The one thing they share is that those models virtually all outperform the United States for both outcomes and cost-effectiveness.

Their inability to address the sources of cost inflation remain the core criticism of both the ACA and AHCA that neither address directly.

Hadn't seem that rumor - I'm excited for increased LGBT representation. And moreover, Mario being a bit older - the show could use a little depth in that regard.

There's a ton of pop culture comparisons to the 45 modus operandi that we've been making around here (The AV Club) that seem not unearned. Pro wrestling, reality TV, you name it.

This is the oversimplified answer, so bear with:

I might add that, if anything, his campaign rhetoric and governance lead one to reasonably conclude that his propensity for the tropes of reality television make an understanding of the language and conventions of reality TV a sorely missing insight into the inner workings of both 45's psyche, if not the West Wing.

I've been reading multiple sources this morning, reporting from the floor that indicate McConnell and the rest of the Republican leadership were legitimately gobsmacked.

I'm imagining in his head, this is his way of establishing his presence. Like shivving a guy your first week in lockup to make sure the other inmates know you're nobody's bitch.

There have been plenty of times these past six months I have to continuously remind myself to remain incensed.

So who's playing him?

Do whatever the man in the suit with the business cards with raised lettering, pale nimbus tells them to.

Body dysmorphic disorder and trans identity are non-synonymous. As much is recognized the relevant national associations for psychiatry (APA) and medicine (AMA).

The logic from the Right is generally that government is big, wasteful, and inefficient. Which isn't the point of contention. It's that their solution is that efficiency comes from scaling down its role and infrastructure.

I've seen the post hoc statements from at least some of those Reps.

I mean - they also believe that drug-testing welfare recipients saves money, in spite of evidence to the contrary, right?

The analysis by Culhane is thoughtful and insightful. But it's also glaringly missing the other big LGBT news from yesterday - that DOJ now considers "homosexuals" outside the purview of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

There's also the concern that in order to comply with a ban, the armed services may resort to something like genetic testing in order to provide "conclusive" gender identity.

1) It's certainly a shady, passive-aggressive pushback to 45's claim that his new ban was forwarded to him by his military advisor staff.

All men must bake.

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