Discussion: Senate GOP Tips Its Hand: An Obamacare Replacement Could Be A Long Way Off

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They have no plan. After all this time, they have no plan.

They had no plan for Iraq either, and we see how that turned out.

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The GOP killers at work.

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If congress insists on consumer protection without a mandate that everyone participate, no company will offer an affordable policy. They likely won’t offer policies at all.

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I’d like to hear more about the claim against ACA that way too many people put off buying ins. until they are sick, then claim that they’ve had a life-changing event that enables them to buy ins. after the enrollment period closes. Then they cancel policies after they’ve been treated.

If that’s going on, it needs to stop. I’ve heard the claims but not seen any data.

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always be careful what you wish for… the gods can punish you by granting your wish…

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They never did have a plan as they recognized it would be really hard to repeal it. Even their boasts to fix ti will not occur. They only used it’s alleged ‘repeal’ to garner votes. Sadly, it worked on the illiterate rubes they call Trump voters.

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In other words, Obamacare is better than what you guys have and you’re just figuring that out.

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Repeal and Replace has morphed into Hurry Up and Do Nothing.

I’m so happy I don’t vote R.

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So the ruralist morons are not going to be able to do this on day one?

They’ve been trying to get rid of demon rum since at least 1920- - do we suppose they’re going to fare any better getting rid of demon Obamacare?

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Or any other day.

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Why don’t you just fix the problems it has and rename it Republican care or hell I’ll even accept Trumpcare, even if I vomit a little in my mouth when I say it. God damn Republicans can’t you do anything that really helps folks and doesn’t put more money onto your already large money pile?

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Well there certainly are in a mad rush. But what they really want is to hurry up and repeal and then do nothing and try to figure out how somebody else gets blamed for the policy catastrophe.

Hand this over to that smart smart Ted Cruz- - he knows how to fix everything I understand

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I didn’t vote for Trump cause he was the best America has to offer, I voted a straight republican ticket cause Trump promised to repeal O-Care in his first hour in office!
Now I find out that Trump and his republican Congress were lying to me, all along!!

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I expect they wait until they think no one is looking, make a few tweeks,and hope no one notices they figured out Obama basically had the right idea to begin with.

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Maybe they will do the right thing, and implement single payer.

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“We were as surprised as the rest of you that not only did we keep the Senate, but that dumbass won the Presidency. Give us a couple of years until we figure out how to govern”

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What a bunch of pathetic old wankers.

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Obamacare IS the conservative plan.

It was conceived by thoughtful, sensible conservatives at the Heritage foundation, when the GOP was a natural home for thoughtful, sensible conservatives. It was first signed into law by thoughtful, sensible conservative Governor Mitt Romney of MA, when the Republican Party still had 4 or 5 thoughtful, sensible conservatives.

It was passed nationally by thoughtful, sensible conservatives in the Democratic party and signed into law by thoughtful, sensible conservative President Barack Obama because there are no thoughtful, sensible conservatives left in the Republican Party.

Everything that’s wrong with Obamacare, is an error on the side of being too conservative. Benefits are too stingy. Too hard to sign up. Premiums too high. Too many giveaways to the parasitic insurance industry. The solution to all of the above is to make the plan more generous to citizens and therefore more costly to the government. The solution to the so called individual mandate is to be honest about what we’re doing and raise taxes to pay for health care. It would be worth it.

The solutions are to make Obamacare more liberal.

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The repeal and delay bill will probably say something like: “The ACA is hereby repealed, effective immediately upon the adoption of a replacement comprehensive health care insurance bill (which we do not now and may never have).” This will allow Republicans to campaign forever on the claim that the Democrats will keep the disastrous, job-killing Obamacare that continues to hurt American families, so vote for us because the replacement plan we will introduce - any day now, soon, you’ll see - will be something really great that will provide all the health care and protection you want and need at very little cost to you.

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