Ruchit and AJ promise to block walk for Tom as long as there are only two or three blocks to walk.

Uber

Uber has been banned by the City of London.

• Fit & Proper standard
• The Fit & Proper Handbook.
• TFL press release.
• The grayball software that got Uber banned.

We talk about healthcare again

We take a break for a week, and the GOP tries to pass a new healthcare law. Trigger warning: AJ and Ruchit take a deep dive into the technical details of healthcare policy.

• Kaiser Family Foundation on medicaid expansion enrollment.
• The misleading numbers of Graham-Cassidy:

Avalere estimates that it would cause a $215 billion cut between 2026, while the CBPP pegs it at $239 billion. Broadly, the two analyses agree: Graham-Cassidy means less money put toward health care programs.

Both show pretty clearly the trade-off Graham-Cassidy makes: it sends money from states that have high Obamacare enrollment (largely through Medicaid expansion) to those with less robust sign-ups. According to Avalere’s analysis, California loses $78 billion while Alabama gains $5 billion between 2020 and 2026.

• Vox asks GOP politicians what they know about Graham-Cassidy.
• How Cassidy-Graham brings back preexisting conditions.
• Twenty-one million fewer Americans would be covered under Graham-Cassidy.
• Abdominal migraines.
• Heavyxmedical, the Podcast about healthcare and heavy metal.
• Who on the GOP opposes Graham-Cassidy?
• Feds cut advertising to the ACA enrollment.
• Healthcare.gov will be shutdown during open enrollment periods. [2]
• Trump puts party above country.

Sidebars

AJ: Party World Rasslin; watch the Video.

TJ: How logos are remembered.

RS: BioLite Fire Pit

• The Coolest Cooler.
• Yetis are very good, in Tom’s opinion.

Aftershow