Posted on 06/17/2015 5:49:20 PM PDT by cotton1706
Senate Republicans are coalescing around a plan to extend Obamacare subsidies for up to two years if the Supreme Court strikes them this month.
The court is due to rule within days on whether the president’s health care law allows people using HealthCare.gov to get insurance subsidies. If the court rules against the White House and strikes the subsidies, Republicans say they want to be ready to protect the more than 6 million people who could lose their subsidies.
In a closed-door meeting Wednesday, Republicans crafted the outline of a plan that would extend the subsidies for a period of time — potentially through 2017 — and couple it with a delayed repeal of big-ticket pieces of Obamacare, such as the individual and employer mandates.
Democrats are unlikely to embrace any plan that derails the health law and President Barack Obama has said he would veto any bill that hurts his signature domestic policy achievement.
Republicans plan to frame the extension as a way to help people who would lose subsidies because of the law’s flawed construction, not as an extension of Obamacare. Sources said they may even call it a “grandfathering” of the existing subsidies.
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Dammit. I want it gone.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Republicans are worried that the Democrats will actually have to answer for THEIR catastrophe before the elections.
So they invented a cover story about it rebounding on Republican candidates, and now are trying to pass a Rat-protection bill.
The Uniparty strikes again.
Let it crash and burn....
WAT IN THEE HELL ??!!!?
I’ll be glad when these boomer hippies and old farts like hatch die.
I hate them.
“Senate Republicans are coalescing around a plan to extend Obamacare subsidies for up to two years”
Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
-Ronald Reagan
This is why they are going to get crushed by Trump. This loser crap is over!! I don’t want to pay for some parasites insurance!! If they sit on their ass and can’t afford it— too fricken bad. DIE!! on tv. I’m sick of this communism. No!! The answer is NO!!
With “Republicans” like the “Republican” primary voters nominate and elect, why is there a need for “the democracy”?
The stupid party strikes again.
That’s real easy to say when you realize that a human shield has, in essence, been constructed by the Democrats.
People in UT would blacken your eyes for their “Orrin”. They don’t even know that he is really a Pennsylvanian.
Bringing down Obamacare in crash mode is going to hurt a lot more than “parasites” — and the Democrats, who grinned as the policies which “could be kept” died, jolly well know that.
Let’s call it what it is: GOPeCare. They could have ended in in several ways including defunding n the house. But they didn’t. The GOPe owns this as much as obama.
The Repubs are afraid that they will be blamed for 6.5 million losing their insurance! that is what Obama intended, he knew that if he could have he Repubs blamed he would ensure a democratic senate, House of representatives and president. than he would ensure his plan of riunation comes to fruition. he made sure the federal employees mistrust government as he has stole from them too! Welcome to the new America - A Turd World country lead by a Dictator!
The Hatchling, Ditch and Corny are useless and need to be ignored. Along with Juan and Linda.
Well, jolly well know this Mr. Rove. No damned FIX. Zero. NONE or report your congressional ass to the ‘soup line” because you are finished. We will not tolerate FIXING OBAMA CARE!! Burn it and salt the field.
It hurts now. Crash it. To the ground.
REPUBLCANS ARE LYING ASSHOLES
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