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Republican Senator Says Deal on Health Care Unlikely This Year
Wall Street Journal ^ | June 2, 2017 | Siobhan Hughes

Posted on 06/02/2017 6:02:52 AM PDT by C19fan

Sen. Richard Burr (R., N.C.) said that the Senate probably won’t reach a deal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act when it returns from a recess next week, in a stark assessment of the party’s health-care prospects.

“It’s unlikely that we will get a health-care deal,” Mr. Burr told WXII 12 News, a North Carolina news station, on Thursday. He said that the House-passed GOP health plan was “dead on arrival,” and that “I don’t see a comprehensive health-care plan this year.”

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Obamacare now and forever or until it collapses from its contradictions. The GOP had six years to come up with some alternative vision and they twiddled their thumbs.
1 posted on 06/02/2017 6:02:52 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

So—Why vote Republican?


2 posted on 06/02/2017 6:04:19 AM PDT by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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To: C19fan

Then it must be called a democrat VICTORY
They kept OBAMACARE
Enjoy those insurance premiums, everyone


3 posted on 06/02/2017 6:05:29 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: C19fan

Is the SENATE’S non-action ‘punishment’ for PRESIDENT TRUMP’S pullout of the Paris Climate Change Agreement?


4 posted on 06/02/2017 6:06:13 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: C19fan

GOP may have gotten my last vote...


5 posted on 06/02/2017 6:06:22 AM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: Arm_Bears

Its like deciding to arm to al Qaeda
Because the alternative ISIS is even worse


6 posted on 06/02/2017 6:06:28 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: C19fan

“Nothing” is a perfectly acceptable alternative.

Less than nothing, by which I mean undoing other things (like protecting insurers from commerce among the States) would be better still.


7 posted on 06/02/2017 6:06:40 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Arm_Bears

Vote Republican: Because We Suck Less


8 posted on 06/02/2017 6:07:35 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: C19fan

What deal?

The People of America outright TOLD those still in the Senate, what WE WANTED!!

You Senators either represent your constituents, or you will be primaried out, next election!!


9 posted on 06/02/2017 6:08:07 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: C19fan

Burr is a whiney girly boy....


10 posted on 06/02/2017 6:08:55 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
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To: silverleaf

Democrats are a LOT worse then the GOP in the same way that an habitual criminal is worse than a merely useless man.


11 posted on 06/02/2017 6:09:16 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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And that is why we have a Senate and House majority party of useless men and a minority party of habitual criminals ...


12 posted on 06/02/2017 6:11:28 AM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: C19fan

This is now an opportunity for the Trump administration to issue blanket waivers to any insurance company that comes up with a health care plan that remotely resembles an insurance product.


13 posted on 06/02/2017 6:12:26 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: C19fan

If the GOP fails to get this done after posturing with dozens of repeal votes, they will lose their majorities in 2018. We will be stuck with Obamacare, a cancer on the American citizenry. Maybe the GOP is more comfortable with being in the minority. Then they can complain without accomplishing anything.


14 posted on 06/02/2017 6:12:33 AM PDT by Truth29
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"Democrats are a LOT worse then the GOP in the same way that an habitual criminal is worse than a merely useless man."

Perfect analogy!

15 posted on 06/02/2017 6:13:35 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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"Democrats are a LOT worse then the GOP in the same way that an habitual criminal is worse than a merely useless man."

Perfect analogy!

16 posted on 06/02/2017 6:13:35 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING OBAMACARE THAT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF***)
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To: Terry L Smith

“You Senators either represent your constituents, or you will be primaried out, next election!!”

Not likely to happen look at John McCain and Lindsey Graham.


17 posted on 06/02/2017 6:14:37 AM PDT by maxtheripper
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To: C19fan

Our “higher class” of criminals, which is actually even lower than the “common” variety.


18 posted on 06/02/2017 6:15:31 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: C19fan

I vote that we terminate the entire senate, who needs them and for what. Cut off their money, make them sit on concrete blocks with no air conditioning and let them debate their asses off.

A totally worthless group of idiots, I don’t see why anyone votes for these morons since they never accomplish a thing.


19 posted on 06/02/2017 6:17:41 AM PDT by Colo9250 (No President Trump, Hillary Clinton has not suffered enough, but we have! Stop her.)
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This is why we need term limits.


20 posted on 06/02/2017 6:17:43 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
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