OPINION: Senate’s ‘secret’ health care plan is D.C.’s worst-kept secret
To relieve the monotony of this annual exercise in disappointment, I accepted the proffered envelope each year with a flamboyant show of sarcastic speculation:
"Is it a BB gun?" I'd ask excitedly. "Is it a bicycle?"
When the envelope yielded its practical but predictable bounty, my surprise and delight were boundless.
"LOOK, Mom and Dad!" I'd exclaim. "A savings bond! For my college education!"
On the outside, looking (dis)in(terested)
Something similarly disingenuous has been going on this past week in
According to his soon-to-be-disappeared spokesman,
Spicer told reporters gathered for Tuesday's irregular press briefing he didn't know if a final version of the
Even Sen.
"So if you're frustrated by the lack of transparency in this process," Lee griped in a video posted on his Facebook page, "I share your frustration."
All we know for sure about the
1) It will be absolutely NOTHING like the House health care plan, and
2) It will address ALL of the concerns expressed by health care providers, Republican governors, and the millions of Americans who stood to lose coverage under the House plan, and
3) It will be a bill "with heart," per the president's express (if somewhat imprecise) instruction.
So will the final product be a BB gun? A bicycle, perhaps?
May I have the envelope, please?
Oh, look, Mom and Dad! It isn't a bicycle at all! It's a massive tax break for the wealthy! Or, more specifically, a massive repatriation of the money the Affordable Care Act had threatened to squander on people much sicker (or at least much poorer) than most Republican donors.
A sneak peek
OK, so we all knew that much. But what about the details?
1) The
2) The
3) The
These are only the broad outlines of the
Just be courteous constituents, won't you, and act surprised when they show you what's in the envelope.
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