Slate finds it eerie that Paul Ryan can smile while describing a future without the Obamacare mandate
Ben Shapiro perhaps said it best Monday in a piece published in Daily Wire entitled, “Why Republicans Lose No Matter What With Trumpcare.” The whole thing’s worth a read, but Shapiro pulled out his own excerpt to serve as “the short version.”
Here's the short version of why Republican strategy on Trumpcare fails https://t.co/LBh7WrVvil pic.twitter.com/r0JcsRU9v4
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 26, 2017
By Monday night, every news outlet in America had zeroed in on that 22 million number from the CBO, declaring that’s how many would “lose” insurance under the Senate plan.
The 22 million number even became the basis of a “Twitter Moment.”
If passed, 22 million would lose health insurance under the GOP's health care bill vs. the ACA. https://t.co/4ArPtiD804
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) June 26, 2017
This is a lie. What is says is when it stops being against the law not to buy crappy Obamacare policies, people won't buy them. https://t.co/AbT46L1HZN
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) June 26, 2017
As Shapiro wrote:“Thanks to media coverage and Republican cowardice, the first metric has become the most prevalent and thats the one that hurts Republicans the most, since even if people opt out voluntarily, they are now ‘uncovered’ by this metric.”
As the Weekly Standard’s John McCormack pointed out, the CBO estimated that most of those “losing” insurance would be people choosing not to buy it without fear of being penalized under the ACA’s individual mandate.
1. The CBO attributed most of the "loss" of insurance coverage in AHCA to elimination of individual mandate. https://t.co/AGsCfU8kkh pic.twitter.com/Ca0gF39idd
— John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) June 26, 2017
Weird that's not being reported https://t.co/1GdHYq7VNu
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 27, 2017
This is key. A lot of reporters pretending the bill takes away insurance, when really it simply gives people the choice not to have it. https://t.co/AzExDElnLe
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) June 26, 2017
When you hear 22 million will "lose" coverage under Senate health bill, ask how many will go without by choice, since penalty is repealed.
— Brit Hume (@brithume) June 26, 2017
But Shapiro’s right: regardless of the mechanism behind it, word is out that 22 million people will lose coverage. Check out Slate’s take on a brief video clip of House Speaker Paul Ryan:
Paul Ryan says it's fine if 22 million "choose" not to buy health care. https://t.co/hANIZZLKEj pic.twitter.com/mtM59WT9gc
— Slate (@Slate) June 27, 2017
wait, you're saying that people can choose whether or not they want to have healthcare? How evil… https://t.co/ywUEJwxzqc
— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) June 27, 2017
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