Topher Spiro
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Senior Fellow @amprog. Former White House Office of Management and Budget. Opinions my own.
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Joined October 2011
Incredible tweet — can’t wait to see what regime-aligned billionaires manage to do with CNN
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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That's a damaging vote for Susan Collins. This bill does nothing to stop premiums from doubling #MEpolitics
The Senate is voting NOW on this Republican alternative to the ACA funds that are expiring next month. Democrats are unanimously opposed so far. Susan Collins just voted YES. (The vote is still open.)
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Pre-funding for those who can afford to switch to high deductible plans and for accounts with tax benefits skewed to the wealthy
Ahead of side-by-side Senate health care votes, Cassidy makes the case for his HSA plan: “One of the things Democrats keep saying that’s just not true is that, ‘oh, this is a rich man's policy.’ No, we are prefunding these policies.” Crapo-Cassidy bill unlikely to get 60 votes
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.@MattAFiedler estimates 1 million loss of coverage for a $1 minimum premium. This bill is $5.
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Maybe we should be asking why leadership is not calling for RFK impeachment. Just a thought.
News: Haley Stevens goes rogue, moves to impeach RFK for undercutting public health. It’s a move not blessed by leadership and some see it as a sign of her struggling to gain traction in a heated Senate primary
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In this plan, punitive premium increases for low-income people would cause >1 million to lose coverage.
I just signed a discharge petition to advance forward bipartisan legislation to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits for 2-years, inclusive of significant insurance reforms, income limits, PBA reforms, and HSA expansion. This is the only bill that has a chance of
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Per @KFF nearly 60% of people now receiving the subsidies live in House districts held by Republicans
House GOP erupts over health care as leaders hunt for a plan
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Sen. Jacky Rosen on the health care votes tomorrow: "We didn't put any wish lists in. We could have. Clean and simple," she says of Dem proposal. "What do they put up? The most partisan shit you've ever seen"
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Hopes and prayers!
REPUBLICANS leaving morning meeting say there is no concrete GOP health plan for a vote by Xmas but many expressed hope one would emerge soon
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Laughable. Now Collins is alone in supporting a policy that would cause millions to lose coverage ($25 premiums for low-income people) #MEpolitics
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Hawley voted to slash Medicaid after putting on quite a show too.
Sen. Hawley says he’s “deliberately” leaving the door open to voting for the Dem ACA extension tomorrow because he wants to do “everything” possible to prevent premiums from spiking.
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"We don't have a lot of time to do this" from the man who has delayed for months
More Thune on ACA: “There are conversations that are happening right now between rank and file members on both sides… “There is an interest in solving it. I don't rule it out. Obviously, we don’t have a lot of time to do this, but I think there are ways in which you could”
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Telling that Thune is already abandoning his unpopular plan. He endorsed it just yesterday!
Healthcare latest: Thune says “there's a path forward” for ACA subsidies to be extended even after both votes fail tomorrow. “If you did something with reforms, and structure this program differently so it puts down the pressure on premiums, I think you could do something”
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So the GOP is totally ok with premiums doubling. Good to know.
NEWS -- HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERS plan to pitch the conference this morning on packaging together a number of popular GOP health care bills -- HSAs, CSR. NOT IN THE PLAN right now: An extension of enhanced premium obamacare subsidies. JOHNSON has promised a floor vote before
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Imagine losing health insurance in the middle of chemotherapy because rich and powerful politicians refuse to help you.
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Nothing wrong with the Democratic brand
Democrats have now flipped Miami mayor (first time a Democrat has won it since 1998) and a Trump +12 Georgia state House district Democrats have outperformed Harris’ 2024 margin by double digits in 4/4 races so far tonight, with an avg. overperformance of 17.5 points Buckle up.
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DDHQ: Eric Gisler (D) has defeated Mack Guest IV (R) in Georgia HD-121 Special Election 🟥 GOP to 🟦 FLIP Eric Gisler ran for this same seat in 2024 lost by 22 points This district was Trump+12 in 2024
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22 point swing to Democrats in deep red Florida
Florida State Senate District 11 (Trump +40) 🍊 Counties: Pasco, Citrus, Hernando, and Sumter (The Villages) 99% reported 🔴 Ralph E. Massullo Jr: 48,399 votes (59.2%) 🔵 Ash Marwah 33,390 votes (40.8%) ⬅️ 22% swing left
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Democrats have flipped the Miami Mayor’s Office for the first time in nearly 30 years. Eileen Higgins has won, per @DecisionDeskHQ.
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