Ok there was never going to be full repeal but Ryancare didn’t bring down premiums. In fact, for two years premiums and deductibles would go up.
House Freedom Caucus said again and again they were protecting the President because they would all pay a price in the mid-terms with this bill. Others have said he dodged a bullet.
The President needs to listen to experienced, knowledgeable conservatives not just establishment leadership. I can’t imagine 2018 if the Dems got to shout we’d made Obamacare worse with higher premiums.
And why couldn’t Ryan put the interstate portability in Phase #1. So what if it wouldn’t pass the Senate, it would have got off the ground. Just sayin’ :-)
HFC isn’t totally innocent. Word was they wouldn’t give on much. Bannon was NOT happy with them. That said, this is “family” stuff, and after a few more months of Zerocare premiums, everyone will be begging for a new bill.
Apparently interstate portability was not something they could just add to a reconciliation bill since it was not in the original.
I am no expert at all, so perhaps you could consult a source on House procedures and inform us all. But that’s what I am told.