Thom Tillis

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Anonymous wrote:I hate it when MAGA gets a scalp. He’s a coward.

You. And they’re going to get John Cornyn’s, too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you are concerned about the debt OP? I thought that was a big conservative talking point.

*aren't

I bet OP was very concerned about the debt during the DOGE cuts.

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Anonymous wrote:His grandstanding is old. Fine is not running for reelection but making an announcement during such an important week proves he is just a spoiler. This is an important bill and he is clearly attempting to sideline it further when his first attempt failed. This is not being bipartisan. This is just showing that you were never a conservative to start with. Hope the important work continues!

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/medicaid-cuts-republicans-severing-lifeline-north-carolina

NORTH CAROLINA WAS ONE OF THOSE Republican-led states that at first refused to participate in Obamacare’s “Medicaid expansion,” which makes federal funding available to states that widen their Medicaid programs to include many more people living near the poverty line. But advocates in North Carolina kept organizing and lobbying on behalf of expansion, and when popular Democratic governor Roy Cooper came into office in 2017 he made expansion a top priority. Small business owners and hospital leaders eventually became outspoken backers of expansion, helping to persuade key state Republicans to embrace the cause.

In the spring of 2023, the Republican-led legislature passed a bipartisan expansion bill and Cooper signed it. The new program launched on December 1 of that year, with about 300,000 people automatically enrolled. Since then, it has swelled to cover more than 600,000.

But those numbers alone don’t capture the full impact. Expansion has meant new money for providers who serve low-income populations, because now more of their patients can pay their bills.

That’s been especially important for organizations like Blue Ridge Health, a network of clinics in North Carolina’s westernmost counties where the percentage of uninsured patients declined almost overnight from about half to about a third, according to Richard Hudspeth, the system’s director.

Because that shift has increased revenue, Blue Ridge can now offer services like pediatric dentistry and behavioral health that had been practically unavailable in these rural communities before. It has also expanded its overall capacity—which, Hudspeth told me, made a big difference when Hurricane Helene swept through the region last fall.

“There was so much debris, and all these respiratory infections,” said Hudspeth, who is also a family physician and still sees patients. “Having that capacity let people get their lives together quicker, and get back to work too.”

Why do we need another BBB thread?

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Too bad he couldn't do this for the Hegseth vote.

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Some Republicans in Congress have repeatedly claimed that no one will lose health insurance as a result of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” But an analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that 10.9 million Americans stand to lose coverage under the House-passed bill. That could include as many as 523,506 North Carolinians
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The House bill also impacts the tax credits from the Affordable Care Act that have made health insurance more affordable. More than 1 million North Carolinians buy private health insurance through healthcare.gov. Higher costs could lead some to drop their coverage.

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More than one million North Carolinians buy private insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, often referred to as Obamacare. They could see their premiums increase by hundreds, even thousands, of dollars each month if Congress fails to extend the expanded tax credits that currently subsidize those plans.
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When state lawmakers expanded Medicaid in 2023, they widened the income eligibility brackets. Previously, only adults ages 19 to 64 who earned up to the federal poverty level—or less than $27,750 a year for a family of four—were eligible, as well as children, pregnant women, or individuals with disabilities or certain health conditions.

After Medicaid expansion, eligibility increased to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or $43,056 a year for a family of four.

Almost overnight, 664,000 more North Carolinians were eligible for health insurance.

However, that expansion came with a caveat: If the federal government lowered its matching rate (currently 90 percent, while states cover the remaining 10 percent), expansion would end. This makes North Carolina and eight other states “trigger law” states.

https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/legislation/nc-medicaid-one-big-beautiful-bill/

Wow!

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Anonymous wrote:He should not be making announcements about himself this week. Trying to hurt your party is a bad look.

That’s right. Party over country for the loss. How dreadful of you.

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Anonymous wrote:

Some Republicans in Congress have repeatedly claimed that no one will lose health insurance as a result of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” But an analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that 10.9 million Americans stand to lose coverage under the House-passed bill. That could include as many as 523,506 North Carolinians
…
The House bill also impacts the tax credits from the Affordable Care Act that have made health insurance more affordable. More than 1 million North Carolinians buy private health insurance through healthcare.gov. Higher costs could lead some to drop their coverage.

…
More than one million North Carolinians buy private insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, often referred to as Obamacare. They could see their premiums increase by hundreds, even thousands, of dollars each month if Congress fails to extend the expanded tax credits that currently subsidize those plans.
…
When state lawmakers expanded Medicaid in 2023, they widened the income eligibility brackets. Previously, only adults ages 19 to 64 who earned up to the federal poverty level—or less than $27,750 a year for a family of four—were eligible, as well as children, pregnant women, or individuals with disabilities or certain health conditions.

