It's the red counties in our state that have flocked to
Obamacare, using its subsidies and Medicaid expansion the most, according to data from the state insurance commissioner's office. Nine
of the top 10 counties where the Affordable Care Act reduced the ranks of the
uninsured the most also voted for Trump. Number one is deep-red Adams County,
in Eastern Washington, home of rolling wheat farms and I-90 truck stops. Its
uninsured rate plunged from 23 percent to 10 percent, almost all because
Obamacare bought Medicaid coverage for about one in five Adams County adults
between 18 and 65. Adams County voted for Trump by 38 percentage points.
I just threw up there a little.
The idea is to satisfy conservative critics who want
President Barack Obama's signature initiative gone now, but reassure Americans
that Republicans won't upend the entire health care system without a viable
alternative that preserves the law's popular provisions.
The art of the scam.
Most Republicans, particularly in the House, want to repeal
as soon as possible and deal with the replacement later. Rep. Tom McClintock
(R-Calif.), a staunch conservative, said the party must "take no chances;
do it now."
Those above clips are from Danny Westneat in the Seattle Times. This is Pierce:
This is quite a variation on the old game of Chicken. Two
cars are driving right towards each other, head on, but, in this version, the
folks from Adams County are standing in between them. Who will turn away first?
Will anybody? What's worse, those folks likely don't even know they're standing
in the middle of the road.
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