After giving this some thought I’ve changed my mind about what I believe Trump is doing here with this Ryan bill. I now believe that everything he has done has been done with the understanding that it doesn’t have a chance in hell of getting passed in the House.
Hey AC I think you are right.
DOUBLIN’DOWN DONNY!!!!
That is my President Donald J Trump!!!
That is exactly what is going on and Ryan will look like a dunce.
I have thought from the start that Trump knew Ryancare was a RINO trap and he is giving Ryan enough rope to hang himself.
I listened to Dave Brat of Virginia yesterday afternoon. His demands were simple enough: add the phase 2 items to this which includes such things as ending required tests and coverage of procedures for everyone. The idea he said is to actually bend the costs down. Required tests and coverages help keep the cost high. [for example, cafeteria plans like we used to have enabled me to carry pregnancy coverage in my youth and not carry it in my later years...]
Supposedly the cost measures are going to be handled by Tom Price, but as Brat said: a future Secretary could change it all back. If its written into the law, its harder to do.
I am not sure what Ryan’s opposition is to it. It was hinted that if he did not add it, the bill might fail...I imagine Ryan is waiting to the 11th hour to see if he has the votes to pass it and if not will add it to pick up freedom caucus support.
Me? I don’t know if Trump knows enough about it...he keeps meeting with that zerocare architect, Immanuel{?}
Just not sure...sometimes it sounds like he is listening to the wrong voices and just wants to pass any bill to check it off the list., I pray thats not true.