All the ideas currently floated by the GOP lead to more uninsured than under ACA: Here’s how many would be uninsured in each scenario.

Bingo. That’s exactly what’s going on. Naomi Klein: We’re All in Trump’s Reality Show Now

Reminds me of Billy on the Street “John Mayer or Pepe Le Pew?” I could see a Trump vs Le Pew column offering a lot of material. Who said, “You’re in such good shape... Beautiful.”? Trick question! It was Trump AND Pepe Le Pew (AND John Mayer).

Naomi Klein: We’re All in Trump’s Reality Show Now

The bit about ecstasy caught my eye and I thought having judges on empathogens could be kind of revolutionary. But then I read all the rest and...

You do Republican word salad well! (Don’t let them hear you: They’ll take you seriously.)

Remember that 15M just refers to that many fewer people covered than are currently covered under the ACA. There are already some 35M or so adults without health insurance. So we’re talking around 40M adults - 12% of people. Too bad they can’t all be senators and get that great Senate health plan.

Thanks for the link, I hadn’t seen anything about the latest CBO report yet.

This question is rhetorical, yes?

Mayo has additional locations. McCain went to Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix, Az. Mayo also accepts a remarkable number of insurance plans, and so IF you have insurance, it’s easy to become a patient there and their costs are reasonable. This isn’t about Mayo, it’s about McCain having insurance while millions don’t.

Thanks for the clarifications! The oddities of Arizona law in this area make it even more concerning should a replacement be required.

Arizona has a Republican governor. He’d appoint a Republican replacement, who would hold office until the next special election.

Honey wine is so good. Have you had Japanese plum wine? If you like honey wine, you’ll like plum wine too.

Lucky you! Ethiopian food is the best. - Want. Right. Now. - I keep berbere in the house - it’s good on everything. Makes a delicious compound butter too.

LOL. I did not think that paragraph was gong to end with salamanders.

I can understand how it would have struck a chord. What’s one of your favorite songs?

If aliens did come to our planet, which life form do you think they’d want to befriend? Primates are iffy. Aspen stands are cool (Earth’s biggest living thing). Elephants, certainly.

Definitely

Sorry to hear it’s been a crap week. Here’s some cool science news: Galloping Horse GIF and The Smallest Star.

I like is the conversation around #safetyis and could see that happening within the context of NNO.