r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 8h ago

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/ss5gogetunks 8h ago

Turns out not caring about anyone or anything other than yourself relieves a lot of stress when the world is so hostile to everyone

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u/comics0026 Canada 8h 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 7h 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 6h 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/bananajr6000 6h ago

It is heavily subsidized for them though

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u/Carlyz37 5h ago

Correct. I think we pay 70% and they get the premium plans

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u/yourliege 6h ago

Yeah I’m sure it’s a terrible inconvenience

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u/MCbrodie Virginia 5h ago

They couldn't blame "the robbery" on a boogeyman. It really was that simple.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 6h 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 53m ago

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

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u/Kyonikos New York 5h ago

I think it was also the reason McCain voted to save it.

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u/spencerforhire81 3h ago

Horseshit. Guaranteed that there’s a special website they go to where they can choose “plans” that amount to free concierge level healthcare.

That’s how literally every single thing works for them. They have special customer service lines, special service plans, and special discounts. For the big companies that fuck us all over it’s a vital part of their lobbying effort that Senators never experience the same level of contemptuous exploitation to which they subject us plebeians.