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bob2356
2017 Sep 20, 6:08am
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Very odd that people complaining about media coverage fixating on a very small part debated manage to fixate on a very small part of the media coverage. Too bad the writers didn't quantify their definition of media's fixation. I read plenty about the debate from both sides of the political spectrum and found very few what do trump voters think stories. Untold column inches. Where was this at?
Somehow the authors are shocked that the coverage of the repeal of the ACA was about the repeal of the ACA. What do the authors believe a debate about the flaws of ACA would add to the discussion of repealing it? Duh.
Somehow they are shocked that the not very common stories about how trump voters that received coverage from the ACA were sought out for their views on trump attempting to repeal the ACA. Who would have thunk it? Duh.
Trump never campaigned on improving health care. His promise time and time again was "On the first day of office we will ask congress for a full appeal of obamacare". Period. Nothing about replacing it, nothing about reforming the health care system. A major distortion of the facts from people complaining about distorting facts.
Dumb article. If they want to discuss the flaws of healthcare then feel free instead of a mish mosh of ideological bitches and complaints about non issues.
Looking back, we are struck by the degree to which the media’s fixation on a narrative that mocks a small slice of American voters—pro-Trump voters who had new ACA coverage—deflected attention from the frustration of millions of American workers who have struggled with healthcare problems the ACA either failed to address or exacerbated.
Instead of taking a serious look at the flaws in the ACA, and the deep impact they have on the lives of working-class Americans, reporters covering the healthcare repeal saga spent untold hours and column inches seeking out a tiny slice of the electorate for “reporting” that amounted to little more than mockery. Less than 2 percent of the American people both got new coverage under the ACA and voted for Donald Trump. Yet major media outlets obsessively sought out this sliver of the electorate, to ask, in the words of the Atlantic’s Olga Khazan (2/23/17),
The most damaging effect of singling out this minuscule fraction of the electorate...
Very odd that people complaining about media coverage fixating on a very small part debated manage to fixate on a very small part of the media coverage. Too bad the writers didn't quantify their definition of media's fixation. I read plenty about the debate from both sides of the political spectrum and found very few what do trump voters think stories. Untold column inches. Where was this at?
Somehow the authors are shocked that the coverage of the repeal of the ACA was about the repeal of the ACA. What do the authors believe a debate about the flaws of ACA would add to the discussion of repealing it? Duh.
Somehow they are shocked that the not very common stories about how trump voters that received coverage from the ACA were sought out for their views on trump attempting to repeal the ACA. Who would have thunk it? Duh.
Trump never campaigned on improving health care. His promise time and time again was "On the first day of office we will ask congress for a full appeal of obamacare". Period. Nothing about replacing it, nothing about reforming the health care system. A major distortion of the facts from people complaining about distorting facts.
Dumb article. If they want to discuss the flaws of healthcare then feel free instead of a mish mosh of ideological bitches and complaints about non issues.
If nothing else, be sure to look at the chart, which is the second graphic in this article. It presents a factoid that has been remarkably absent from discussions about affordability and access to healthcare.
The recent collapse of Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act demonstrated that the GOP’s tireless obsessions—free market platitudes and tax cuts for the wealthy—contribute absolutely nothing to fixing the American healthcare system.
Unfortunately, that was the only thing made clear by media coverage of the healthcare debate.
Looking back, we are struck by the degree to which the media’s fixation on a narrative that mocks a small slice of American voters—pro-Trump voters who had new ACA coverage—deflected attention from the frustration of millions of American workers who have struggled with healthcare problems the ACA either failed to address or exacerbated.
Instead of taking a serious look at the flaws in the ACA, and the deep impact they have on the lives of working-class Americans, reporters covering the healthcare repeal saga spent untold hours and column inches seeking out a tiny slice of the electorate for “reporting” that amounted to little more than mockery. Less than 2 percent of the American people both got new coverage under the ACA and voted for Donald Trump. Yet major media outlets obsessively sought out this sliver of the electorate, to ask, in the words of the Atlantic’s Olga Khazan (2/23/17),
The most damaging effect of singling out this minuscule fraction of the electorate and questioning their motives was the license it gave media to ignore the realities faced by the rest of American working families and to distort the politics of the Affordable Care Act.
In short, the majority of Americans who get their insurance through work are facing an escalating crisis of underinsurance, brewing under the ACA and not addressed in the GOP’s proposed replacements. With more than a third of workers carrying deductibles of $1,000 or more, and 20 percent now in plans linked to Health Savings Accounts, few Americans’ benefits look much like 2010.
Much More, Comments Section Very Good: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2017/09/sickness-american-healthcare.html
First Appeared at: http://fair.org/home/the-sickness-of-american-healthcare/
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