In a normal world, there wouldn’t be that many “leaders” that so hate the very people they represent as to write a piece of legislation this evil in its intent.

45 doesn’t get all the credit. The GOP have been pretty excited about the prospect of killing millions of Americans.

Man, when I saw Joy Reid say that info about this being solely about appeasing their donors, I damn near dropped my drink. I mean, it’s implied, but to have it confirmed explicitly is utterly infuriating.

They are right.

Okay, so the only people supporting this disaster of a bill are the 48-52 idiots in the Senate, Orange Julius, the Koch Zeroes, and everyone’s racist uncle who thinks the ACA’s sole purpose is to give illegals free healthcare. Got it.

Neuroscience says Faux Noise helped to scare the Rethuglican Trump supporter types more efficiently

God, the utter contempt they have for their voters is astounding. They think they can totally fuck everyone over and still get voted into office as long as they have money to make people hate/fear liberals, nonwhites, terror, drugs, etc ... and it keeps working.

I am so ashamed to have Bill Cassidy represent my state. The man is an absolute scumbag and should have his medical license revoked.

Because let’s not forget not just that this bill is terrible and would gut American healthcare, and Republican governors (like Sandoval in NV) are telling their Republican Senators they are NOT taking on this burden of trying to do healthcare with less money and essentially pit their constituents one against another

Holy shit i just finished reading your link. No kidding.

Thank you for the link to this. Substance use has profound affect on the body and mind. I work in addictions and see it all the time

Thank you for linking the NYT article, it was insightful in understanding this injury. I really did not know much about it because I dont watch sports. He wasnt in the NFL very long right? Perhaps many of the injuries occurred in HS and college and it makes me think of all the young people doing that now.

Right

Right, but there are those individualized, special health needs - those of coal miners, oil field workers, etc. -but weren’t they discussing general health care needs? Basic coverage? That’s not a localized issue, right?

I’ve never understood why people, when presented with this pap, don’t take it to it’s logical extreme in order to point out its absurdity, but I’m sure it’s due in large part to my ignorance of political history.

They have completely different healthcare needs!!! EVERYONE knows those sluts in NYC have DAILY abortions! They changed all the pay phone booths to abortion booths!
Texas in all its Godly wisdom will use that money to enact tax cuts for the rich, just like Jesus told us to do in the Bible! That way all the poors will…

That and they only give a shit about states rights when they can wash their hands of something and blame the state instead.
If Pence really believes in federalism he would let every state decide itself about abortion, but there’s a 0% chance he would ever want to do that.

I’ve never understood why people, when presented with this pap, don’t take it to it’s logical extreme in order to point out its absurdity, but I’m sure it’s due in large part to my ignorance of political history.