John Delaney 🇺🇸

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@klug_es It's not sensible because it's not practical. The right answer is to give every American healthcare coverage from the government for free but allow them to choose private plans - or to keep their current plan - to supplement. That's how Medicare actually works today. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@klug_es I agree, which is why I proposed the only sensible form of universal healthcare that starts decoupling healthcare from work. My model was like the German universal healthcare model, which is proving to be the best in the world. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

To build a more just society post Covid19 we need: More expertise, less celebrity. Evidence (and science) based decision making over emotion. To put the unvarnished truth at the center of debates. More public service and cooperation, less partisanship. To think long term — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

California and Washington show that social distancing works. https://t.co/OVOyRxJbB2 — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

The problem with this is "cases" don't tell the story. Reported cases are as much related to testing as they are to the actual spread of the disease. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

.@sentomcotton deserves credit for being the first person on Capitol Hill to recognize the risk of Covid19 and trying to do something about it. https://t.co/wnqtfLd2H7 — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Very interesting read on the various theories of how Covid19 began. https://t.co/4kA9JWkGnd — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Jose Andres is the best. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

A lot of hard working Americans work in the airline industry (and their union is doing a great job). Is there really any point to these stories? Who knows if it even happened. Let's support each other. We ALL made mistakes leading into this crisis. https://t.co/gWFBWuGMV9 — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@SRuhle The reason they are clamoring for access is because the affiliate rules prohibit their portfolio companies from accessing the program. A 400 employee restaurant company not owned by PE gets to access it, but if it's owned by a PE firm it can't. Has nothing to do with leverage. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

The reason they are clamoring for access is because the affiliate rules prohibit their portfolio companies from accessing the program. A 400 employee restaurant company not owned by PE gets to access it, but if it's owned by a PE firm it can't. Has nothing to do with leverage. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

We are watching a tragic unfolding of preventable deaths from Covid19 due to a lack of public health preparation. The most common causes of preventable deaths in the US each year also reflect poor public health infrastructure: 400k smoking 300k obesity 80k alcohol 50k opioids — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

We are watching a tragic unfolding of preventable deaths from Covid19 due to a lack of public health preparation. The most common causes of preventable deaths in the US each year also reflect our poor public health choices: 400k smoking 300k obesity 80k alcohol 50k opioids — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Must read as to our plan forward. Bill Gates is a very clear and linear thinker. https://t.co/br2XNMTGZl — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

China is obviously misrepresenting its numbers and concealed the epidemic early in the crisis, which allowed this to spread much more broadly than it ever should have. https://t.co/5Vq09w2cVk — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

I agree. Broadcast Nightly News is providing the most even handed, fact based, non political journalism of anything on television. Isn't that what we deserve? https://t.co/p67LhEzMdZ — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

We should view our collective failure to be prepared for a pandemic as an indictment of our politics. For decades politicians put victory over everything else, which runs directly counter to a functioning, problem solving, common good serving, democracy. This must all change. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Going live on Facebook at 4:30 Eastern time today to answer your questions on the new Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses. You left great questions in the comments of my last facebook live and I'm going to answer them today. Tune in! https://t.co/kiUgbIntwa — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Maybe after this we can talk about real public health: disease prevention, universal access, healthy living, and having good healthcare infrastructure. We didn't talk about that this last cycle - we argued about if private insurance should be legal. Seems silly in hindsight. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Facebook Live is having some technical issues. We will repost a time. https://t.co/oyEdSeAfXX — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

I think we will look back at this era and realize the absurdity of our politics. On what was covered - the viral moments, the partisanship, the clever take - and realize all the things we didn't talk about that actually impacts people lives, their safety and future. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@mattlurrie One of the reasons we are in the mess we are in is because we never think about what's around the corner. People need help now. The public health system needs help now. But people will need good jobs in the future and infrastructure jobs are some of the best middle class jobs. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Got a lot of great questions in the comments yesterday from my Facebook Live explaining the small business loans that are now available during this pandemic. Doing another FB live at 4:30 ET today to answer those questions. Tune in! https://t.co/kiUgbIntwa — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@mattlurrie No & it's a really strange conclusion to reach b/c Congress won't be back in session for months & it will take them many months to pass a big bill. So if you actually think about it you can't have an infrastructure program actually putting shovels in the ground for a year. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Agree. Time for a big infrastructure bill. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Going Live on FB at 3pm Eastern to discuss how to access the small business loans that Congress recently enacted. They're a bit complicated, but I'll break them down so your small business can get the help you need. https://t.co/kiUgbIntwa — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Tune into my Facebook Live at 3PM EST today (John K. Delaney) and I will lay out how small businesses can access loans and assistant under the CARES ACT. Small businesses are hurting right now, but help is available. The program is complicated but I will walk thru how it works. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Testing is key. Right now the U.S. has likely done more tests than any other nation (850k+) but 2.5x less per capita than South Korea. Making progress but we have a long way to go. (No good testing available for China) — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

The German healthcare system was the model I used for BetterCare, my proposal for universal healthcare in the United States. It is performing better than our current system and single payer systems. https://t.co/BeGlPmEXVW — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

This is the right decision. https://t.co/nbWh0frGge — PolitiTweet.org