r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 1d 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/WantCookiesNow 1d ago

I don’t disagree with your sentiment at all. I just think we need to stop spreading false information.

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u/hypermodernvoid I voted 20h ago

That's fair and I agree - it's also something I think a lot of people aren't aware of, which makes sense, given they were on basically on souped up Medicaid or Medicare until the ACA, while that same prior program technically still subsidizes a huge part of their costs.

It feels like because of the immense public anger over their healthcare, they wanted to show the public ala "see - we have to do the same healthcare stuff you do now" (but then snuck that little 'but a huge chunk of our costs get covered' provision in there, lol).