📣 The #BuildBackBetter Act will provide comprehensive healthcare coverage to over 2.2 MILLION low-income Americans in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
📣 The #BuildBackBetter Act will make #ACA healthcare coverage dramatically more affordable for over 12 million Americans through at least the end of 2025.
📣 The #BuildBackBetter Act will fund programs for states to further reduce out-of-pocket costs for #ACA exchange enrollees.
📣 After adjusting for the missing day, 3 states moving to their own #ACA exchanges & Medicaid expansion in MO/OK, total HC.gov enrollment is up 11.5% year over year: acasignups.net/21/11/18/2022-…
📣 NEW enrollments are running 8.3% lower vs. last year (when adjusted), which isn't too surprising given over 2M people enrolled mid-year via the COVID SEP: acasignups.net/21/11/18/2022-…
He’s shocked that the SDs didn’t automatically vote for the candidate who won the state, but the ENTIRE POINT of SDs was to give them a level of veto power over a potentially extreme candidate. If the GOP had a similar system in 2016, Trump may not have gotten the nomination.
And that was hardly a “dirty trick.” The SD system had been around for decades, was well-known, and it had even been partly designed BY BERNIE SANDERS’ CAMPAIGN ADVISOR.
📣 For statistical analysis types, note that after increasing continuously from March - September, the red/blue vaxx rate R^2 has plateaued around a month or so ago:
Don't get me wrong: I'm not saying that #BIF + #BBB (assuming it gets passed) will be enough for Dems to win in 2022 (even if they get the word out etc.); but dismissing them as minor accomplishments is just horrible framing from a journalist who I usually respect.