On The Street: Cornyn becomes an Obamacare fan, the NFL tries to fix the Rooney Rule and the Dems and Repubs fight about enhanced unemployment payouts.
John Cornyn . So it was, say, interesting when he recently seemed to recommend that his unemployed/uninsured constituents take advantage of it. I couldn't say it any better than Cornyn himself, so here you go, compliments of in Austin:"Well, the good news is that if you lose your employer-provided coverage, which covers about 180 million Americans, that is a significant life event, which makes you eligible to sign up for the Affordable Care Act.
" "And as you know, it has a sliding scale of subsidies up to 400 percent of poverty. So that's an option for people." The"good news is people can find, get coverage under the Affordable Care Act or via Medicaid based on their income." So, has Cornyn joined the Squad? Not so fast."I mentioned that as an example of what they could apply for and receive health care through—the Affordable Care Act," Cornyn told reporters."That's simply a factual statement." Yes, it is. Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan speaks in 1982. Would he continue enhanced unemployment benefits?, created a campaign narrative in which a lot of lazy people took advantage of taxpayer-funded social programs. In fact, he famously dubbed one woman, the"Welfare Queen" for allegedly living high on the entitlement hog. It was pure campaign-rally gold. Well, as the latefamously said, it's Déjà vu all over again. As you may know, the federal government via the CARES Act pays an extra $600 a week, on top of the state benefit, to the unemployed so they can do things like buy groceries. The problems aside—long waits for benefits, for instance—it is a pretty good way to take care of the mass unemployed. But this all ends July 31. The Democrats want to extend the enhanced benefits. The Republicans andwant to end the program, largely because they claim many people won't go back to work. The reason: they are getting paid more in unemployment-land than they would at, say, Subway or Target. In addition to the usual suspects in Congress, like Sen.
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