The first big legislation to hit the House of
Representatives under President Trump and still the Republicans who could have
gotten this bill through the House and into the Senate for further negotiations
didn’t pass. Just shy of 10 to 15 votes House Speaker Paul Ryan had no choice
but to pull the bill, instead of seeing it defeated, just minutes before the
vote was taken.
Of course we have heard things from the left concerning
President Trumps promise to repeal and replace Obamacare on his first day in
office and look he’s already two months in and didn’t get the job done. Well
cupcakes, we all know he started day one working on this but without the
cooperation from the right and the left together he can’t get it passed without
you morons. That is why our government is set up the way it is. We have a
President not a King as you all thought Obama was.
I have no doubt President Trump will get this passed but
unfortunately many people are going to end up losing out before this is
allowed. All those in Congress who just don’t want to see him succeed have just
shoved the people of this great nation into the sea to drown under a healthcare
plan that can no longer stay afloat. For all those who feel this is a victory
for the American people, you are out of touch with who the American people are.
It’s not just one small group of people who are struggling through the day to
make ends meet its many different classes of people struggling to get
healthcare they can afford and still be able to take care of their families.
I know people who have to pay a fee on their taxes every
year because they cannot afford healthcare. They cannot afford to go to the
doctor when they are sick so how can they afford to pay the penalty for not
having healthcare. That penalty helps pay for all those low income people who
don’t have the money to pay for their health insurance. It’s a ring around the Rosie
game, you know, ashes, ashes, we all fall down. That’s what is going to happen.
Obamacare is going to come tumbling down and there are going to be so many
without healthcare.
So what was everyone so against in this bill? Good question,
I understand the fear of rising costs, that goes without saying for anyone but
there was more than one part to this bill. This was only the start that would
now have the tax credits given be based on age not income as in Obamacare. The
tax boosts that Obama had imposed on higher-earning people and health care
companies would have been repealed. Of course everyone is afraid to have that
happen because they are afraid it is giving to the rich instead of screwing
them. Oh, just in case you are wondering I live below poverty level so I am one
of the low income people and get no help from the government. What, you may
ask! Well, I don’t fall into the right group of people, hence no help.
Another item the bill would have ended was Obama’s Medicaid expansion
and it would have trimmed future federal financing for the federal-state
program. One of the things I liked about it was instead of just giving Medicaid
to people it would let states impose work requirements on some of the 70
million beneficiaries in this country. Imagine having to work for your
healthcare.
Let me tell you a story that happened to me the other day. I
was in the laundromat with my husband and someone overheard us talking in
support of President Trump. Of course this someone, whom I never met before,
waited for my husband to walk away. He then started to verbally attack me for
my support of our President and asked how I felt about the American Care Act.
He called it “Trumpcare” which I immediately knew he only heard about it
through the news because if he took the time to learn about it he would know
the real name of the bill. I told him I supported it. He got all upset and told
me his mother already got a letter her Medicaid was in jeopardy. I asked him
why she was on Medicaid. He stomped off making comments how I couldn’t
understand and I told him about family members who are paying through the nose
to get healthcare for their family. I also told him I was totally disabled and
not on Medicaid I was on Medicare and had to pay for any additional insurance
on my own which I cannot afford. Then I asked him again why his mother was on Medicaid
he finally told me she retired early and was entitled to it. Well the buzzer
went off in my head as I said to him, “No she’s not entitled to it. Medicaid is
state funded she didn’t pay into it all her life. It was originally for people
with dependent children who needed healthcare, the sick and disabled but now
people are abusing the system. Your mother will get Medicare at 66 and 4
months.” Flustered he walked away quoting figures he obviously heard in the
news and I told him, “Well, you’re entitled to your opinion and I am entitled
to mine. That is the glory of this country.” Done, shut him up, he didn’t know
what to say to that.
The point to this story is people are uneducated. They don’t
do the homework themselves they wait to see what the news reports when all they
have to do is go to the page for whatever bill you want to know about and
research it. Read it, see what is in it, read the summaries, from there do
additional research and then make an educated decision on if it benefits you or
not. But think on the broader picture too, you are not the only one living in
this country so you have to see if it is best for the majority not just the
chosen few.
