Attack of the Republican Decepticons
plans would drastically cut Medicaid spending relative to current law,
and they would also cut insurance subsidies, making private insurance unaffordable for many people not eligible for Medicaid.
On the other side — even I was shocked by this one — senior Republicans like Paul Ryan dismiss declines in the number of people with coverage as no big deal,
because they would represent voluntary choices not to buy insurance.
First, he points to the fact that fewer people than expected have signed up on the exchanges
— Obamacare’s insurance marketplaces — and portrays this as a sign of dire failure.
At this point, everything they say involves either demonstrably dishonest claims about Obamacare or wild misrepresentations of their proposed replacement, which would — surprise — cut taxes for the rich while inflicting harsh punishment on the poor
and working class, including millions of Trump supporters.
