How the Obamacare repeal failed, in two minutes
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2017
- Senate Republicans failed to pass their ‘skinny bill’ that would repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act on July 28. Three republicans, including Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), voted against the bill. Subscribe to The Washington Post on RUclips: bit.ly/2qiJ4dy
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John McCain might not know it, but his vote definitely has saved many lives during this pandemic
what pandemic?
@@PretentiousStuff hahaha. haha. ha.
@@PretentiousStuff the one that killed my parents
I didn't think of that
@@Shockwave33333333333 I am so so sorry. Oh my god. Sending you love.
Imagine trying for 10 years to remove Obamacare, but still not having an alternative ready
Because it is much easier to destroy than to build. Give anybody a hammer and he or she can destroy a brand new car....How many people can build a new car?
Zulu Wanga No - they could easily build a plan the reason they arent is because they simply dont want to🤷🏽♂️ - Its not the difficulty they simply dont want to spent any money and they want to keep the poor poor
Why do you need an alternative, the free market was working fine before.
@@LiberatedMind1 The free market that denied tens of millions of Americans health insurance outright? and even with Obamacare, Americans are abused by big pharma price gouging daily.
US healthcare system is a joke compared to the majority of first world countries.
@@kalookakoo5 You can set price caps, that is a better solution to socialized health care.
Thank you to the 3 Republicans who voted NO.....for putting the nation above party.
Obamacare was a complete failure
@@AdamSanchez-cd6wx
Why?
@@God.sDaughter funnily enough Obama care is hated most by people that actually need it. There is a documentary I think on VICE where they go to a deep red county where a majority of them rely on it. The social worker who was helping this elderly people sign up by calling it any other name but Obama care. It was like watching someone feed medicine to a kid my saying it's juice or something like that.
@@AdamSanchez-cd6wx Your family must have thinking the same about you "A complete failure".
@@AdamSanchez-cd6wx just as Trump’s campaign lol
It's such a good bill that ... he revealed it at the very last minute with no time for debate and only enough time for a vote.
HaiHiung Lo Obama care is the reason that Democrat of hi has lived
Thank you to Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Senator Susan Collins of Maine and a BIG thanks to Senator John McCain of Arizona for not only representing the people of your states but for saving healthcare for MILLIONS of Americans...AND standing up to the GOP at one of its most immoral moments as well as to the madman in the white house.
RIP McCain, and thank you for serving our nation.
RIP, McCain, but now we can finally elect a Republican
@@bookst3611 The republicans are the enemy of the american people now.
@@bookst3611 traitor republicans
@@bookst3611 didn't aged well
“You showed my your compassion. Where is that tonight” was the best lind
If this was such a good bill, why is this being voted on in the middle of the night.?
But this was proposed YESTERDAY. WHAT THE FUCK.
Politicians are sleazy
@san juanita cruz And so do cockroaches.
The US is called best and richest country yet they could not " give its people universal healthcare which most OECD countries have".
It is the best and the richest country because it was made for profit maximization, not efficiency. Hence, it can't afford a universal healthcare.
Most of American population are very right wing. So if you ask if they want to spend 20% of their country's GDP on Universal Healthcare, I can assure with you, most of them will say no.
We already spend a higher percentage of our budget on healthcare than most other developed nations...
So why is life expectancy in the US at the same level as in Cuba? In Europe, not having the financial means to go to the hospital is truly inconceivable. USA is NOT the best country in the world.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/the-13-countries-where-people-live-the-longest-in-the-world-a7335321.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy
Max Buskirk disagree you spendt more on military than healthcare. Your healthcare is expensive due to allowing the market and insurance companies to dictate costs of medication n surgeries etc
Raneeta Channel as long as I'm not paying for it
Imagine living in a country where there’s no real healthcare
Terrific speech by Mazie Hirono (D) from Hawaii. She speaks the truth!
She tells men to shut up..eff her
All she did was talk about her cancer.
What did she do??? We are paying DBL for her and our health insurance. What did she do???
