News Federal judge rules Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional

[fskimospy]

It continues today:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1110932282427228160

He's tried this several times and all they've got to show for it is ditching the mandate and a huge midterm loss.

Surely there can't be anyone left in America stupid enough to believe this.

 

[hal2kilo]

Surely there can't be anyone left in America stupid enough to believe this.

Republicans had plenty of time in the majority to either fix Obama care or replace it. They have no plan, never cared to have a plan, and Trump will find how cluless they are if he tries to get them to come up with a plan.

 

[soundforbjt]

Surely there can't be anyone left in America stupid enough to believe this.

There's about 62,000,000 that might, if they re-elect Trump.

 

[hal2kilo]

I'm sure the Republicans are thrilled to death about Trump's healthcare proposal (vaporware).
Fodder for Dems

 

[K1052]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1110966556631203841

Every last Democrat in or running for office:

 

[hal2kilo]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1110966556631203841

Every last Democrat in or running for office:

Yep, We got campaign issue #1 for 2020 hand delivered by the Big Orange Boob.

 

[fskimospy]

Yep, We got campaign issue #1 for 2020 hand delivered by the Big Orange Boob.

It does seem like a potent attack - 'so long as Donald Trump is president you can NEVER rest easy that he won't be coming to take your health care away'.

 

[hal2kilo]

It does seem like a potent attack - 'so long as Donald Trump is president you can NEVER rest easy that he won't be coming to take your health care away'.

I guess we will see how cowered the Republican congress critters are of Trump. I just believe that the Republicans haven't got the first clue about health care, and have never wanted a government plan. So will the Republicans all of the sudden be willing to work with the Democrats in the house to build a plan that they could run on, to convince the American public that they actually believe in government provided healthcare? I think Trump is clueless and it will be his parties undoing. Go get'em Trump!

 

[UNCjigga]

Not hyperbole here...but I think this single move by Trump and Mulvaney could be enough to encourage primary challengers on the GOP ticket.

 

[K1052]

It does seem like a potent attack - 'so long as Donald Trump is president you can NEVER rest easy that he won't be coming to take your health care away'.

Yes, he's doing them an even bigger favor by shifting the debate from "universal healthcare is socialism" to "let's shitcan insurance for 20-30M people right now because reasons". Instead of exploiting democrats divisions on the policy end of expanded health care for 2020 these smooth brain geniuses did this.

 

[hal2kilo]

There Is No GOP Obamacare Replacement, There Never Has Been And There May Never Be

No plans

 

[SMOGZINN]

Has anyone considered that maybe Republicans want to lose the 2020 election? They got their tax cut for the rich, they got their 2 SCOTUS picks (and the possibility of a 3rd), they are getting a ton of federal judges seated, they have all but scrapped every federal regulation, and a lot other of their laundry list of priorities takes care of, and now that Democrats have taken the house they no longer can get any of their priority list accomplished. Now it is time to hand the reigns over the Democrats so they take the blame when the shit hits the fan.

 

[Jhhnn]

The GOP just wants to cut taxes for the investor class, specifically this tax-

https://www.irs.gov/individuals/net-investment-income-tax

No ACA, no tax. It's MAGA for the Rich. The rest of y'all can go piss up a rope. Enjoy the Freedumb, chumps.

 

[Lanyap]

I thought this was a good analysis by NYT on the pros and cons of converting to universal healthcare. At the rate things are going now health care will probably be majorly broken by 2020. Even if a dem won the election they would have a major challenge on their hands trying to reestablish ACA much less implement medicare for all.

Medicare for All Would Abolish Private Insurance. ‘There’s No Precedent in American History.’

 

[VRAMdemon]

I'm sure the Republicans are thrilled to death about Trump's healthcare proposal (vaporware).
Fodder for Dems

Hey, I heard rumors the GOP had of a two-pronged approach :

• Faith based healthcare leveraging the power of 'thoughts and prayers'.
• Tax reductions on donations to Healthcare GoFundMe accounts.

 

[kage69]

Trump's memory has trouble reaching back mere days ago, I guess it shouldn't surprise us he doesn't seem to recall what happened the last time he and his handlers tried this. The contempt he has towards actual American lives is stunning. I'm sure it will prove quarrelsome, sparing him from having to spend too much time addressing that whole "not being exonerated" for obstruction.

They didn't have a replacement for ACA then, they don't have one now, but yeah go ahead Donnie. Maybe if you blow off enough of your foot no one will talk about your phantom bone spurs anymore.

 

[senseamp]

I wonder what instructions the Federalist Society is giving their goons on SCOTUS on this one.

 

[hal2kilo]

Repubs unhappy with Trump bringing up healcare repeal

Yep, real Republicans don't like it. I'm so surprised.

 

[SMOGZINN]

Repubs unhappy with Trump bringing up healcare repeal

Yep, real Republicans don't like it. I'm so surprised.

If in 2020 the Democrats don't advance a Healthcare for All bill to the Senate every damn month they are morons. Force the Republicans to have to continually dodge the issue for the whole year.

 

[Jhhnn]

Repubs unhappy with Trump bringing up healcare repeal

Yep, real Republicans don't like it. I'm so surprised.

The GOP knowingly set this up when they reduced the individual mandate penalty to zero. They could moot the whole thing by making the penalty $1 but their all important mega rich donors would still pay the net investment tax. Can't have that.

 

[dainthomas]

These idiots have had ten years of bellyaching to come up with something better. We went from not having a functioning rocket to the moon in less time. If they don't have anything it's because they don't want to fix it, they just want something to complain about and use to control their base. Same reason they don't really want to get rid of Roe v Wade.

 

[Jaskalas]

No plans

"!@#$ off and die" is a plan, Republicans are just afraid of saying it. They need to rebrand it.

 

[Homerboy]

Not hyperbole here...but I think this single move by Trump and Mulvaney could be enough to encourage primary challengers on the GOP ticket.

God damn, do I welcome them.

 

[VRAMdemon]

I have to wonder whether Trump thinks that only Democrats buy insurance through the ACA exchanges, and that this is his way of sticking it to them. Anything to fuck over people who don't toe his line is his playbook. Everything any democrat has ever done should be burned to the ground. Well, modern Democrats. Those good ol' boy Democrats pre Civil Rights Act had some solid ideas.

 

[UNCjigga]

I have to wonder whether Trump thinks that only Democrats buy insurance through the ACA exchanges, and that this is his way of sticking it to them. Anything to fuck over people who don't toe his line is his playbook. Everything any democrat has ever done should be burned to the ground. Well, modern Democrats. Those good ol' boy Democrats pre Civil Rights Act had some solid ideas.

Well it's hilarious then that one of the most successful ACA exchanges is in Kentucky (of course, Kentuckians didn't realize they were signing up for Obamacare and voted in Congress critters to repeal it!)

https://kyhbe.ky.gov