In today's Trump Is An Ass news - withholding ACA payments..

[WOT?*]

www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-threatens-health-subsidies-to-poor-to-force-talks/ar-BBzLld2?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp

President Donald Trump might withhold payments under Obamacare that are used to help poor people afford medical services in order to force Democrats to negotiate changes to the health law, he told the Wall Street Journal in an interview.

[bowies]

Lol. Yeah, that won't backfire at all.

"Hey Democrats I'm going to do something politically damaging so you can help me blow up the ACA!"

[sofamonkey]

I'm disheartened, and also 0% surprised.

Also, didn't the Republicans also not vote for his healthcare bill...

[bowies]

He is really just such a moron. What kind of world class negotiator lays all his cards on the table like that? He's been vocal about needing to cut Medicaid to afford the millionaire tax cuts too.

If it wasn't for the threat of annihilation via nuclear war, pandemic, or climate change, I'd be enjoying his ineptitude a lot more.

[josieposy]

Dems will be like:

[josieposy]

Also how pissed off do you think the insurers are right now about this?

[notreal]

Apr 12, 2017 21:16:52 GMT -5 sofamonkey said:

I'm disheartened, and also 0% surprised.

Also, didn't the Republicans also not vote for his healthcare bill...

But he figures the Republicans don't actually care about hurting people so...

[AndyCohen]

Apr 12, 2017 21:16:52 GMT -5 sofamonkey said:

I'm disheartened, and also 0% surprised.

Also, didn't the Republicans also not vote for his healthcare bill...

Yeah, the complaints about Dems not playing ball kill me since R's could push anything through that they want. So, how are D's to blame exactly?

[aurora]

There was a headline that he flipped​ his position on four policy issues today, so by tomorrow he'll probably be 100% in favor of the ACA, and then the next day he won't remember what it is, and then who knows what's after that.

[WOT?*]

I'm wondering if they'll try to divide by legislative districts, such as "We're not going to pay in CA LD12 because Pelosi, or in NY because Schumer and they voted blue, but make sure the folks in those flyover states and the mining ones get their bills paid." To piss off Ds but not touch the R base.
(Should I not have typed that in case the Russians are monitoring my internet or our gossip here on this lady chat board?)

[MixedBerryJam]

Apr 13, 2017 0:49:14 GMT -5 WOT?* said:

I'm wondering if they'll try to divide by legislative districts, such as "We're not going to pay in CA LD12 because Pelosi, or in NY because Schumer and they voted blue, but make sure the folks in those flyover states and the mining ones get their bills paid." To piss off Ds but not touch the R base.
(Should I not have typed that in case the Russians are monitoring my internet or our gossip here on this lady chat board?)

LOL. Where we only talk about PP incontinence and what color to paint the shutters. Re the original subject: If this is what he looks like today, wtf does his portrait in the attic look like? ::retching at the thought::

[estrellita]

Apr 12, 2017 23:06:59 GMT -5 AndyCohen said:

Apr 12, 2017 21:16:52 GMT -5 sofamonkey said:

I'm disheartened, and also 0% surprised.

Also, didn't the Republicans also not vote for his healthcare bill...

Yeah, the complaints about Dems not playing ball kill me since R's could push anything through that they want. So, how are D's to blame exactly?

This! Why he keeps trying to blame Dems, I don't understand. Blame your own party!

[kershnic]

Does he not realize he needs exactly zero dems to do anything?

[aurora]

Apr 13, 2017 6:09:40 GMT -5 estrellita said:

Apr 12, 2017 23:06:59 GMT -5 AndyCohen said:

Yeah, the complaints about Dems not playing ball kill me since R's could push anything through that they want. So, how are D's to blame exactly?

This! Why he keeps trying to blame Dems, I don't understand. Blame your own party!

It's more politically expedient to blame Dems. Helps to fire up his base.

[Jalapeñomel]

Apr 13, 2017 6:55:14 GMT -5 kershnic said:

Does he not realize he needs exactly zero dems to do anything?

No, he does not understand any of this. 

[illgetthere]

The government has not been reimbursing the insurance companies under the ACA for years. An article from June 2016 has BCBS out 405 million due to limited payment from 2014 and 2015 which resulted in huge rate hikes.