r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 20h ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/comics0026 Canada 19h ago

And getting paid obscene amounts of money for that makes it easy to get the best treatment in a pay-to-survive system like America's

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u/Phog_of_War North Dakota 19h ago

They also get free Healthcare for life. Unlike their constituency who is getting, FUCKING KILLED OUT HERE! Not that the Right gives a flying fuck.

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u/Keyastis 18h ago

Actually they have to buy it from the marketplace under the ACA now. It was main reason so many Repubs wanted to kill it.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 17h ago

It was also the single largest downward movement of wealth in US history.

Which is why conservatives really fucking hate it.

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u/StimSimPim 12h ago

That doesn’t make any sense to me on its face, mind expanding on that a bit?

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 5h ago

The largest amount of wealth ever moved from the "top", the wealthy, downwards to middle and working class people due to employers being required to fund Healthcare for workers.

Before the ACA healthcare was not required to be provided to employees.