Still
turkeys

December 29, 2018 -- In an earlier blog the joke was that folks opposing the ACA were like British turkeys voting for Christmas. (In the UK, the traditional Christmas dinner is turkey.)

They're still turkeys! In an op-ed (Everyone Gets Sick) in today's NYT, California Senator Kamala Harris (whom I hope to help elect president in 2020) lists the folks who will suffer as a result of a partisan Texas judge striking down Obama's landmark legislation:

  • People with "pre-existing conditions" could once again be denied coverage.

  • Insurance companies would once again be allowed to discriminate based on age and gender.

  • People in their mid-20s would get kicked off their parents' plans.

  • Lifetime coverage caps could come back.

  • Out-of-pocket costs would no longer be capped.

  • The expansion of Medicaid in dozens of states could be reversed.

  • More than 50 million Americans could be rejected for coverage by health insurers.

  • 20,000 to 100,000 people could die each year due to decreased healthcare coverage.

Surely an awful lot of these folks vote Republican. When will the turkeys stop voting for Christmas?

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