Congress may also take up conservative Medicare reform proposals that could hit the pocketbooks of future retirees.

Premium support, an idea long advanced by House Speaker Paul Ryan, would replace today's defined set of promised Medicare benefits with an annual voucher that enrollees would use to buy health insurance in a market exchange. Competing plans could include traditional Medicare and plans offered by commercial insurance companies. The impact on premiums would depend on the specifics of whatever program might be enacted.

Meanwhile, conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation has proposed raising the eligibility age for Medicare from 65 to "at least 68" over a period of 10 years, and then indexing it to life expectancy. Unless they are still working, these folks would rely on whatever replaces the ACA for health insurance.

It all adds up to a period of frightening uncertainty about coverage and cost over the next few years for people close to retirement, and possible higher Medicare costs for those already in retirement.

One thing it does not sound like is a formula to make healthcare great again.

But I don't give a pass to those who go along passively. To get along, keep silent as the noose is passed over the head, the church is bombed, the wages not paid

This seems so stereotyped, Ken. Have you lived in a rural environment, outside large metro areas? What you are saying certainly is familiar to me from some sixty years ago growing up in the Deep South, but I don't see any of that where I now live in southern Colorado.

What going on in Russia is far more concerning. Like the nuclear missiles pointed in our direction

My friends who voted for Trump did it because:
E. They value freedom.
F. They value human rights.
G. They do not want to live in totalitarian country.
H. They value peace and are afraid of nuclear war.