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Medicare for All is a reckless and expensive social engineering that's far out of the mainstream. A recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that nearly 70 percent of Americans favor Medicare for All when they hear it would eliminate health insurance premiums and reduce out-of-pocket costs. But that approval plummets to below 40 percent when people are told they might have to pay more in taxes and that private health insurance would be eliminated.
from Politico:
/But members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are just as convinced the Republicans are misjudging the public's appetite for a stronger social safety net and will overplay their hand — bringing a policy they hate one step closer to passage.
“We will give Republicans what they want,” a grinning Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) told reporters. “They can even take credit for it.”
“They always think they’re more clever than the American people, but I find that they never are,” Pocan said.
Pallone, the man with the power to schedule a hearing on the bill, is not amused.
He responded Wednesday with an off-the-cuff rant at the opening of an unrelated committee hearing on threats to the Affordable Care Act, accusing Republicans of acting in bad faith.
“Oh, sure, we’ll have a hearing on something you think is going to destroy the country,” he fumed. “Who are you kidding? When does a member of Congress ask for a hearing on something they oppose? I ask for hearings on things I want to happen.”
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To the frustration of progressives, Eshoo has said that her subcommittee will get around to examining Medicare for All only after working its way through a long list of other priorities, including legislation to protect and strengthen Obamacare and bills to lower the cost of the prescription drugs.
Like Pallone, she told POLITICO the new Republican calls for hearings change nothing.
“This is not exactly what they care about,” she quipped. “What they care about is whacking us over the head.”
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from Politico:
/But members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are just as convinced the Republicans are misjudging the public's appetite for a stronger social safety net and will overplay their hand — bringing a policy they hate one step closer to passage.
“We will give Republicans what they want,” a grinning Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) told reporters. “They can even take credit for it.”
“They always think they’re more clever than the American people, but I find that they never are,” Pocan said.
Pallone, the man with the power to schedule a hearing on the bill, is not amused.
He responded Wednesday with an off-the-cuff rant at the opening of an unrelated committee hearing on threats to the Affordable Care Act, accusing Republicans of acting in bad faith.
“Oh, sure, we’ll have a hearing on something you think is going to destroy the country,” he fumed. “Who are you kidding? When does a member of Congress ask for a hearing on something they oppose? I ask for hearings on things I want to happen.”
...
To the frustration of progressives, Eshoo has said that her subcommittee will get around to examining Medicare for All only after working its way through a long list of other priorities, including legislation to protect and strengthen Obamacare and bills to lower the cost of the prescription drugs.
Like Pallone, she told POLITICO the new Republican calls for hearings change nothing.
“This is not exactly what they care about,” she quipped. “What they care about is whacking us over the head.”
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