Tag: Trumpcare
GOP Senator Wants Senate Healthcare Bill to Pass ‘Jimmy Kimmel’ Test
“I ask, does it pass the Jimmy Kimmel test? Will a child born with congenital heart disease be able to get everything she or he would need in the first year of life? I want it to pass the Jimmy Kimmel test.”
— Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), saying that a Senate plan to repeal and replace Obamacare should pass the “Jimmy Kimmel test,” after the comedian revealed his son was born with a heart defect, The Hill reports.
The Embarrassment that Is Trump
“How am I doing? Am I doing okay? I’m president. Hey, I’m president. Can you believe it?”
— President Trump, quoted by Politico, at a Rose Garden “victory lap that was unusually elaborate for a bill still so far from becoming law.”
The Trumpcare Vote
Today, the GOP House members metaphorically walk the plank.
For that they have both Paul Ryan and Donald Trump to thank.
They’ll vote before they know
Trumpcare’s score from the CBO.
Now there’s naught to do but watch their reelection prospects tank.
In 2009, Ryan Still Had a Conscience
“I don’t think we should pass bills that we haven’t read that we don’t know what they cost.”
— Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), interviewed on MSNBC in 2009.
Murphy Chides GOP on Passing Trumpcare Without Knowing Cost
“Hey GOP, don’t ever lecture us again on fiscal responsibility. You’re about to reorder 1/6 of the US economy with no idea what it costs.”
— Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), on Twitter.
Despite GOP Claims, Trumpcare II Does Not Protect Pre-Existing Conditions
As early as today, the House Republican leadership will force its members to vote on an updated version of Trumpcare. In an usual move, leadership has deliberately scheduled the vote before the Congressional Budget Office has completed scoring the new bill.