After Medicaid expansion, eligibility increased to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or $43,056 a year for a family of four.

Almost overnight, 664,000 more North Carolinians were eligible for health insurance.

However, that expansion came with a caveat: If the federal government lowered its matching rate (currently 90 percent, while states cover the remaining 10 percent), expansion would end. This makes North Carolina and eight other states “trigger law” states.

https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/legislation/nc-medicaid-one-big-beautiful-bill/

Wow!

Having health insurance is a good thing.

[Anonymous]

So looks like MAGA doesn't care about their constituents because they will get their votes even if they throw them off health insurance and close their rural hospitals.

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Anonymous wrote:So looks like MAGA doesn't care about their constituents because they will get their votes even if they throw them off health insurance and close their rural hospitals.

And kick them off food stamps

[Anonymous]

He will emerge as a flawed hero of the revolution

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Some Republicans in Congress have repeatedly claimed that no one will lose health insurance as a result of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” But an analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that 10.9 million Americans stand to lose coverage under the House-passed bill. That could include as many as 523,506 North Carolinians
…
The House bill also impacts the tax credits from the Affordable Care Act that have made health insurance more affordable. More than 1 million North Carolinians buy private health insurance through healthcare.gov. Higher costs could lead some to drop their coverage.

…
More than one million North Carolinians buy private insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, often referred to as Obamacare. They could see their premiums increase by hundreds, even thousands, of dollars each month if Congress fails to extend the expanded tax credits that currently subsidize those plans.
…
When state lawmakers expanded Medicaid in 2023, they widened the income eligibility brackets. Previously, only adults ages 19 to 64 who earned up to the federal poverty level—or less than $27,750 a year for a family of four—were eligible, as well as children, pregnant women, or individuals with disabilities or certain health conditions.

After Medicaid expansion, eligibility increased to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or $43,056 a year for a family of four.

Almost overnight, 664,000 more North Carolinians were eligible for health insurance.

However, that expansion came with a caveat: If the federal government lowered its matching rate (currently 90 percent, while states cover the remaining 10 percent), expansion would end. This makes North Carolina and eight other states “trigger law” states.

https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/legislation/nc-medicaid-one-big-beautiful-bill/

Wow!

Having health insurance is a good thing.

No it is over rated. Much better to own the libs, deport US Citizens and hunt down the two trans kids.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Some Republicans in Congress have repeatedly claimed that no one will lose health insurance as a result of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” But an analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that 10.9 million Americans stand to lose coverage under the House-passed bill. That could include as many as 523,506 North Carolinians
…
The House bill also impacts the tax credits from the Affordable Care Act that have made health insurance more affordable. More than 1 million North Carolinians buy private health insurance through healthcare.gov. Higher costs could lead some to drop their coverage.

…
More than one million North Carolinians buy private insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, often referred to as Obamacare. They could see their premiums increase by hundreds, even thousands, of dollars each month if Congress fails to extend the expanded tax credits that currently subsidize those plans.
…
When state lawmakers expanded Medicaid in 2023, they widened the income eligibility brackets. Previously, only adults ages 19 to 64 who earned up to the federal poverty level—or less than $27,750 a year for a family of four—were eligible, as well as children, pregnant women, or individuals with disabilities or certain health conditions.

After Medicaid expansion, eligibility increased to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or $43,056 a year for a family of four.

Almost overnight, 664,000 more North Carolinians were eligible for health insurance.

However, that expansion came with a caveat: If the federal government lowered its matching rate (currently 90 percent, while states cover the remaining 10 percent), expansion would end. This makes North Carolina and eight other states “trigger law” states.

https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/legislation/nc-medicaid-one-big-beautiful-bill/

Wow!

Having health insurance is a good thing.

No it is over rated. Much better to own the libs, deport US Citizens and hunt down the two trans kids.

So true, and the red states are over burdened with disease, a little culling and budgets balance themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:He should not be making announcements about himself this week. Trying to hurt your party is a bad look.

It’s not a party. MAGA is 100% a cult. When the “party” starts threatening you, well then you know you’re actually in a CULT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:His grandstanding is old. Fine is not running for reelection but making an announcement during such an important week proves he is just a spoiler. This is an important bill and he is clearly attempting to sideline it further when his first attempt failed. This is not being bipartisan. This is just showing that you were never a conservative to start with. Hope the important work continues!

You are an idiot

[Anonymous]

And you are rude and Senator Tillis is still proving to be a spoiler.