🎉📣 UPDATED: Now that the #AmRescuePlan has made it through final passage, these graphs and tables are going to be extremely important for the next two years (and hopefully permanently!): 1/ acasignups.net/21/03/10/new-h…
📣 Under the #AmRescuePlan, #ACA enrollees who ALREADY receive financial subsidies will see savings of up to $3,000/year or more on average...
...and enrollees who AREN'T currently eligible for subsidies would see savings of up to $17,000/year or more.
That's not a typo. 2/
📣 Expanded #ACA subsidies under the #AmRescuePlan are to be *retroactive* to the beginning of 2021, which means *current* enrollees are supposed to receive the extra subsidies dating back to Jan 1! They may be applied to future premiums *or* as part of a tax refund next year. 3/
I always get nervous about these big votes. I know it's supposedly in the bag, but what if a half-dozen Dems screw up their votes like that one Republican did last week and accidentally vote no?
A FEW CAVEATS:
--RI data still missing; likely ~30-35K
--NY includes Feb; CMS report will likely end 1/31
--DC, ID & VT are estimates only
--MN could differ by a few thousand in CMS report
Even so, final tally should be within ~10K of 12.0M.
Stupid question about "The American President" which *isn't* about how it inspired The West Wing.
So, Pres. Shepherd is a widower who meets Sydney Wade about a month before the SOTU. His Chief of Staff AJ says "this is an election year" so it's early in his 4th yr in office. 1/
Much is made about whether the President has the right to a private social life. His wife died several years earlier so normally no one would care if he started dating again. Sydney isn't too young for him and doesn't work for him, but of course It's An Election Year, etc. 2/
So my question is...if it's January, why not wait until after the election before they start actually dating? She may not work for him but there's still a pretty clear potential conflict of interest (which also comes up in the plot of the movie). It's just 10 months away. 3/
Oddly, I think some GOP Senators would be ok with this given their love of pointless theatrics. Ted Cruz would love to read Green Eggs & Ham again for 20 hours straight. Rand Paul would welcome peeing in a cup on camera.
Plus, wouldn't requiring a Talking Filibuster require all Senators to be present (or at least all 40 opposing the bill)?
Counties w/highest #COVID19 *cases* per capita: 1. Crowley County, CO 2. Chattahoochee County, GA 3. Bent County, CO 4. Lincoln County, AR 5. Dewey County, SD 6. Lake County, TN 7. Norton County, KS 8. Bon Homme County, SD 9. Buffalo County, SD 10. Trousdale County, TN