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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 07:34 PM Jul 2017

Trump White House: millions more uninsured is not losing, its choosing

Source: Think Progress

A top White House official said Sunday “we’re getting close” to having the votes needed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare.

During an interview on Fox News Sunday, President Trump’s director of legislative affairs Marc Short said a vote could take place soon after the July 4 recess.

“We are at the point of scoring two separate bills throughout the course of this recess this week,” Short said. “So, we hope that we come back the week after recess, we’ll have a vote.”

Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-marc-short-not-losing-thats-choosing-health-care-9354c0ad052b



let's be perfectly clear here, these ass**** are running around and saying this:


“They reported what CBO says but the CBO credibility should be certainly — should be questioned at this point,” Short said. “Seven million of those people are people that don’t exist. They’re people that is based upon a baseline that CBO put out in 2014, even though the actual number is way down here.”

“There’s another 7 million people they say will choose to leave the market that they say are losing insurance. That’s not losing, that’s choosing,” he added.


FU, Marc Short, I mean really FU
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Trump White House: millions more uninsured is not losing, its choosing (Original Post) turbinetree Jul 2017 OP
This is madness SHRED Jul 2017 #1
You could be....... SergeStorms Jul 2017 #15
Like choosing to be poor? left-of-center2012 Jul 2017 #2
They are these most twisted fucks Catmusicfan Jul 2017 #3
what an ELITIST ASSHOLE Skittles Jul 2017 #4
Just like they "unskewed" polls, they are going to "unskew" the CBO scores. BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #5
Well hey, at least it rhymes, eh? Makes this particular talking point so much easier to remember! Leghorn21 Jul 2017 #6
"That's not losing, that's choosing." Wow what a cute tagline. It even rhymes! Still In Wisconsin Jul 2017 #7
Choosing to die? no_hypocrisy Jul 2017 #8
Many of Trump's Appalachian supporters are going to be so delighted that they get to 'choose' to fo keithbvadu2 Jul 2017 #9
Well, the groper should have some experience w/ people that don't exist MissMillie Jul 2017 #10
What is with them using that word so often now? logosoco Jul 2017 #11
...millions more uninsured is not losing, it's excluding and dooming. nt chowder66 Jul 2017 #12
Liars always say that victims "choose" circumstances beyond their control, as if single payer or ancianita Jul 2017 #13
It's not choosing, it's abusing. meadowlander Jul 2017 #14
Fucking human garbage. GoCubsGo Jul 2017 #16
Yep, i can buy a 1,000,000 property too Matthew28 Jul 2017 #17
Your rent is raised to 1,200 a month. You can only budget 750.00 a month and still have money for Solly Mack Jul 2017 #18
They are right... Kablooie Jul 2017 #19
Deflecting blame. Thor_MN Jul 2017 #20
 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
1. This is madness
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 07:43 PM
Jul 2017

They just change the definitions to suit their delusions.
So let me get this straight...when we get priced out of the market, when millions lose Medicaid, when your employer based plans once again have lifetime care caps placed back on, and when states are once again allowed to let insurance companies discriminate against those with preexisting conditions...these are all our "choices".
Got it.

SergeStorms

(19,200 posts)
15. You could be.......
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 10:32 PM
Jul 2017

one of the people that doesn't really exist, according to Republicans anyway. If you're lucky enough to "not exist", you can stop paying your taxes, you could probably break any and all laws.......because you DON'T REALLY EXIST! Do these assholes ever LISTEN to themselves?

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
2. Like choosing to be poor?
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 07:52 PM
Jul 2017

Some GOP talking head said on a Sunday talk show today that a lot of poor people choose to not get better paying jobs
so they can keep getting free government handouts like Medicaid.

keithbvadu2

(36,788 posts)
9. Many of Trump's Appalachian supporters are going to be so delighted that they get to 'choose' to fo
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 08:46 PM
Jul 2017

Many of Trump's Appalachian supporters are going to be so delighted that they get to 'choose' to forego health insurance.

Obviously they 'choose' to not get better paying jobs with health benefits.

MissMillie

(38,555 posts)
10. Well, the groper should have some experience w/ people that don't exist
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 09:07 PM
Jul 2017

Didn't he claim them on the mall at his inauguration?

ancianita

(36,053 posts)
13. Liars always say that victims "choose" circumstances beyond their control, as if single payer or
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 09:55 PM
Jul 2017

a Universal Health Care law were among the "free" choices that people could also make.

These men use language to project agency and equality on people who are their victims. They are evil incarnate.

meadowlander

(4,395 posts)
14. It's not choosing, it's abusing.
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 10:22 PM
Jul 2017

Nobody voted for this shit. Just because you have a tiny <<stolen>> majority in Congress doesn't mean you can ram through a bill that only 12% of the population support with no repercussions.

GoCubsGo

(32,080 posts)
16. Fucking human garbage.
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 10:33 PM
Jul 2017

The whole filthy lot of them. May they all be on the receiving end of the suffering they want to inflict on us a millionfold.

Matthew28

(1,798 posts)
17. Yep, i can buy a 1,000,000 property too
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 10:43 PM
Jul 2017

but can I afford it? Hell no.

This is about giving the rich the ability to charge insane prices and shut people out of the market. it is evil.

Solly Mack

(90,764 posts)
18. Your rent is raised to 1,200 a month. You can only budget 750.00 a month and still have money for
Sun Jul 2, 2017, 11:56 PM
Jul 2017

for food and other bills. You are choosing to be homeless.

You have 100 bucks at the check-out. Your bill is 125.00. You are choosing not to feed your family.

I hate these fuckers.














Kablooie

(18,632 posts)
19. They are right...
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 05:13 AM
Jul 2017

It is choosing.
Medical insurance or food?
Medical insurance or a place to live?

See?
A simple case of choosing.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
20. Deflecting blame.
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 08:02 AM
Jul 2017

If your victim ducks their head, and winds up with a ruptured eardrum instead of a black eye when you punched them, why then the victim had a role and deserves some of the blame. They CHOSE to be hit in the ear!!!

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