Update: I answered my own question. The average partisan lean of all 116 districts where the sitting House Dem is a M4All cosponsor is D+19 according to @CookPolitical.
There are only 13 districts among those which are D+5 or worse.
The districts where Bernie's claim might hold water:
AZ02 Kirkpatrick (R+1)
CA10 Harder (D+0)
CA45 Porter (R+3)
CA49 Levin (R+1)
CT05 Hayes (D+2)
MA09 Keating (D+4)
ME02 Golden (R+2)
MI05 Kildee (D+5)
MI09 Levin (D+4)
OR04 DeFazio (D+0)
PA07 Wild (D+1)
PA08 Cartwright (R+1)
So the next question is how many of those candidates actively campaigned *on* M4All as opposed to just quietly cosponsoring it?
I found exactly 2 House members and 1 Senator who:
--Cosponsored the House or Senate M4All bill
--Represent a competitive district/state *and*
--Openly, unapologetically support M4All on their campaign websites.
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📣 Tonight is Christmas Eve, so here's a thread about a so-called "Christian Health Sharing Ministry" which dives into Inception-level surreality. 1/
"Health Sharing Ministries" (usually offered by "Christian" organizations but occasionally via non-Christian groups) are promoted as an alternative to actual health insurance policies. They've become much more popular since the #ACA became law because they're less expensive. 2/
HOWEVER, there's some REASONS why they're less expensive than #ACA-compliant policies:
"Although HCSMs are not insurance & DO NOT GUARANTEE PAYMENT OF CLAIMS, their features closely mimic traditional insurance products, possibly confusing consumers." 3/
Trump just pardoned war criminals and has offered to pay the legal fees for his supporters who beat up protesters. What’s to stop him from openly telling his domestic terrorist base to follow through with their threats, have them charged in federal court and then pardoning them?
He’s still in office for 27 more days thanks to the GOP Senate, Barr just left leaving an even BIGGER Trump sycophant in charge of the DoJ for the next 4 weeks...while the public is distracted by Christmas, New Year’s & a mountain of COVID deaths.
Several have noted that his pardon won’t help with state charges...but some of THEM won’t know that. I suspect that’s why he’s floating pardoning Rittenhouse. He’s been told he can’t—but his base may hear about it and assume he can.
I decided to check into this. I found that only 1 Senator (Tammy Baldwin of WI) and 2 House members (Katie Porter of CA-45 and Johana Hayes of CT-05) *represent a swing state/district* AND openly/loudly state their support of "pure" M4All on their campaign websites.
But let’s suppose she was correct and but let’s suppose she was correct, and the President really did have the power to institute M4All immediately via XO. In one fell swoop, millions of legal contracts between carriers & providers, carriers & employers become null & void.
Doctors and hospitals, many of which are already on the verge of closing, suddenly see their revenue plummet by ~40% or so. Abortion suddenly has to be paid for 100% out of pocket by every woman in America who wants one.