to making his comments to Forbes about Tillerson.
Trump has spoken highly of his own IQ"
Damn, but that would be fun to watch! I think Trump would lose big time. He more than likely has a very low IQ (IF he's ever been tested for it?!!!)
DeleteHe lies about everything! Publish your results, Donald! America would love seeing your results on paper with it being documented as factual!
His test would have to be read to him since it's probably written above a 4th grade reading level.
DeleteA NiXoXia 3 points:
ReplyDelete1). Henry Kissinger is 94 years old and probably hasn’t paid a health insurance premium in decades.
2). There is this program called Medicare. It covers people over age 65.
3). Henry Kissinger’s premium did not go up by 116%."
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/10/10/trump-henry-kissinger-political-prop-bash-obamacare-hilariously-wrong.html
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/10/10/trump-promised-illegal-unconstitutional-actions-healthcare.html
ReplyDelete"Trump doesn’t understand the difference between laws and executive orders. A president can’t use executive orders creating new policies that give healthcare to people. Any executive order that Trump signs to do this would be unconstitutional. As Paul Ryan was fond of saying when Obama was president, Congress passes laws, and the president signs them."
"After voting for Obama in both 2008 and 2012, Iowa gave its 6 electoral votes to Trump in 2016. Both its senators, three of its four congressmen (including the nativist Steve King), and its governor are Republicans. The state legislature is controlled by Republicans. But it certainly seems like the Trump administration is fundamentally—and intentionally—messing with the well-being of Iowa’s economy." "first up, health care"
ReplyDeletehttps://slate.com/business/2017/10/trumps-anti-iowa-crusade.html
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/10/07/555591770/patients-health-insurers-challenge-iowas-effort-to-privatize-medicaid?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202707
Delete"Very deep cuts in health care." The Senate plan would cut Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) subsidies for health insurance, and related health programs by $1.8 trillion; the Trump and House plans would cut these programs by $1.9 trillion and $2.0 trillion, respectively. The House and Trump plans explicitly endorse the ACA repeal legislation that the House passed in May, which CBO estimates would cause more than 20 million people to lose health coverage and raise premiums, weaken coverage, or both for millions of others. The House and Trump plans also propose additional Medicaid cuts on top of those in the House-passed repeal bill.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/similarities-among-senate-house-and-trump-budget-plans-outweigh-their
Trump will never be reelected to the presidency in 2020!
ReplyDeleteWould someone please give that moron a copy of government for dummies!!!
ReplyDeleteHe can't override a law with an E.O. and it is also unconstitutional for the president to harm the citizens of the USA, an impeachable offense.
This would harm the citizens and just make attorney richer because thousands of lawsuits would be filed immediately.
poor widdle donnie just can not get over the fact that a black man was a better president who people still love. he thought he was gonna sit in the Oval office and would worship him. Obama earned our respect. he cares a bout people. he listened to us. he tried to care for the most helpless of our citizens. he would been in Puerto Rico in 2 to 3 days. i wish he was president yet. make sure to tell trump he is a worthless piece of shit if you get the chance.
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