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Estimated 23 million would lose health insurance under Republican bill: CBO
Reuters ^ | May 24, 2017 | Yasmeen Abutaleb

Posted on 05/24/2017 2:20:58 PM PDT by Pinkbell

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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

It’s easier to give than take away. Trump needs to let it fail OR start promoting his bill. As of right now, the media has some of the public convinced Obamacare is going well. Start showing the hard cases of Obamacare and pounding that point home, or it’s going to be hard to get support from the general public for this bill.


41 posted on 05/24/2017 3:01:11 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Hillary's Russia Ties - http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2016/09/hillary-clinton-and-democrats-have.htm)
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To: Pinkbell

How many of these ‘23 million’ are here illegally?

How many of these ‘23 million’ even need, or want insurance?

Factual figures don’t lie.


42 posted on 05/24/2017 3:02:01 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: a fool in paradise; Bubba_Leroy

Exactly. Why isn’t Trump’s media team pushing that point and bringing these cases forward?


43 posted on 05/24/2017 3:04:05 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Hillary's Russia Ties - http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2016/09/hillary-clinton-and-democrats-have.htm)
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To: Pinkbell

Agree. Time to roll out the nonstop, 24/7 ad campaigns telling the TRUTH about 0CommieCare, who will remained covered, $$$ saved to working families, $$ saved to our deficit, etc.

Not that the propaganda/leftist MSM would even allow such ads to be aired on their lying, fake news networks.


44 posted on 05/24/2017 3:04:10 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: PGR88

Why isn’t Trump’s media team pushing that chart? The person fighting for Trump is Trump on Twitter. His media team is not promoting him sufficiently and are acting like typical, spineless Republicans that roll over and give the media/Dems the narrative.


45 posted on 05/24/2017 3:05:39 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Hillary's Russia Ties - http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2016/09/hillary-clinton-and-democrats-have.htm)
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To: Auntie Dem; Pinkbell

46 posted on 05/24/2017 3:06:02 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Jane Long

I agree, but Trump’s media team is not helping him. They are allowing him to get pummeled, and they are not on the offense.


47 posted on 05/24/2017 3:09:55 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Trump's Media Team Is Not Fighting For Him - http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2017/05/tips-for-trump-be)
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To: Pinkbell

So, what was it the CBO said about Barrycare?


48 posted on 05/24/2017 3:09:56 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: PGR88

You are doing more than Trump’s media team or the media team of anyone in the GOP. Trump should be Tweeting these charts!


49 posted on 05/24/2017 3:11:02 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Trump's Media Team Is Not Fighting For Him - http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2017/05/tips-for-trump-be)
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To: Pinkbell

Hooray! How many millions does that include who wont be forced to buy a bad product that makes them too poor to actually go to a doctor???


50 posted on 05/24/2017 3:11:53 PM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: Pinkbell
Why isn’t Trump’s media team pushing that chart?

Indeed. They could create simple bullet points, for constant repetition. For example, this increase of $250/month in those covered under healthcare.gov plans, since Obamacare began, amounts to $3000 per year, or 9% of the average median annual income

Government's corrupt, crony-capitalist health plan just stole 10% of your income, people!

51 posted on 05/24/2017 3:12:20 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: the_Watchman

They are included in the “ people who will lose health insurance”


52 posted on 05/24/2017 3:12:40 PM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: Pinkbell

Several networks recently refused to air pro-Trump agenda ads, IIRC.

What do you suggest they do to get around that?


53 posted on 05/24/2017 3:14:51 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: silverleaf

It’s the same 23 million that were forced to buy insurance because of the penalties involved.


54 posted on 05/24/2017 3:24:56 PM PDT by Beach333
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To: Pinkbell

When it comes down to pleasing us or these vague 23 million people we will win out as we did with the House. The Senate Democrats’ heads will be in a vice. Relax!


55 posted on 05/24/2017 3:28:23 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Jane Long

I believe the ads were cancelled because they called the MSM “fake news.” Even though I concur with the ads, the media got themselves into a huff over it because, you know, CNN is the most trusted name in news (so sayeth CNN).

I think if they just did ads promoting the health bill and showing the problems with Obamacare, they could get them through. The good news, however, is that Trump can get around it. This is from my blogpost (I did in large part on the PR not being done by Trump’s media team) which is in my tagline:

“Trump’s team should Tweet out info/articles about cost of rising premiums and deductibles.  Where are the rallies, press conferences, town halls or videos showing people whose premiums and deductibles are too high? 

Where the rallies, press conferences, town halls, or videos showing the people paying the fine vs. getting the insurances? 

Where are the rallies, press conferences, town halls, or videos of the small business owners impacted?

Trump did a roundtable with some of these people, but it got minimal if any media coverage, despite Trump allowing the media to film it.  Do a rally and have these people speak at the beginning.  Do a press conference which the media will be forced to cover, and have these people speak at the beginning.  Do Town hall with people who have suffered as a result of Obamacare.  Trump, his staff like Kellyanne, Dan, etc. and the GOP need to be doing meetings with these people and putting up articles as well as livestreaming/posting videos.   People need to see the failures of Obamacare.  For good measure, some of Trump’s voters are on Obamacare, and Trump should talk with people who are doing well with Obamacare and explain why his plan won’t hurt them.”


56 posted on 05/24/2017 3:32:33 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Trump's Media Team Is Not Fighting For Him - http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2017/05/tips-for-trump-be)
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To: Jane Long; PGR88

I’ll also point out that PGR88 posted some great charts here. Trump and his team need to be Tweeting out these charts and using them.


57 posted on 05/24/2017 3:34:23 PM PDT by Pinkbell (Trump's Media Team Is Not Fighting For Him - http://dtforpres.blogspot.com/2017/05/tips-for-trump-be)
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To: Pinkbell
Estimated 23 million would lose health insurance under Republican bill: CBO

Please I am begging you! Please take my worthless Obamacare from me. My wife's thyroid medication was just over a hundred dollars with the real insurance we had previously and now I just paid $354.00 which was the best price through GoodRx®. The deductibles and co-pays make me pay out of pocket the whole year. It is totally worthless unless my pent-up anger gives me a heart attack. Then I may live with only a ten or twenty thousand dollar loss.

In Georgia this year there were only two companies, BCBS and Kaiser, that would sell a qualifying policy. In six months I'll apply for Medicare for more socialist pacification and fraud at its best.

58 posted on 05/24/2017 3:46:18 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: silverleaf

Yeah? 22.9 million are illegal aliens and their spawn. Who cares?


59 posted on 05/24/2017 3:51:20 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: Pinkbell

Love it!

And, agree 100%.

You’re HIRED!! ;-)


60 posted on 05/24/2017 3:56:28 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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