Most GANGSTA move ever made on the Senate Floor. 👊
It’s been nearly five months since McCain passed away, and even though I didn’t know much about him rather than he was a major party’s nominee for President, I learned more and more about his life and came to realize that McCain was the embodiment of a true American hero. The 49 Republicans who voted that night to rip the healthcare of millions of Americans out of their hands will be damned in their graves for showing the nation a horrid example of putting party over country. John McCain may have saved the lives of millions of low-income Americans. He hated Obamacare, and sought to repeal it in the past, but unlike the other spineless GOP shitheads in the Senate, McCain saw what this bill would do to people. People with pre-existing conditions would face tremendously higher fees for coverage. Medicaid would get much less federal funding, funding that has helped scores of Americans stay healthy. The bill would create a terrible myriad of problems for the poor, disabled and elderly. So he did the right thing when he stepped onto the Senate floor and gave the thumbs down. R.I.P. John, God Bless You Cindy and family 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
well said
I didn't have much respect for McCain as a politician, mainly because he voted against helping prisoners of war despite being one himself in Vietnam, but he won back my respect by doing this, and I think it's a good lesson for all that it's not too late to do the right thing. RIP
Two days, ago, I said, "If Trumpcare is so great, then there needs to be a law that requires Republican members of Congress who vote for this bill to switch to a plan under the bill as soon as it becomes law."
Destroyed with facts.
Can we please get Mitch McConnell tf outta senate
Eulanthias DEMOCRATS ARE RACIST THEY OWNED SLAVES, OPPOSED CIVIL RIGHTS, SIGNED POLICE BILLS INCARCERATING BLACK, AND KILLING BLACK BABIES IN THE WOMB.
@@politicsrock3427 the great grandchildren of the then-democrats are today's Republicans
Unfortunately, he is still in.
So did the republicans.
"... Collapsing markets ..." Healthcare is not a commodity.
carver3419 it is a market though technically speaking
But it is not collapsing. What is collapsing through Obamacare is the notion of being utterly lost in a terribly rich country, just because you are both sick and poor. And what is also collapsing is the notion that the ones who deserve better health care deals are the super rich, because they are suffering so much from paying their health bills, while poor people are paying a little less.
It is a commodity
Yes, healthcare is a commodity.
Mc Connell fails again.
John.... thank you. Will forever thank you.
Thank goodness for the NHS. This is nothing short of madness
McCain had the last laugh. He definitely helped millions
This video deserves a whole lot more views from Americans, especially the blind ones who voted for these crooks.
McCain saved lives once again .
baler, ask the people of Arizona what they thought of McCain, and you might get a different view
Geez do I need to ask them personally or just look at the fact that they elected him so many times to office ..was it six terms ? 30 years or so ? . I kinda think they must have liked the job he was doing dont ya think ?
@@bookst3611 They thought he was worthy to become POTUS, that's what they thought of him.
@@bookst3611 Now they elected a Democrat in his place who was endorsed by his widow. Quelle irony!
The first 59 seconds was spot on.
If McCain voted yes, who knows how many more lives could have been lost...
Thank you McCain for voting no on the repeal, god bless you
This is the end of Mitch McConnell! Thank GOD!
Good-by you traitor bastard!
Finally Mccain voted NO.
Where are the collapsing markets Mitch referred to which ones?
xjpz123 .... He's just a liar ... they make shit up as they go
Well you took it a little too far.
There are laws that protect consumers like the Anti Trust law. These laws are there to make sure that the market is truly "free". Most republicans know that they are important for the market.
Most of them also know that too much laws will cease innovations and discourage entrepreneurs.
No parties are perfect, not even the Republicans or Democrats. That's why there is a two party system in America so that both can decide and/or compromise on each other's ideas to keep America forward - something we can no longer see nowadays.
What pisses me off is not how Mitch McConnell is trying to kill the poor, but how the Republicans are blaming the democrats on the failure of the Obamacare repeal while forgetting that it was them who literally obstructed every move that Obama made.
xjpz123 they are all over the country like Iowa lost all theirs and anthem insurance leaves the exchanges Jan 1 2018 you can't get the news watching CNN
funkyflights turn off CNN and go look for yourself millions have been dropped off Obama care and CNN won't tell you. Anthem insurance leaves Jan 1 2018 deserting millions more
Uh huh sure, makes perfect sense, those insurance companies must HATE those government checks for the tax credits... GTFO .. Oh and I don't get my info from CNN, but it's clear you get yours from fox news...
This shows how good intentions always gets support and bad intentions always get repelled however hard they try
What McConnell Did was Crazy
If I had a penny for every time a Republican said the word 'choice'...
Trump- Nobody knew healthcare would be SO complicated.
Canadian chap- Homeless in Canada get healthcare
Lol imagine wanting people that don’t work and people who don’t pay taxes to get benefited by the ones who do pay taxes lol go live in a utopia
Question: does this mean that if they want to try and pass another bill, they have to go through the house again? Im so confused . I hope they dont repeal it though. I need this insurance
If McConnell is re-elected in 2020, then I have no faith in the people of Kentucky to understand their best interests. McConnell isn’t the only person who can pass pro-hemp legislation. He’s definitely overdue to be replaced.
