How Do You Have Freedom If You Don’t Have Healthcare?
Big Picture Panel: Scottie Nell Hughes, Right Alerts/ROAR: The New Conservative Woman Speaks Out & Linda Benesch, Social Security Works. Unless it's replaced with something bettter - like single-payer - repealing Obamacare will make life miserable for millions of Americans. If Republicans get their way and scrap the healthcare law that is now more popular than ever - these millions of Americans will once again be at the mercy of the insurance companies who see our bodies and our health as nothing more than profit-engines for their shareholders. This apparently, is Speaker of the House Paul Ryan's idea of freedom. As Ryan put it in a recent tweet, “Freedom is the ability to buy what you want to fit what you need. Obamacare is Washington telling you what to buy regardless of your needs.” Which is really weird, because having the ability to buy anything you want isn't generally called "freedom" - it's usually referred to as “wealth." In fact, when it comes to healthcare - the government is the ONLY thing that can make us free.

Big Picture Panel: Charles Sauer, The Market Institute & Travis Korson, Madison Strategies. So far dozens of lawmakers have now chickened out of town halls and started holding their constituent events by phone or in closed meetings with donors - away from those pesky voters. So why are Republicans so scared of the people who put them into office? Is it because the GOP is now the official party of precious little snowflakes?

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Big Picture Interview: Adam Green, Bold Progressives. Are Democrats already doomed to lose again in 2018? Adam will explain how Democrats can save themselves from another devastating defeat.