The media prepared to pour all its resources into coverage of tomorrow’s healthcare ruling or, as we’re calling it, “news dump-palooza.” A New Hampshire lawmaker is convinced that kindergarten is responsible for a great deal of crime in his district, meaning people were WAY MORE upset about losing nap time than we originally thought. And members of the House Progressive Caucus are ready to introduce a single-payer healthcare bill, thrilling liberals and masochists alike. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Wednesday, June 27th, 2012:
THOUSANDS MAY LOSE ACCESS TO CRAPTASTIC PROGRAM IF JOHN BOEHNER GETS HIS WAY – House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) vowed Wednesday that Republicans would repeal whatever parts of health care reform remain standing following Thursday’s highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling — even if doing so would jeopardize insurance coverage for thousands of people. “We’ve made it pretty clear and I’ll make it clear one more time: If the court does not strike down the entire law, the House will move to repeal what’s left of it,” Boehner said. A House Republican leadership aide confirmed that Boehner would not spare the law’s fledgling high-risk pool program. The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, as it is formally known, is a Republican-inspired component of the Affordable Care Act currently insuring 67,000 Americans. A similar high-risk pool program formed a major plank of the GOP alternative to health care reform in 2009. “The White House did a truly craptastically lousy job designing their high-risk pools,” the Republican aide said. “If we do something on this topic, it would be based on our better policy solutions, like the one in the House Republican alternative during the debate in 2009. So starting with repealing everything is the best option.” [HuffPost]
INSIGHT FROM MUDCAT – “We are pussies, good God you can quote me on that,” said David “Mudcat” Saunders, the longtime Democratic consultant. “There is nothing wrong with having a fine car and a fine house and living the American dream. But the greed! Bain Capital is about greed. … It stinks morally.” [HuffPost]
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