Kentucky’s people still vote for McConnell because these peoples are too much drinking whiskey .
He was reelected.
Did they not have another plan to put in place?
Question on the procedure: Now that they have 53 senators, why can't they try it again? How does introduction of bills work...in simple terms.
I wonder if what senator mccain was going through made him think of others and how they would be able to afford care such as he was getting, made him more sensitive to the care of others. He obviously showed real compassion for the people he had truly represented for so long... I know you're with the angels in heaven now 😇
Regulate the insurance companies
I TRIED to buy medical insurance, while working for the very same office that was implementing the Affordable Care Act, which put my American, locally-owned, former employer out of business.
With premiums of $800/month and the 2008 economy, I could not. I applied for Medicaid in my own workplace and was denied six times. As a disabled American of twenty years at the time, I was forced to max out credit cards to pay for the anti-epileptic medications that preserve my life. “Obamacare” was not a victory. Honor to God and my parents for assisting me out of a dark situation while I got a new job and real insurance again.
What will those fools fo now.
The way institutions like the UK National Health Service (NHS) is viewed even by people who lean Democratic is like it's a form of Socialism, and some ways it is. However, most people in the UK don't see it as a bad thing, they view it as people having the freedom to have health procedures carried out without the risk of going into financial distress as a result. Putting it simply, here in the UK, they view health care as a right, not something for others to make a profit from
i love this song
Preexisting conditions gone out the window.
A time when insurance companies can say no to coverage for ore existong conditions
At least the US Senate showed that it is a non-partisan group
🤣
What part of single payer dont America understand.
Who the hell is Mitch McConnell still in the senate?
No one can take him out for good?
Oh fuck yes.
Yes yes Obamacare 👏👏👏👏👏
+Anarchistnation02 That's quite an exaggerated statement. Technically, you're right because it's a law elaborated and voted by Congress but we know that many major pieces of legislation are pushed by the President who has considerable political clout on Congress (especially of course, if his party controls it). ACA is one of them. I even remember Obama exceptionally delivering a special speech about healthcare reform to Congress. He also held meetings with parties leaders and convinced conservative democrats to vote for the bill. So yes, I think it's fair to say that ACA was one of Obama's achievements.
I'm just laughing at these senators who agreed to remove healthcare from millions of Americans. While our country which is considered not rich is providing health care to all.
Senator McConnell and the majority of his conference didn't offer their own plan that would be cost effective and will designed benefiting republicans and others at the ground level. The individual mandate says you was buy relative insurance protection in the healthcare exchange which not crazy given many can buy themselvez and others policies. And or putting a portion of your earnings .
When is Mitch McConnell retiring?
McConnell is Trump with brains but without the $85,000 hairdo.
This needs curb your meme song
Rest In Peace John McCain.
Semper Fi Brother.
TFG Is a Traitor.
The best moment of the Trump presidency so far. Actually, I take that last part back. Nothing from now until the end of his presidency can top this. Finally, it fells like us Democrats scored a major victory! Not just for us, but for all 16,000,000 of those people who would have been kicked off their insurance. The Republican plan failed, and I'm sorry if I'm sounding selfish, but I've been waiting for something like this ever since we lost the Georgia election last month, so just let me have my moment. Also, McConnell, let me tell you that you are the bane of my Kentucky roots.
Stop giving John McCain credit for this.
It's the Republican women who deserve to be recognized for standing up.
I think they all played a crucial part. Gender should not be tied into this.
Thing is they used a law that said that they could pass the bill with 50 votes. McCain led them to believe that he'd vote for it, so they whipped out that card and used it the one time they could. Collins and Murkowski were courageous here, but McCain screwed McConnel over by making him think he'd vote for him, getting him to use up this law, and then voting no. Collins and Murkowski were crucial too, but they were more clearly defined nos. But I admire all three of them immensely.
If McCain had voted no their vote would have meant nothing.They should also get credit but not all of the credit..
That thumbs down by Mcain is like the Thanos snapped, obliterating the Republicans.
Well you Americans could implement tax funded health care . The taxes wont have to increase either. Just cut the army's gargantuan budget by half and use that to implement it. In this way taxes wont go up, poorer people will have healthcare and those that can afford it can have health insurance that will allow them treatment in private hospitals.
Term limits: Mitch Mazie
I don't know what happened to the Republican Party but they have become like the infamous Baa'th party of Saddam hussein headed by trump
country first!! that is what McCain always said. Regardless if he agrees with it or not. Not only saving millions of people lives, but also one of his oldest friends. Twice!!