Yesterday we heard about the Freedom Caucus again and again.
How if their leader was against it they would all follow. Wow, another group of
politicians who can’t think for themselves or for the people that voted them
in. What is the House Freedom Caucus? It is a congressional caucus consisting
of conservative Republicans who are, of course, members of the House of
Representatives. When was this caucus formed? You would think it’s been around
forever right? Nope, it actually was formed in mid-January of 2015 at the
Republican congressional retreat in Hershey, Pa. As if congress isn’t messed up
enough during this congressional retreat 9 conservative active Republicans
members of the House began planning a new Congressional caucus separate from the
Republican Study Committee and the House Republican Conference. The reason the
group of nine (Rep. Scott Garret of NJ, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Rep. John
Fleming of Louisiana, Rep. Matt Salmon of Az., Rep. Justin Amash of Mich., Rep.
Raul Labrador of Idaho, Rep. Mick Mulvaney of S.C., Rep. Ron DeSantis of
Florida, and Rep. Mark Meadows of N.C.), their plan was to be willing to vote
against then Speaker of the House John Boehner on legislation the group
opposed. They were involved in the
resignation of Speaker of the House John Boehner. You see the members of this
caucus put the pressure on Boehner calling him out on his unfairness and
accusing him of cutting them off from positions in the Republican Study
Committee among other things. It became increasingly difficult for Boehner due
to the fierce opposition of the Freedom Caucus so out with Boehner and in came
Paul Ryan with the endorsement of the Freedom Caucus, well most of it, since
the group couldn’t reach the 80% approval it needed to give an official
endorsement so it announced a supermajority support for Paul Ryan.
In the 2016 election one of its members, Congressman Tim
Huelskamp, who was a Tea Party Republican from Kansas was defeated in the primary
election by Roger Marshall who was backed by GOP Establishment PACs. Many of
these PACs were opposed to Donald Trump spending to the tune of nearly $ 2 million
to defeat Huelskamp. So where do you think Marshall’s allegiance lies? I say we
follow the money and that will go with most of these politicians today. You
know the old saying “Money talks and BS walks,” well most politicians backed by
big money will say whatever they need to in order to get elected. Once they are
in office the money takes over and “We the People” are royally screwed.
If the Freedom Caucus would have come together on the
Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, their own party, it would have
had a stronger chance of passing and never would have had to be pulled. Hey it’s ok because when the time comes and
everyone is running around saying they didn’t know Obamacare was going to crash
then the Republicans will be able to toss it out the window and start fresh.
They already have a good foundation all they need to do is listen to everyone’s
concerns and improve on it.
We have not seen the last of this bill but for now it is on
the back burner as President Trump moves ahead with tax reform and bringing
jobs back to this country. Make no mistake about it, the squeaky wheel gets the
job done so, I will say this again, educate yourself. Find out what bills are
in Congress ready to be voted on. If you don’t understand something ask,
research, find your answers and make an educated decision. Do not let the media
do it for you. President Trump needs our support in order to get the job done.
He is not a one man team, he has a country behind him. Show your support by
letting your Representatives know how you feel once you understand everything
that is being done. Don’t let propaganda scare or fool you.
I don’t consider the pulling of this bill as a loss for
President Trump I see it as a disgrace that the Republicans had the power to
come together and do what was best for everyone in this country but instead
they pulled up short and let their personal feelings get in the way of what was
best for everyone. Maybe they did us a favor because now we will have the
chance to do it up right and say goodbye to Obamacare for good. I want to thank
all those who tried so hard to improve healthcare for the people of this
country. I don’t think we have ever seen a President work so hard and so close
with Congress. Maybe they just need to learn he is always willing to talk and
work things out but there has to be a little give and take on both sides to
make things right for all.
May God Bless America and help our lawmakers see working
together is the only way to fix what is broken and restore this nation to all its
glory.
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