The longer they delay the fewer votes they will have. Once this turkey is scored it is all over.
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CBO scoring on the amendment to let the states destroy Obamacare mandates would be difficult, it seems to me. Because it is a conditional thing. Should they score it as if all the states apply for waivers? Half the states? And what waivers will they apply for? Etc.
Notice I am not questioning whether the waivers will be granted, no matter how thoughtless the justifications. Maybe ALEC will even put out some nice boilerplate for the states to use to cancel the pre-existing condition mandate, age bands, essential health benefits and other other Obamacare safeguards. I’d bet the’ve got a couple teams working on the wording right now, so the applications will be all ready to go as soon as AHCA passes. And of course they’ll all be instantly rubber-stamped by Trump’s HHS.
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It’s an impossible task, because by mollifying the HFC, they turned quite a few “yes” votes from last time into "no"s. And made passage in the Senate impossible as compared to extremely unlikely. I think the threat oof a primary challenge is overblown. The ACA is now not even that unpopular among Republicans.
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Well said
With a stick.
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"We’re still educating members.”
Or, as Chairman Mao would have said, “re-educating.”
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"We’re still educating members.”
So, your goal is to have a bunch of smart pricks, is it?
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How 's it going, Paulie?
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The Townhalls scared them SO bad they can’t even find the voting buttons on their desks.
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I have health insurance through work and do benefit from ObamaCare. However, I am not being jerked around by the repubs like those on ObamaCare and Medicaid expansion. The repubs are so immoral and disgusting. May they rot in hell, if here is a hell.
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The House Rs will never bring a vote on repealing/replacing ACA. It’s talk and bluster because it what’s they did for 6-7 years and it’s all they know how to do.
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I called my goddamn GOP critter the other day to say this one’s even worse, I vehemently oppose etc. etc. and the poor young woman who always answers the phone just sadly said she’d let him know. I don’t think they’re having much fun in the House these days, and I don’t think it’s much better in the Senate. One thing that’s halfway a pity is that I had a friend who was the head of an agency in Interior under Obama. He’s home now but it would be fun to have his read on the mood in D.C.
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Well, they’re teaching them to use the zero rather than just saying ‘more than fingers and toes.’
Where’s Benghazi?
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In the rearview mirror at all times.
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I don’t know about anyone else, but I made an angry call to my GOP rep yesterday…
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Ha! Just saw your post. I did the same yesterday.
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High five! Guess it worked.
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Translation: “We haven’t been able to bribe/cajole/bamboozle/threaten enough blue state Republicans to commit career suicide. Yet.”
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“We’re still educating members,”
The best way to fall on their sword.