Paul Ryan drafted his healthcare bill in secret, even hiding it on Capital Hill. Why? First, he must have had the go ahead from Trump to create the bill that Ryan himself wanted. After all, we know that Trump is no policy wonk - and to this date hasn't shown any reason for us to believe that he knew what was in the bill. So, next step, Paul Ryan drafted his "dream" bill. Paul Ryan didn't care about healthcare deliver one bit - Paul Ryan just wanted to end a major entitlement (Medicaid) as we know it. His "healthcare" AHCA was just window dressing to gut Medicaid.
Funny thing happened. People noticed that there was no healthcare in the healthcare bill! And a grass roots movement was born tht will live well beyond the defeat of the AHCA.
Proof that Paul Ryan didn't care about healthcare came when his solution to difficulty in getting his bill passed was to pander to the hard right by removing any semblance of ehalthtcare form the bill. No longer would insurers be required to provide benefits like materity, mental health, emergency room, outpatient, pediatric services. A race to the bottom was on! What insurance company would provide anything except a profit stream for their executives and stock holders? None.
Funny thing. Even more center Republicans couldn't stomach this, especially with the grass roots movement growing stronger and wider by the day.
Meanwhile, Trump's idle threats meant nothing to a GOP Representative who realized that Trump didn't know what he was talking and didn't care. also, given the criminal investigation about Russian collusion into Trump's campaign, it is possible that trump wn't be office by the midterms. What "power" does Trump have?
And just to prove it, Trump quit after a couple days trying to pass the Paul Ryan bill.
So,net effect? GOP chaos and a strong grass roots movement that will not go away anytime soon.
Next up, Neil Gorsuch
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