OT: Don't worry so much about the source, wingnuts...

[Alan Baker]

...consider the content:

'My Thoughtful Critique of Trumpcare
KEVIN DRUMJUN. 23, 2017 1:10 PM


Avik Roy has a request:

"I’m very open to thoughtful critiques of the Senate bill from the left.
“MILLIONS WILL DIE” is not it."

OK, here’s my Top 5 list:

Medicaid: The Senate bill slashes spending on Medicaid in order to cut
taxes on the rich. This is a cruel and unnecessary tradeoff for the
richest country in the history of the world.

Death Spiral: It eliminates the individual mandate; reduces subsidies
for the poor; reduces benchmark plans to an actuarial value of 58
percent; and increases deductibles and copays. Whatever instability
Obamacare currently has, this will make it far, far worse.

Essential Health Benefits: Like the House bill, the Senate bill makes it
easy for states to cut essential health benefits, which motivates
insurers to offer low-end policies for the working poor that are
worthless—but only if you read the fine print.

More Uninsured: It will lead to tens of millions fewer people having
health coverage. CBO will provide an exact number in a few days, but we
already know it’s going to be big.

Lifetime Caps: Guts protections against annual and lifetime caps, and
because of the way the bill is written, it’s likely to do this even for
employer insurance, not just for the individual market.'

<http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/06/my-thoughtful-critique-of-trumpcare/>

'There’s more, like the substantial increase in premiums for older
workers and the quiet kickback to insurance company CEOs. And what are
the benefits? Unless you’re rich or you really, really want to cut
funding for Planned Parenthood, it’s hard to see any.'


Just as an example of the nature of the content:


'That tweak, buried in cryptic language on page 67 of the bill, would
end the $500,000 cap that health insurers currently have under the
Affordable Care Act on deducting the cost of executives' compensation as
business expenses on their taxes.

The Republican proposal to eliminate that cap means that insurers would
be able to deduct nearly the full value of their CEOs' compensation, and
not pay taxes on it.

For a company such as Aetna, whose CEO Mark Bertolini earns more than
$17 million annually, ending the cap would add to its bottom line, and
encourage insurers to pay executives more money, critics say.'

<http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/07/health-insurers-billion-dollar-windfall-gop-obamacare-replacement.html>

Didn't Trump campaign on the idea that CEOs are being paid too much?

:-)