I just watched an analysis presented on CNN regarding the potential impact should the Graham Cassidy healthcare bill pass Congress. It was a joke. In fact, it was so far from reality that one would expect that the CNN reporter couldn't present it without laughing.
Let me give an example. Under Graham Cassidy, there would be block grants to states who will decide how to handle healthcare. The exact breakdown among the states is not yet known, but CNN presented figures discussing how certain states would fare in three, five and ten years. You could say it is amazing how CNN knows what will happen in California or Texas in 2030 under this bill when no one else does. Or, you could say that CNN is just guessing. Those are the nice ways of saying that CNN is presenting Fake News.
But it gets worse. CNN didn't just tell us what federal funding for California would be in 2030, it also told the audience how supposed cuts in funding from currently expected levels would be handled by the state legislature. That's right, CNN pretended to know how the future California legislature will deal with unknown funding levels received from the federal government. It's totally Fake News. It makes about as much sense as if CNN were to announce the winner of the 2028 presidential election in California despite the fact that no one knows who will run or what the issues will be in eleven years, and then, in addition, to tell us the percentages of the vote won by each of the unknown candidates. It's not news, it's just pure fiction.
Let me give an example. Under Graham Cassidy, there would be block grants to states who will decide how to handle healthcare. The exact breakdown among the states is not yet known, but CNN presented figures discussing how certain states would fare in three, five and ten years. You could say it is amazing how CNN knows what will happen in California or Texas in 2030 under this bill when no one else does. Or, you could say that CNN is just guessing. Those are the nice ways of saying that CNN is presenting Fake News.
But it gets worse. CNN didn't just tell us what federal funding for California would be in 2030, it also told the audience how supposed cuts in funding from currently expected levels would be handled by the state legislature. That's right, CNN pretended to know how the future California legislature will deal with unknown funding levels received from the federal government. It's totally Fake News. It makes about as much sense as if CNN were to announce the winner of the 2028 presidential election in California despite the fact that no one knows who will run or what the issues will be in eleven years, and then, in addition, to tell us the percentages of the vote won by each of the unknown candidates. It's not news, it's just pure fiction.
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