Posted on 11/14/2013 6:36:05 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Just repeal it.
Any Dems who don’t go along with it will be hung out to dry by their own constituents.
It’s the biggest fiasco of a government program in my lifetime.
Go for the kill now and the beast won’t rise again for decades.
RE: Just repeal it.
Haven’t we tried that over 37 times already?
No Republicans should vote for Upton’s plan that will save the Democrats’ seats in next year’s election. To even consider this qualifies the GOP as the Stupid Party.
If they sit tight, the screams of millions of voters dumped by their employer-provided plans next year will sink ObamaCare for good. The Democrats will vote for complete repeal right before the elections.
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Great analysis!
I dont know why the talk radio hosts are opposing undermining the mandates in this bill but obviously many are commenting based on what they heard them say.
Bill Kristol is the Board Chair of this new group with Spencer Abraham (MI ping). That gives me pause. The article presents a decent argument for the Upton bill, but is it a trap or is it a good tactic along the way to full REPEAL?
Good too.
I agree, but there is another option.
Demand and attach a virtual stripping of Obamacare to whatever democrats propose. Not just the tame options being regarded, which are fine and should be included, but a virtual replacement of the bill with all of the republican proposals.
Republicans must APPEAR like they are doing everything in there power to SAVE Obamacare while in reality doing nothing.
Also they must trumpet repeal and alternative plans containing such things as interstate health insurance purchases, tort reform, and a few cherry picked positives buried in ACA.
This is optimistic, likely overly so. If he is right, why aren’t GOPers out there making the case right now? Congress can’t compel/force a business to sell something. Just like they can’t force an individual to buy something... Oh, wait!
Republicans (save for a few) are still playing politics and not looking out for what’s best for the nation.
They need to get aggressive about the We Told You So and pushing complete repeal and defunding.
Welcome to the Republican’s latest dilemma: Should Republicans help bail out Democrats on Obamacare by passing a bill that would allow insurance companies to continue offering plans that have been cancelled due to Obamacare rules?
This from the American Thinker:
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/11/erickson_vs_anderson_on_the_keep_your_plan_act.html
Both Anderson’s and Erickson’s points may be moot. Unless things change dramatically in the next week or so, Harry Reid will not bring any Obamacare fix to the floor. And it wouldn’t matter anyway because the White House has indicated that the president will veto the measure.
The GOP should thank Bill Clinton. He has put congressional Democrats in an even worse position than they were before he said that Congress should act to make good on Obama’s promise. (He’s also distanced Hillary from the whole mess, thus probably saving her candidacy - for now.) While giving Democrats in congress some political cover to vote for the Keep Your Plan Act, defying a sitting president from your own party has its consequences. House Democratic leaders have indicated that gutting Obamacare - which the Keep Your Plan Act has a good chance of doing - would have fundraising reprecussions next fall.
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That was before the dems up for re-election started seeing their poll numbers.
I thought it was every congressman's dream to have the media's attention.
Why does he let Rush Limbaugh and other pundits describe his bill and its consequences for him?
Tort reform
interstate insurance competition
Individual tax deductions for premiums and HSAs.
Healthcare system would be fixed within 2 years, max.
Yes, it is.
Harry Reid will turn the Upton bill into the Landrieu bill. They will go to conference and we’ll get 90% of the Landrieu bill (with many more little hidden “gotchas”, no doubt).
I don’t trust the man who is the major reason my attic storage space is completely filled with light bulbs.
I was about to make the same point. Conservatives: Don't play the progressive's game.
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