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It's not like Democrats were even talking about it. Joe made one drug cheaper. Those baby steps weren't enough. Maybe we need to keep sending this message to Democrats. If they would campaign on Medicare for all and stop trying to take guns out of the hands of the working class, they would get several of my family members to vote their way.
To pass a bill it has to go through both houses. If you don't have a majority, you can't get it through. Also there was more than 1 drug, just most of the public only cared about Insulin.
Here are a few more that Trump will take credit for https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/heres-a-list-of-drugs-affected-by-bidens-latest-medicare-price-cuts
It doesn't take a majority of votes to talk about it. Democrats won't even mention it.
There have been over 70 attempts by Republicans to repeal the American Care Act, and every fiscal budget they propose includes cutting it. Do I wish they would be dedicating more time to helping the population understand how it could work and how it would help, yes. But after the first 50 votes.. I think the Democrats gave up on the idea of proposing any expansions of the ACA to encompass more of what it was originally meant to be, and tried to focus on work arounds so they could pick away at little things that may actually get approved.
If you can't convince the population of Florida that sea life, oranges, tomatoes, or any crops at all are important to them while they vote to increase drilling... You clearly aren't getting them to listen. Every "pro life" vote for Trump was promoting the death of many of the kids offsprings.
We need someone to be more proactively bringing the fight directly at them, but it's likely over now. Not much hope for change anymore
Note: "talk about it" is included in all of those votes which clearly blocked any ability to repeal it. So at least 70 times now the democrats have succeeded in protecting what little they made, and it isn't enough
The ACA is not medicare for all. It isn't close to medicare for all. It was never more than a shitty stand in for universal healthcare.
I was there when it was written. Don't try to feed me this bullshit
That's essentially what the ACA was before the Republicans gutted it (the first time).
This isnt actually a platform or goal of the Democratic party...
So... Which Russian agent did they vote for instead?
ACA was passed without Republican votes, the Dems didn't have support in their own party for more. The Dems own that terrible legislation.
Also, they keep trying to pass more and more gun control. Fuck that, I'm a huge gun rights advocate. I'm also an advocate for the 1st, the 4th and more. The owner class hates all of our rights.
And yes I have Trump voters in my extended family. Most families do. I'm prepared to protest all of his coming terrible actions too. I hate both of our fucked up parties, for different reasons.
If you've got a solution for the absurd rates of mass shootings in the US, that does not involve some form of common-sense firearm restrictions, then you need to let people fucking know about it.
That being said. Common sense firearm restrictions is not the same as "taking guns away from the working class."
If you could convince single issue 2A voters of this you'd change the course of history.