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As Other Democrats Feud, Bloomberg Hammers Trump on Health Care
New York TimesIt powered Democrats to recapture the House in the 2018 midterms: the fear that President Trump and Republicans would kill the Affordable Care Act and with it, protections for more than 50 million Americans with pre-existing medical conditions.
Yet even as Mr. Trump and other Republicans continue to try to overturn the law in court, Democratic presidential candidates have not made the issue central to their campaigns. Instead they have spent much of their time on the debate stage arguing among themselves over Medicare for all and other proposals to expand health coverage.
I do think its a missed opportunity to educate voters about whats really at stake in the fall, said Leslie Dach, chairman of Protect Our Care, a group that ran a campaign-style war room in 2017 to defeat House Republicans seeking to repeal Obamacare, and thats having to stop Donald Trumps relentless war on health care.
Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor who entered the Democratic presidential primary late and has not qualified to participate in the debates, has moved to exploit his rivals failure to mount a more frontal attack on Mr. Trumps record on health care. Driven by extensive polling, Mr. Bloombergs campaign has released a torrent of television and digital ads accusing Mr. Trump of trying to undermine coverage for Americans with pre-existing conditions.
Yet even as Mr. Trump and other Republicans continue to try to overturn the law in court, Democratic presidential candidates have not made the issue central to their campaigns. Instead they have spent much of their time on the debate stage arguing among themselves over Medicare for all and other proposals to expand health coverage.
I do think its a missed opportunity to educate voters about whats really at stake in the fall, said Leslie Dach, chairman of Protect Our Care, a group that ran a campaign-style war room in 2017 to defeat House Republicans seeking to repeal Obamacare, and thats having to stop Donald Trumps relentless war on health care.
Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor who entered the Democratic presidential primary late and has not qualified to participate in the debates, has moved to exploit his rivals failure to mount a more frontal attack on Mr. Trumps record on health care. Driven by extensive polling, Mr. Bloombergs campaign has released a torrent of television and digital ads accusing Mr. Trump of trying to undermine coverage for Americans with pre-existing conditions.
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As Other Democrats Feud, Bloomberg Hammers Trump on Health Care (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jan 2020
OP
Asking Bloomberg to fix healthcare is like putting the arsonist's getaway crew in charge
liskddksil
Jan 2020
#1
So you're saying he should be credited for all the Democrats he supported who protected ACA?
brooklynite
Jan 2020
#2
Yes and he will lose handily to Trump as the African American vote stays home nt
liskddksil
Jan 2020
#12
I don't know much about him but he is SO SMART. Healthcare is what we should be talking about
Vivienne235729
Jan 2020
#9
liskddksil
(2,753 posts)1. Asking Bloomberg to fix healthcare is like putting the arsonist's getaway crew in charge
of the fire department. All of the GOPers he endorsed and gave money to (Collins, Toomey) are part of the reason Obamacare is in such a precarious state with the individual mandate removed.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,591 posts)2. So you're saying he should be credited for all the Democrats he supported who protected ACA?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
liskddksil
(2,753 posts)3. What's left of the ACA after the GOP Tax-Scam that his funded GOPers
voted for.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,591 posts)5. I'm sure you were equally critical of Beto O'Rourke...
...who supported Republican Will Hurd (who supported totally repealing ACA) over Gina Ortiz-Jones in the 2008 election. I probably just missed it.
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
liskddksil
(2,753 posts)6. Again? Beto is not running for President. Bloomberg is
and I will make it my personal mission to bring him down because he was and will always be a George W. Bush voting Republican. And Beto O'Rourke has done more for the Democratic Party than Bloomberg ever will do.
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,591 posts)8. But when he was running you wanted to bring him down, right?
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
liskddksil
(2,753 posts)10. End of discussion. Bloomberg is an opportunist and I will do everything in
my power to make sure he does not represent the Democratic Party as its nominee.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,591 posts)11. But if he's the nominee you'll vote for him, right?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
liskddksil
(2,753 posts)12. Yes and he will lose handily to Trump as the African American vote stays home nt
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,591 posts)13. More African Americans in NYC voted for Bloomberg than you might think.
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)4. I like that he and Steyer hammer Trump.
That's what should be happening.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
dustyscamp
(2,224 posts)7. I still think he is a weird guy
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Vivienne235729
(3,384 posts)9. I don't know much about him but he is SO SMART. Healthcare is what we should be talking about
It is a great way to get Trump talking about repealing ACA again.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden