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"American exceptionalism."
It's America forgiving itself for sins it condemns in others (mass incarceration, death penalty, voter suppression, book bans).
But there's another, implicit exceptionalism, practiced by elites: the belief that Americans are exceptionally stupid. 1/
It's America forgiving itself for sins it condemns in others (mass incarceration, death penalty, voter suppression, book bans).
But there's another, implicit exceptionalism, practiced by elites: the belief that Americans are exceptionally stupid. 1/
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This negative exceptionalism is most obvious in health-care debates, where the cost of universal care is presented without mentioning that Americans pay far more for private healthcare, and thus universal care represents trillions in savings.
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California's Assembly Health Committee, chaired by Assemblymember @JimWoodAD2, about to begin. First hearing of the year, to hear bills introduced last year--including, most notably, #AB1400, the single-payer health system policy proposal #CalCare.
You can watch the CA Assembly Health Committee hearing, including the discussion on the single-payer health care proposal #AB1400 (@Ash_Kalra) slated for later in the afternoon, here: assembly.ca.gov/media/4202-vid…
@Ash_Kalra The debate on #AB1400 starts in Assembly Health Committee. Assemblymember @Ash_Kalra opens by detailing the costs of our current health system: "What is the status quo and why does it need to change?" #CalCare
I know how hard it was to pass the #ACA. I was there in 2009 when TeaBaggers (now MAGA) stormed the halls of House office buildings, trying to intimidate @HouseDemocrats from passing a bill with a public option. Fortunately, those Dems held fast & passed the ACA+public option. /1
Moderate & conservative @SenateDems killed the public option in 2009, & damn near wrecked passage of health reform with their dithering. The blizzard of Feb 2010 bought Dems in Congress & the White House some time. At a GOP retreat, Obama nailed their BS questions one by one. /2
From that came the meeting at Blair House, where once again, Obama & a few Dems (not all) stood up to the stupid antics of the GOP. A few weeks later, I was among a few dozen doctors w/ @drsforamerica who marched in the rain in DC to push the Senate to pass the ACA. /3
In its first 11 years, the Affordable Care Act has covered 20+M people a year, protected millions more who have pre-existing conditions, and brought a litany of other good things. #ACA11 /thread cbpp.org/research/healt…
The ACA has lowered the uninsured rate for people of all ages, of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, and at all education levels. #ACA11 cbpp.org/uninsured-rate…
And it means that more people than ever before have access to care: they can fill needed prescriptions, see a doctor when they’re sick, and have fewer outstanding medical bills. #ACA11 cbpp.org/aca-substantia…
At 11:00am, the House @EnergyCommerce Committee will be holding marathon hearings on not one, not two, but *18* different healthcare bills which would repair & strengthen the #ACA, #Medicaid & #CHIP. Here's the first 9 on the agenda: acasignups.net/21/03/17/prepa…
#HR1790 would reverse the Trump Admin's decision to modify how ACA subsidies & maximum out of pocket expenses are calculated. The Trump version made subsidies weaker/costs higher; reversing it would make subsides stronger/costs lower.
