Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has sucked the hell up to US President Donald Trump over his first successful crack at repealing the Affordable Care Act, a move which has been slammed for potentially depriving millions of Americans of their health care coverage.
And I’ve got to say it’s always reasonably satisfying to win a vote when people predict you’re not going to win it, too.So keep at it. No, it’s great. Well done, Mr. President.”
Oh, it’ll also be especially rank for women, and victims of sexual abuse. If the bill passes, insurance companies may be able to classify continuing treatments for injuries sustained during sexual assault and rape as treatments for a pre-existing condition.
That’s really not great, considering how opposition to the Liberal Party at the last election focused on the Coalition’s supposed desire to gut Australia’s Medicare system. Should Turnbull bring that rhetoric back home, Labor’s so-called Mediscare campaign may hold a little more water in retrospect.
Also, all of this came after Trump praised Australia’s healthcare system as better than the one in the United States – and we have universal health care. The mind boggles.
Source: ABC / New York Magazine.
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