Episode 772 | ACA Sticker Shock | Dem Establishment Pick Turns Republican | Cenk | Identity Politix
The Benjamin Dixon Show
The Benjamin Dixon Show
4.6 • 861 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2019
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
I signed up for Obamacare this weekend and LORD these prices. **NOTE** Twice I mistakenly said "copays" when I meant "deductible." **
The real problem with Obamacare is that it didn't address the profit motive in the insurance industry.
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New Jersey freshman Congressman Jeff Van Drew was the pick of the Democratic Establishment and the DCCC. The establishment jumped into the primaries to prop him up and suppressed a Black woman progressive. Well, Jeff Van Drew is converting to the Republican Party.
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Bernie Sanders retracts his endorsement of Cenk from TYT. It's a big mess and it sucks. But part of me feels like they should have had foresight enough to know this was going to happen.
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Looks like I need to address weaponized identity politics again.
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| 0:41.2 | Progressive Army. Welcome to the Benjamin Dixon show. |
| 0:46.0 | I am your host Benjamin Dixon. |
| 0:47.0 | Today is Monday, December 16, 2019. |
| 0:50.0 | If you're wondering why the show is late today. |
| 0:52.0 | It's because my lovely, beautiful, and amazing wife is out of town and I have the kids by I've had the kids by myself all weekend and can I just say shout out to all the mothers out there who make this stuff look so easy. I mean don't give me wrong |
| 1:13.6 | listen I take care of my kids all the time on a regular but doing that by |
| 1:19.1 | yourself. Yeah so I'm surprised I'm even getting a podcast out today period. So anyway, I hope you had a great weekend. Let's jump into some politics. |
| 1:31.0 | So this weekend yesterday was the last day for you to sign up for |
| 1:38.2 | Obamacare for the Affordable Care Act. That's because Donald Trump, |
| 1:44.0 | as soon as he got into office, did all that he could |
| 1:47.0 | to minimize the number of sign-ups |
| 1:50.0 | and he shortened the sign-up period. |
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