Thursday Mar 23, 2017
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4:15 PM EST
Donald Trump and Mike Pence met with the far-right House Freedom Caucus to try to make Trumpcare happen on Thursday. Setting aside Trumpcare’s apparent death spiral following that meeting, consider what this meeting looked like and what they were trying to do here. The Freedom Caucus wanted to strip little requirements that insurance policies cover like maternity and newborn care, hospitalization, preventive care, emergency room services, and pediatric care. Here’s what the meeting looked like:
Room full of men: Whoo! Yeah! Let’s strip healthcare protections from pregnant women and newborns! Awesome! [Everyone applauds]
Of course, the same people who don’t want insurance policies to cover prenatal care, labor and delivery, and pediatric care are the ones trying to make birth control and abortion harder to obtain. No wonder Mike Pence was so excited about this meeting (see below).....
Donald Trump and Mike Pence met with the far-right House Freedom Caucus to try to make Trumpcare happen on Thursday. Setting aside Trumpcare’s apparent death spiral following that meeting, consider what this meeting looked like and what they were trying to do here. The Freedom Caucus wanted to strip little requirements that insurance policies cover like maternity and newborn care, hospitalization, preventive care, emergency room services, and pediatric care. Here’s what the meeting looked like:
Room full of men: Whoo! Yeah! Let’s strip healthcare protections from pregnant women and newborns! Awesome! [Everyone applauds]
Of course, the same people who don’t want insurance policies to cover prenatal care, labor and delivery, and pediatric care are the ones trying to make birth control and abortion harder to obtain. No wonder Mike Pence was so excited about this meeting (see below).....
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