Trumpcare rises from the near-dead
It ain't over till it's over on the Senate's health care proposal
Testing the resolve of our local senators (see previous post)
The Associated Press is reporting that Senate Majority Leader McConnell hasn't given up on Trumpcare. Earlier today he sweetened the pot to get our local Republican senators (Capito and Portman) to support the Republican health care proposal:
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A profile in courage!
Tuesday night headline from the Charleston Gazette-Mail website: "After vote delay, Capito says she opposes current ACA repeal bill"
G-M Reporter Erin Beck fills us in on the details:
After Senate Republican leadership announced Tuesday that no vote on their health care bill would take place this week, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced Tuesday afternoon she does not support the current version of the GOP plan to repeal and replace the Affordable . . .
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Senator Capito and the consequences of Trumpcare for West Virginia
A straightforward article assesses the damage Trumpcare would do to West Virginia
Michael Tomasky' s thesis is stated in the headline of today's Daily Beast article:
If She Votes for Trumpcare, Her Home State Gets Mauled
And the subheading explains why:
No senator who has yet to . . .
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Health care and hyperbole revisited
11. Overall, for every ~300 to 800 adults who get coverage, rigorous studies suggest we save one life per year.
— Atul Gawande (@Atul_Gawande) June 21, 2017
Can't we all just get along (by not criticizing Trump)?
I previously wrote about Monday's News-Register editorial, "Think About How Words Are Heard," . . .
No respect for journalism, no respect for its readership
Yes, it's another dishonest Intelligencer editorial on health care
From this morning's editorial, "Health Care Law Action Essential":
No one knows how many billions — more likely, tens of billions — of dollars have been funneled to insurance companies by the government, under former President Barack Obama. Much of the subsidy money was paid illegally.
"No one . . .
Senate Republican's to release their version of Trumpcare tomorrow
Indications are that Capito will support it
What's our "moderate" Republican senator going to do?
The Republicans will release the details of their health care proposal tomorrow. The Congressional Budget Office should be out with their analysis next week and apparently the Republican leadership is pushing for a vote before the July 4 recess.
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John Oliver on coal and Robert Murray
On Sunday, HBO's John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight" had a major segment on coal and local coal owner Robert Murray. Oliver takes on coal and dares Murray, who loves to sue media sources for what Murray believes is unfair coverage, to sue him. It's a well-documented (if a bit long) segment.
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