The thing about Republican lawmakers that everyone should understand? They’re really, really dumb. They’ve risen through the ranks on the wings of Billionaire bucks and a solid infrastructure, but they actually don’t have the first clue about policy. They rely on canned talking points and the ability to sell dung sandwiches on the side of the…
Still not the full truth. A great deal of the current angst about premiums is because the Republican control of the Congress immediately refused to fund those risk pools. The retreat of the private sector was caused by the usual Republican vandalism.