Further to the item immediately below:
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
The Republican plot to devour retirees' nest eggs — Perhaps the most monstrous thing about the American medical system — and the bar for that title is high indeed — is predatory billing. — A great many medical providers adjust their prices based on how defenseless the patient is …
And from
another "crank":
Thanks, New York Times, for compromising away seniors’ Social Security income
How about some child abuse? You'll note this rat bastard Republican brutalized his own son; now he wants to hurt everybody else's. Fucking thug.
RELATED:
Plus which also too, 'bout an hr. later:
Nearing retirement age? Sucks to be you. One of the Reps. whose office
made it seem like he might be opposed to Paul Ryan's Medicare Phaseout plan, Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), is actually clearly in favor - though he says he wants to see the precise details.
Yes yes, this is "old" news, but that doesn't make it any less relevant. Or less horrrifying. These bastards are pointing a gun at me; I have every right to stand my ground & shoot back. (And not w/ any sissy "votes", either.)
David Dayen / The Nation:Donald Trump Is Coming for Your Medicare — The selection of Tom Price to head HHS brings the president-elect into alignment with Speaker Paul Ryan. — By , — For those who thought Donald Trump, someone who spent two years on the campaign trail promising to protect programs like Medicare …
Only a slight indication above of their destructive plans for your Social Security, of course.
Shandra Martinez / MLive.com:
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Next year is definitely not going to be a good time to be sick.
It's going to get ugly.
I knew a guy who worked for HHS a while back. He said that HHS was working day and night to sue the ACA so deeply into the health care system that there'd be no way to just yank it out.
We'll see.
Maybe it will yank loose once they take a hammer to Medicare.
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