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The coronavirus pandemic has fully exposed the flaws in the US health care system and deepened many of its disparities. Yet there is a serious possibility, now that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has rendered the current version of the Build Back Better Act dead, that the current Congress will not pass any long-term provisions to cover more people, make health care more affordable, or better prepare the nation for the next pandemic.
Though they have not attracted as much attention as other parts of the legislation, Democrats had written a wide-ranging health care section in Build Back Better. They were planning to patch up holes in the Affordable Care Act, extending assistance to middle-class families as well as people in poverty; to reduce drug costs for millions of Americans; and to make investments in the country’s health care infrastructure, with the goal of better preparing the US for the inevitable next pandemic.
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If we would take the minute, to look at who the campaign donors are to these political prostitutes, we’d know why they’re reneging on these specific campaign promises, that they made before they were elected. Sinema obviously loves oil and big pharma, (money) way more than she does people. Manchin is just as bad. It ought to be against the law that elected officials can be bribed. Once they are bribed, they really aren’t working for we the people any longer.
I agree with you, Lori.
Shithole countries gotta shithole.
The question becomes: What does this teach the American People about elections and Democracy? What lessons are they learning?