[rfp1234]

But let’s give our Democratic friends the benefit of the doubt, in which case this represents an inexcusable level of incompetence from the people we have just entrusted with overseeing one-sixth of the economy. Nice job guys.

Duh. They voted on the bill without having read it. Who do they think they are, lawmakers? Snort.

[arthurus]

Perhaps "bankruptcy of the industry" is the goal. That would ensure Single Payer government insurance and do away with private insurance and private medicine altogether. Even Republicans will vote for single payer if the Insurance industry goes bankrupt. Even Republicans have bought into the BS that Insurance is the great need rather than medical access and care and will respond to an "emergency" as if they are all RINOs and economic illiterates.