The American Medical Association on Thursday maintained its criticism of Republicans’ effort to repeal Obamacare after House Republicans passed a bill to do so.
The AMA, the country’s largest advocacy group for doctors, was a vocal opponent of Republicans first, failed effort to repeal Obamacare, and they announced their opposition to the amended effort before the House voted on it Thursday.
In a statement after Thursday’s vote, posted online by MSNBC’s Kyle Griffin, the organization emphasized that the bill would result in millions of people losing access to “quality, affordable health insurance” and would allow insurers to hike prices on individuals with pre-existing conditions under some circumstances.
AMA: "The bill passed by the House today will result in millions of Americans losing access to quality, affordable health insurance." pic.twitter.com/jxtvrqrrKP
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 4, 2017
Medical Directions. Apply pressure where necessary. Like the US Senate.
Republicans don’t listen to anybody who actually know stuff. They listen to their base who know nothing and will blame the consequences of bad legislation on Democrats. This whole schtick is the reality show of Trumpkins putting one over on America. His “victory lap” speech was totally nauseating. I had to turn it off so I didn’t lose my lunch.
To: Chuck Schumer and Senate Dems
From: Ralph
Subject: Let the GOP Own This Abortion.
Chuck. Can I call you Chuck?
Unless you can get real improvements to the AMA, e.g., single payer, oppose this legislation and the GOP. You will be under a lot of pressure from both the GOP and the MSM in the form of the optics police, the both sides brigade, the double standard fellowship, and the false equivalence warriors. The NYT and WAPO are probably already writing opinions that the Democrats need to show bipartisanship and cooperate, and compromise ‘for the good of the country’. This is, of course, bullshit, because the ACA, as so many have pointed out, is the minimal tool for covering the most people, with the highest economic efficiency, while maintaining our current, and very silly, employer-based system. The stool; remember ‘the three-legged stool’. If the GOP agrees to Medicare for all, sure. But they won’t. You know that. Whatever they come up with will be worse and will quite literally kill people.
Stay the course. Oppose this monstrosity monolithically. Filibuster any prosed legislation that isn’t a real improvement to the ACA. As we know from recent history, there is ZERO risk to this strategy. Make the GOP utterly own this.
Thank You.
R.V.H.
I visited the Fox News site a while ago to read the comments. They’re positively giddy over there. Once commenter claimed that this is a victory for “people who work for a living.”
Another claimed that “preexisting conditions” is another term for “welfare.”
Yet another said, “Republicans everywhere will be having steak and champagne tonight. Go Trump!”
The dumbing down continues; now Fox-watching Republicans are bragging about drinking white wine with beef.
Who cares? Surely not our government. They don’t give a dammed if we die without any help as long as the taxes are lowered for their rich owners.