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Oh. I agree. And 370,000,000 people negotiating costs and Rx prices is the only way to spread out and pool risk. Capitalism doesn’t work in every instance. And profiteering on the sick a suffering….you get it

#UniversalHealthcare is long overdue.

And Republicans have been actively trying to kill the ACA forever! Squeaker Johnson said they have been working on a plan for months. What a lying little scumbag sucker he is!! They’ve never had a plan or wanted one, for that matter.

The felon told us he'd be releasing his replacement for the ACA in two weeks....... 8 fucking years ago. What's taking so long?

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ACA premiums go up but you don’t feel it because taxpayers cover the difference.

Insurance companies pocket the increase.

You know who loses?

Every single one of us funding their profit.

#AffordableCareAct

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They've had *16 years* and they still have nothing. Barack Obama signed the ACA into law March 2010.

Menacing men withe wordage: Can YOU afford healthcare? Your GOP Congressperson doesn't care.

Millions of Americans could lose ACA coverage next year: 1/4 enrollees may walk away if subsidies end. Unaffordable premiums lead to mounting medical debt, & reduced access to essential care.
Demand that your GOP Congresspeople extend ACA credits! 📱 202-224-3121

The ACA is a success.

It did what Republicans swore it never would: it cut the uninsured rate, ended insurance abuses, saved rural hospitals, and delivered real healthcare to millions.

But best of all, it saved lives: more cancer screenings, prenatal care, people catching diseases early.👇

House GOP erupts over health care as leaders hunt for a plan Speaker Mike Johnson presented a list of concepts that did not include extending expiring Obamacare subsidies.

Is the plan "Acknowledge that the ACA is popular and we're prepared to own the consequences and chaos of killing it," because otherwise you're just trying to fly a plane straight into the ground while hoping the passengers don't notice.

www.politico.com/live-updates...

House GOP to advance health care bills without ACA fix GOP leaders will bring "consensus" bills to the floor to lower health care costs, but an ACA fix is not among them.

House Republicans are moving forward with health care votes next week, but an extension of enhanced ACA subsidies is not part of their plan.

Neither decency nor sense are common anymore.

I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback

www.texastribune.org/2025/12/08/t...

Supreme Court Poised to Vastly Expand Presidential Power, Again The 90-year-old precedent protecting independent agencies is likely on its way out.

The endgame here is getting the Supreme Court to declare that the entire civil service system is unconstitutional. Which is to say, this administration does not want us to be a modern, efficient, globally competitive nation-state.

ICYMI @kimwehle.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/48rIUEH

US Senate GOP health care plan deposits money into savings accounts instead of extending subsidies • SC Daily Gazette U.S. Senate Republicans will hold a vote on their health care proposal to counter a Democratic bill to extend enhanced tax credits.

US Senate GOP health care plan deposits money into savings accounts instead of extending subsidies scdailygazette.com/2025/12/10/r...

Once again, Republicans fail Americans and their healthcare needs. They tried 70 times to kill the ACA in Congress, so this is their final option. Pro-life my ass!!!

The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.

In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.

Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.

substack.com/@tracychrest...

Roughly a decade ago, the term "atmospheric river" seemed to enter common usage. But today is the first time I ever heard reference to a specific strength—I guess we've got a category 5 atmospheric river in Seattle right now. Is this new, or have I just not been paying attention?

a smithsonian channel video of a bird flying through a tree ALT: a smithsonian channel video of a bird flying through a tree

A gorgeous hawk visited my fire escape & let me get a good look at it. I don’t want it to eat any of my songbirds or pigeons but such is nature. Hawks need to eat too.

👇👇

🇪🇺 The European Commission has added Russia to its list of high-risk jurisdictions to strengthen the international fight against financial crime.

All, we had another major ICE #atrocity here in my town. For some reason, we are on their radar for special abuse. The entire government of this city is wide awake and watching ICE's every move now. We had been GOP since Lincoln, but that has CHANGED.

Yes. We must extend the ACA tax credits so that over 20 million Americans don't see a doubling in their health premiums, on average. But we must do more. We cannot remain the only major country not to guarantee health care for all as a human right.

We must pass Medicare for All.

My mom was an immigrant from Scotland & a huge Bernie fan. Her family didn’t want her to come to America because they were afraid she’d get shot & die from lack of medical attention. She said the rest of the world views the US as barbaric for championing guns & not having universal healthcare.

Silhouette of Trump from behind, with his breath visible in cold air

Adam Kinzinger “The founders assumed a guy like #Trump would come along — They never assumed a Congress would so willingly give up their power—“

And by extension, a Supreme Court

Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".