Links for 03/24/17: At Politico, the blame game begins, even before the vote as President Trump lashes out at the Freedom Caucus over their continued opposition to the health care bill. This bill should fail, albeit not ...
MGB:_As I have been saying, the only way to pass this bill is to forget about changing Medicaid and to replace the limited payroll taxes on the wealthy for healthcare (and the payroll taxes for disability and Medicare) with a Value Added Tax or an employer paid net business receipts tax, probably as part of a larger tax reform measure which takes income tax obligations from the vast majority of households. That should be bipartisan and the Freedom Caucus extremists should be kicked to the curb. They are the big losers for not playing ball. Trump has bigger problems than this bill. Ryan will survive, but is chastened. His dream of ending the entitlement status of Medicaid was a nightmare for the poor and elderly and would not have survived the Senate anyway. Can’t read Dan’s or Mike’s pieces, WaPo now has a monthly view limit. Mike is right, however, the Tea Party got itself into this mess. So did the pro-lifers like Lori.
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