Posted on 12/30/2016 12:32:36 PM PST by Kaslin
Obamacare is in the crosshairs. We have known this for a while. Congressional Republicans have attempted dozens of times to pass legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act—all of which have been stopped by either Obama’s veto or Harry Reid when he was Senate Majority Leader. Now, the GOP controls Congress and they will soon control the White House, with a man who said he plans to repeal and replace Obamacare. Most of Obama’s legacy is regulatory. It can be rolled back—and he seems to know this because he plans to meet with Congressional Democrats next week to discuss ways they can save the law (via Politico):
President Barack Obama will head to Capitol Hill Wednesday to meet with congressional Democrats about how to shield Obamacare from Republican efforts to dismantle it, a Capitol Hill source told POLITICO.
The meeting is at 9 a.m. in the Congressional Visitors Center auditorium and is for both House and Senate Democrats, according to a notice sent to members Friday morning.
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Incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has promised to stand firm against repeal efforts and subsequently, Republican efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act with a more conservative framework. And a conference call convened by House Democrats earlier this week focused largely on emphasizing the benefits of Obamacare, with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) noting that she sees parallels between the current situation and the 2005 effort by then-President George W. Bush to privatize Social Security, according to an aide on the call.
“The Affordable Care Act has been successful in meeting its goals of reducing cost, increasing access and improving quality of care,” Pelosi wrote to members in a “Dear Colleague” letter this week.
They will have plenty of time to strategize over what to do concerning Republican attempt to repeal the law. There are some in the GOP who want to have a three-year timetable to decide how they will dismantle the law responsibly. There are plenty of alternative plans to Obamacare that the GOP has been working on, but combining plans, ideas, and endless cost-benefit analyses are bound to occur. Others want to vote on repeal right away without a replacement plan. Republicans might be delaying the repeal of some of the laws taxes, as some GOP lawmakers want to keep a few in place to help fund the replacement plan.
Can’t they just force it on us again as “deemed passed” without allowing it to go to a vote?
Worked last time, yes?
Let me guess:
Obama is advising Congressional Democrats to knock their little sippy cups off of their high-chair tables, and throw their pacifiers at the wall, just like he does whenever things don’t go his way?
And if that doesn’t work, he is advising them to sit down on the floor in the House of Representatives and disrupt the proceedings like a bunch of clowns, and refuse to leave unless their non-negotiable demands are met?
Obstruct
Lie
Deny
Obstruct
Demagogue
Whine
Obstruct
They made a show of repeal attempt when they knew the Senate would not go along with it. Senate republicans profit from Obamacare just as do Democrats. It gives them an issue to run on- favors and tweaks to satisfy this group and that one. All the Democrats have to do is convince or pay off sufficiently a couple of nominally Republican Senators and the repeal still doesn't go anywhere.
15 April, 0040 hrs: Captain Smith summoned all officers to a meeting. The only subject on the agenda was the Captain’s new plan for the arrangement of passenger seating on the Promenade Deck.
“’The Affordable Care Act has been successful in meeting its goals of reducing cost, increasing access and improving quality of care,’ Pelosi wrote”
Pelousy’s hair dye has seeped deep into her brain.
He has better luck there!
>>Obstruct
Lie
Deny
Obstruct
Demagogue
Whine
Obstruct<<
OLDODWO?
Shoot it between the eyes. . . .
No less of a liberal statist icon that Janet “That’s a Man, Baby” Reno says you have to kill it to save it. Let’s try that approach.
Should Obamacare remain, the Repubs are dead, dead, dead.
No more GOP RINO slime sucking, bottom dwelling Obamabutt licking smegma-lipped closet progressives.
If we had to go to the exchange here in Texas, our premium would have been $990 per month. We cannot afford that. It would have ruined us financially if we did not have insurance in one of our jobs. ACA is unsustainable
It will be hard to Stop Nancy, You see Obama’s most successful acomplistment has been building the strongest GOP in almost 100 Years
Pelousy’s hair dye has seeped deep into her brain.
Pea sized but a brain.
I had sticker shock too when I lost my job. That’s what health insurance costs when you pay out of pocket.
I think Republican Senators will continually stab Trump in the back regarding his efforts for the first two years, but this should set up an exciting 2018 election where some R senators will be replaced and Dems could be shut right out. If they play their cards right...
It is the duty of citizens and their legislators to repeal bad laws.
For example, what would have happened if Prohibition wasn’t abolished? Democrats would be sane.
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