{"id":11969,"date":"2016-12-20T18:59:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T02:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11969"},"modified":"2018-02-09T20:02:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T04:02:03","slug":"the-real-cost-of-killing-obamacare-and-the-north-carolina-gop-coup-bradcast-12202016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11969","title":{"rendered":"The Real Cost of Killing ‘ObamaCare’ and the North Carolina GOP Coup: ‘BradCast’ 12\/20\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

On today’s BradCast<\/i><\/a>, it’s not much discussed by the media, but the cost of killing “ObamaCare” is more than simply a political one for millions of Americans. And the brazen GOP coup<\/a> in North Carolina’s state government is not only a fait accompli<\/em>, but likely a model for Republican controlled states everywhere. [Audio link to show posted below.<\/i>]\n

There’s a lot of talk of late about the politics of “repealing and replacing”<\/a> the Affordable Care Act by the incoming Republican Administration and GOP majorities in both the U.S. House and Senate. But there’s not as much discussion in the media about the very real costs — to actual human beings<\/a> — of repealing the measure, or of those who will be devastated by its loss, both medically and financially. All of this comes with more than 20 million more Americans now enjoying access to healthcare thanks to the ACA, and, just last week, the largest single day of sign-ups ever<\/a> for the federal program.<\/p>\n

But Republicans may no longer fear any<\/i> political ramifications for anything<\/i> with their gerrymandered stronghold of Congress and control of the nation’s public airwaves.<\/p>\n

That argument seems to be bearing itself out in North Carolina right now, where the GOP state legislature — which already enjoys a super-majority in both chambers of the state assembly — has successfully carried out<\/a> a brazen power grab<\/a> to strip power<\/a> from the Executive Branch now that a Democrat has narrowly won election as Governor.<\/p>\n

In NC<\/a> and in Wisconsin<\/a> alike, Republicans have recently been found by federal courts to have unconstitutionally gerrymandered state election districts. And, in both states, the GOP has passed wildly radical laws that hurt Democrats and progressive, no matter how unpopular (or unconstitutional) those laws may be or the ensuing uprisings at both state capitols. Both states are likely to be a model for GOP legislators<\/a> in the rest of the country.<\/p>\n

Finally, Desi Doyen joins us for some late-breaking news concerning new Obama Administration restrictions on off-shore drilling<\/a> and for our latest Green News Report<\/i><\/a>, with new attempts to keep drinking water safe from coal and lead, and to keep science safe from Donald Trump…<\/p>\n

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