Hidden Evils

The Senate is rushing to finish their version of our healthcare bill. The Republican majority has 13 men, no women, writing the bill in secret with no open debate, no participation from even many of their own members let alone across the aisle. They plan to vote on it without discussion or amendments as well. If you don't like the results, the only recourse will be to vote against them at their next election but by then you may be dead, your child may be dead, your daughter may be pregnant because they don't plan to cover contraception at all, and if she or any other female member of your family does get pregnant, they only plan to offer extremely limited maternity care because pregnancy and childbirth is too expensive. Those few items are already out in the open because those are the ones the 13 men, no women, all agreed to. While the details may change, this group is very opposed to contraception and maternity care so the changes will be minimal. But you won't know what they are until the bill is voted on and sent out to the White House.

Now the White House is barring all manner of access by the press--no recordings, no videos, no televised press conference. When a press briefing does occur, most of the questions are not answered. CNN reports that "deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders marginalizes the briefing, routinely responding to reporters' questions by professing ignorance." Finally someone in the White House tells the truth.

So good luck even having a doctor let alone keeping one that you like, especially if you are female.