Can we at least celebrate this one liberal aspect of HCR

[Cetacea]

It provides the most help to those among us who have the least
by expanding medicaid in a major way. And there will be no more "cuts to social programs" by republican governors.

And this is totally maddening to republicans...

[NJmaverick]

1. I am more than happy to celebrate that core liberal value

as well as many of the other good things in this bill:party:

[corpseratemedia]

2. this is a good thing

and what changed my mind about my wavering support - for us single payer supporters, I hope this is in some way an open door...


and when Orrin Hatch whinnies like a horse about "Europeanization," a. he forgets where he and his fellow baggers come from and b.GOOD.

[Cetacea]

3. Hopefully medicaid for the many will become medicaire for all

Now that there is no hope of bipartisanship it may come to pass that leadership finishes the job in the next year or two...

[eridani]

4. That did not require forcing mandates on everyone else. Medicaid is EXISTING legislation

It requires no new legislation to expand it.

[Cetacea]

5. It needed help and it's always on the short list for state cuts

Medicaid is a skeleton of what it used to be. And it barely covers the poorest of the poor. It can't be simply "expanded" without us paying for it, whether it be through higher taxes or mandates.
Shifting money from defense to medicaid is political suicide and would probably get us another decade of republicans in the white house.

[eridani]

6. Yes, it did need help. But Medicaid is an already existing program

If you hadn't noticed, we will be forced to pay higher taxes to subsidize private insurance. I'm not seeing the problem with just putting the extra money into Medicaid.