It’s going to be shitshow
by digby
I know the day is all about TPP but I wanted to put this out there as a warning about what’s possibly to come once that’s done:
The 2016 GOP White House contender told Politico he would fight a Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)-endorsed proposal to extend the subsidies through 2017, when Republicans hope a Republican president would be in office to push a comprehensive alternative to Obamacare.
Many Republicans in the House have exhibited a similar skepticism to extending the subsidies. However, the Senate GOP has begun to rally around legislation by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), which would extend the subsidies on the condition that other provisions of the law — including the individual mandate — are repealed. Thirty-one senators have signed on to the proposal, which is believed to be a nonstarter for Democrats. Policy experts also say it is an unworkable solution.
It’s going to be ugly … for 6-7 million human beings who need health care. Now. There is nothing abstract about what will happen.
Still hoping the Supreme Court is not so stuck in their ivory tower that they fail to understand the immediate ramifications of a decision that destroys this program. I know some people don’t like the ACA and they really don’t like Obama right now. But regular folks living in some state with a Republican governor should have to pay the price for that. Nobody should have to die for that.
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