Sunday, August 02, 2020

When Even WaPo Is Finally Paying Attention


I'm used to seeing this done-to-death on political Twitter.

And the political genius behind it is none other than Sen. Lindsay:

Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), who regularly meets and golfs with the president, said the health-care plan that Trump has referred to would come in the form of an executive order that Graham called “fairly comprehensive.” However broad, an executive order would fall short of a full legislative overhaul.

As in:  completely meaningless, except in telling the exchanges to stop selling policies, or something like that.

Graham said what Trump has in mind now would ensure that consumers do not risk losing their health plans if they get sick, but he did not give details.

Gee, Lindsay; you don't have any details either?

“He’s pretty excited about it,” Graham said of the president.

Let's not get started on the things that excite this President.  There are children in the country.

The ACA’s consumer protections for people with preexisting medical conditions is one its most popular facets with the public, and it is the one part of the law Trump consistently says he would preserve if he could get rid of the rest. How he could do that while containing costs after he and congressional Republicans remove the law’s requirement that everyone has to purchase health insurance remains the question.

Graham said it is politically astute for the White House to present an alternative to Democratic proposals close to the election, including the idea of Joe Biden, the party’s presumptive nominee, to build on the ACA so that more people could get coverage.

Sure; what could be wiser than messing with people's health care in the midst of a pandemic when the GOP Senate can't even agree on what to do about the economic debacle that is now America the Bountiful.

Still, senior Republican aides on Capitol Hill who are steeped in health care said they had little knowledge of any White House planning for a comprehensive replacement of the ACA.

But the President's real excited about it!  Just like his beautiful raiment no one can see but his sycophants say looks very regal!

Maybe some intrepid reporter will raise the question at the next "covid press conference."  If that's still a thing.

Or they could just write a story that "Some people say the Emperor is stark naked."

Me, I think Trump is still waiting for his investigators to get back from Hawaii.  They found the plan, too.

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