Thx God we won
And this is part of the major reason why McConnell is now the Senate Minority Leader.
I love Mazie Hirono here, and of course... Thank you John McCain
2020 republicans ask the supreme court to delay ruling until after election so they can get reelected
I wonder what John McCain would say to his ‘best friend’ Lindsay Graham right now.
If opting out of Obamacare becomes an option can we opt out of Medicare without penalty?
You can, HOWEVER, if you were ever to go back then you would have to pay a PERMANENT penalty. You will pay whatever is the cause of the premium PLUS the penalty. And the penalty equals however long you've been without having it.
It's sad that people think free healthcare is such a good thing. While yes, it is in theory, it's not in reality. Look at Canada for a good example, look into what you are wishing for.
longer life-span, higher satisfactory rates, far cheaper costs, far more efficiency, no one going into bankruptcy because of medical bills?
Can you back that up with statistics? Especially "far more efficiency" or "higher satisfactory rates"?
Cory Yeah, as a Canadian who have benefitted immensely from the oh-so-shitty free healthcare, I can only laugh at your comment.
I'm not saying it is "oh-so-shitty" I'm just saying that it sounds great, but also comes with it's downfalls. Many people would benefit from free healthcare, I can not argue with that.
He said the average family can't afford the Obamacare... And what average family can afford healthcare without it? They talk about meeting a high deductible, okay yeah, I had to. Thank goodness for the needed hip replacement. However, without the Obamacare, a lot of health insurance companies would have been able to either charge a family MORE if they had a pre-existing condition, refuse to cover a much needed treatment, or flat out refuse to cover them. Just think about that for a moment.
Stop overlaying text while people are talking, it is disrespectful and confusing to the viewer. Let them talk, show text after or before.
B-b-but I wanted the FREEDOM to be forced to get overpriced private medical insurance with shrinking coverage and raising rates!
If the ACA was left alone in its original format and not hacked in the reconciliation process, and not defunded (under trump) It would pave the way for universal healthcare, we are the only democratically free country that does not have universal healthcare.
See those three senators are real republicans
HAHAAAAAAAA!!!
HAHAHAHAHAA
Mitch McConnell has chosen to be President Trump's waterboy. I say that we should throw them both down the drain in November. Let's save this nation and the souls of both parties.
Freedom for all Americans
New Justice has arrived
And we are fucked!
BERNIE SANDERS VOTED AGAINST THIS !!!!!!!!! This McConnell needs to be voted OUT !! This is why SO MANY RETIRED HAD TO GO BACK TO WORK . SOME FLIPPING BURGERS AT BURGER KING AND MCDONALDS !!!
They don't have a better plan,they just hate his,dam talk about hate,that's the gop l for you,let millions of people suffer for their hate
You looks skinny politically
Says Moscow mitch
Obama scam is unconstitutional. Remove the fake health care now. Coercion and extortion are illegal
WHY IS HE ALLOWED TO DECIDE FOR THE REST OF US ?????????????????????? IT IS HIS FAULT PEOPLE ARE DYING WITH NO CARE ! EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT SIGNED THIS BILL NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES BY THE 18 MILLION PEOPLE THIS EFFECTED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY IS HE STILL THERE IN OUR CONGRESS ? HE IS A TRAITOR TO THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE AND THE 99%
Healthcare is not a commodity.
It is. Housing is. Food is. Water is. Etc. Know your rights and your privileges
Mitch Mcconell needs to be KOd
You always can tell when the clouds are in the house and they are ready to play games, simple when people go to the hospital and don't have insurance who pays for, figure that out and you will have your answer,we post to be intelligent ever since the beginning of time nobody had a king or president that pleased everybody, unselfishness says what is best for the whole, we the people, you are we the people
Sure obamacare is great for those with major medical issues with even bigger medical debt; but its just a money drainer for the rest of us that are relatively healthy. Obamacare aside, I wont even reach my deductible limit on most insurances out there to actually get to use the insurance outside of the occasional prescription medicine. I'm literally just throwing away money for a what-if scenario. Why do I have to throw away a big chunk of my income for this?
Obamacare itself was rammed through with votes at midnight, votes on Christmas Eve, in a blizzard...
D Storm no, the Republican counter proposal was shoved last minute before the ACA was put into vote
the AHCA endured over 100 revisions in a bipartisan committee before it became law. Yes the initial bill passed through the House, but got stripped and changed in the Senate. Congress has a website, where this information is free and accessible for voters to access.
D Storm - you're stupid aren't you ?
Obama scam must fail it's UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Chuck Schumer is a great leader .