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The Way Forward

Silent Type

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8. Voters didn't buy the $50K for first time buyers. We should have taken advantage of the uproar over private insurance

Reply to senseandsensibility (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 03:27 PM

Jan 22

denials when Luigi shot the exec. Nope, we just sat on our rears doing nothing but pointing fingers.

CMS had authority to monitor denials from private insurers in ACA and Medicare Advantage, and did nothing until after election. And that action was just a proposal to request insurers to make reports of denials, type, number overturned, etc.

Way too late.

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I deleted my first thread in this forum yesterday because [View all] senseandsensibility Jan 22 OP

Sittin in the kitchen just a chewin and a bitchen... wcmagumba Jan 22 #1

A lot of us are trying to catch our breath. We feel blind sided yet one more time. marble falls Jan 22 #2

I feel that way too senseandsensibility Jan 22 #3

Yes our leaders are elected to lead, and with a clear path forward. Bluethroughu Jan 22 #4

I'm looking for Democrats to offer some new ideas, like healthcare reform, as we approach mid-terms. Protests are great Silent Type Jan 22 #5

Harris had great new policy ideas senseandsensibility Jan 22 #6

Voters didn't buy the $50K for first time buyers. We should have taken advantage of the uproar over private insurance Silent Type Jan 22 #8

So statistically, political protests do not inspire new or reluctant voters- AkFemDem Jan 22 #7