Phil Kerpen
@kerpen
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Husband. Father of four. President of @AmerComm and a principal of @Comm4Prosperity. Syndicated columnist. IFC chairman. Mets fan.
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No one will ever be able to figure out this mystery of why insurance companies loved the idea of the ACA
“If Obamacare was such bad legislation, why did all the insurance companies end up supporting it?” Yes, why indeed.
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Watched some of the Quantum Leap sequel on Netflix and it's a total mess. Did whoever made this even watch the original show?
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It is not possible to "create" a death spiral that already exists.
You have to read between the lines here to imagine what President Trump is proposing. But, it sounds like it could be a plan for health accounts that could be used for insurance that doesn’t cover pre-existing conditions, which could create a death spiral in ACA plans that do.
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Yes. Fund lower-income people and give them options, not more subsidies for insurers in a failing, cost-escalating program. Low hanging fruit: fund CSRs to lower premiums and deficits and permit enrollees to take that funding as an HSA contribution. https://t.co/c9v4iNlBMy
paragoninstitute.org
Allowing Low-Income Americans to Use a Portion of Their ACA Subsidy as a Health Savings Account Contribution
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Interesting question: @FedSoc takes no position on issues, does not file amicus briefs, lawsuits or letters. Compare that with the hyper partisan @ABAesq. Making up constitutional amendments, suing Presidents, writing amicus briefs. Far less appropriate for judicial participation
Why are federal judges at FedSoc at all? I’ve always wondered how this doesn’t raise ethical questions about participating in political events.
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WHAT CAN THE REPUBLICANS DO TO END THE SHUTDOWN? “What I would recommend they do is another reconciliation bill…that can be used to get around a filibuster. And I think they should do a reconciliation bill that has an explicit fund in it, a shutdown relief fund that would be a
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Senate Democrats just voted AGAINST @SenRonJohnson’s bill to pay our federal employees, military members, and air traffic controllers STILL WORKING during the Democrat shutdown.
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The Nancy Pelosi Act
I introduced the first bill banning Congressional Stock Trading fours years ago. We should pass it as the ultimate memorial to Nancy Pelosi’s congressional career
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What is "clean" about COVID-emergency supersized subsidies to insurance companies??? This has ZERO to do with government funding. "Our new offer is that you pay the ransom."
More on the Dem offer: —Clean CR paired with 3-bill minibus —Clean one-year Obamacare extension —Establish bipartisan committee for long-term Obamacare negotiations
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The "new" proposal is the same exact ransom as the original demand, to pay the big insurance companies $35 billion?
DEMS SIMPLE PROPOSAL: A simple one year extension of existing ACA tax credits Re-open the government Establish committee to continue negotiations for long-term lower healthcare costs
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Don’t do it @LeaderJohnThune Don't bail out @chuckschumer and Democrats on Obamacare Don't pay the $35 B ransom demand It won't reduce premiums (only real reforms can do that) But it WILL enrich health insurers and perpetuate fraud And then they'll just come back for more
News: Among other things, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will propose that Dems will support reopening the government if Republicans agree to attach one year ACA subsidies extension, per three sources W/ @AndrewDesiderio
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Dear @SenJeffMerkley: you just stated that you want to deal with the fraud in the ACA The reality is the fraud exploded as a direct result of the expanded COVID-era subsidies that make plans fully subsidized You can't address the fraud and scams if you extend the COVID credits
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Maybe the “they/them” ad wasn’t a pure culture war ad. It was about elitism and the Dems ignoring the economic woes of people but being strident about cultural issues. Which is actually what Winsome Sears did this election.
NEW: Republicans went all in on anti-trans messaging for the 2025 election, inspired by Trump’s “Kamala is for they/them” ad It didn’t work — and now they’re trying to figure out why Democrats, meanwhile, learned how to respond to this messaging https://t.co/BeWg6a2eif
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Great American. Great decision.
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Simple heuristic. If big insurers and big hospital systems are both lobbying strongly for something, you should do the opposite if your goal is more affordable health care. Stop sending massive subsidies directly to health insurance companies. That will not work.
Democrat Senator Peter Welch on Obamacare: "We did fail to bring down the cost of healthcare."
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