Posted on 01/03/2017 10:39:09 AM PST by mdittmar
No, actually the biggest win is last night’s #9 USC’s heart-stopping victory over #5 Penn State in the last five seconds of the Rose Bowl.
All true, but what happens when McCain, Graham, Ryan, Rubio, Murkowsky, etc. side with the Dems? Besides “Pitchforks”, what then?
It needs only 51 votes under special rules initiated by Harry Reid and the democrats.
The Republicans are using a budget resolution to provide for Obamacare’s repeal, allowing them to act without any Democratic votes. Budget resolutions require a simple majority to pass in the Senate, instead of the 60 votes normally required to clear procedural hurdles. There are 52 Republicans in the 100-seat chamber.
The budget resolution contains so-called reconciliation instructions, directing committees to dismantle Obamacare as part of reconciling taxes and spending with the budget blueprint - and to report back to the budget committee by Jan. 27.
The new Congress extends INTO Donald Trump’s presidency. This bill will barely have its first hearing before Jan 20.
“Whatever they replace it with will be unconstitutional as well. The Fed Gov’t has NO business being involved in the marketplace of healthcare between ‘free’ citizens and the health care they choose to purchase.
That said, baby steps will hopefully get us closer to real freedom, one day. I may not be alive to see it though LOL.”
Exactly. It is the mandate that is anathema to the Constitution. If the Fed government has the authority and/or power to compel citizens of the States to purchase a product or participate in any form of commerce, then we are no longer free citizens.
These DC people would do well to remember the whole stated reason around the formation of our government:
“To preserve the blessings of LIBERTY.” Not, to make sure every citizen gets as much or has as much as another citizen.
It doesn’t need 60 votes.
***CNSNews.com asked Cruz, “Given that the Senate enacted Obamacare in a reconciliation measure that required only 51 votes, would you support repealing Obamacare with only 51 votes?”
“Absolutely,” Cruz responded. “If it can be passed with reconciliation, it can be repealed with reconciliation. And we need to use every procedural means possible to fight to stop the train wreck that is Obamacare.”***
“”These DC people would do well to remember the whole stated reason around the formation of our government:
“To preserve the blessings of LIBERTY.” Not, to make sure every citizen gets as much or has as much as another citizen.
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This is so important for Americans to realize/remember, I’m posting it again.
Thanks.
The only way to (legally) kill Obamascare is for the House to defund it.
But, given that would require many of them to put their careers on the line, that’s not happening, either.
"Nuclear option" run up by Reid will have it's day here and now. Simple majority and everything gets rammed through.
A replacement by a Republican, Tom Price of Georgia when he was in congress. He is Now Trump’s HHS secretary.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr3400/text/ih
H.R. 3400 (111th): Empowering Patients First Act
no. kill the beast. PERIOD. no need to “start over”. let free market reign
Fight on, pollywog!
Short title; table of contents(a)
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Empowering Patients First Act
.(b)
Table of contents
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—Tax Incentives for Maintaining Health Insurance Coverage
Sec. 101. Refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of low-income individuals.
Sec. 102. Advance payment of credit as premium payment for qualified health insurance.
Sec. 103. Election of tax credit instead of alternative government or group plan benefits.
Sec. 104. Deduction for qualified health insurance costs of individuals.
Sec. 105. Limitation on abortion funding.
Sec. 106. Non-discrimination on abortion and respect for rights of conscience.
Sec. 107. Equal employer contribution rule to promote choice.
Sec. 108. Limitations on State restrictions on employer auto-enrollment.
Sec. 109. Credit for small employers adopting auto-enrollment and defined contribution options.
Sec. 110. Require employers to disclose amounts paid for employer-provided health plan coverage.
Sec. 111. HSA modifications and clarifications.
Title II—Health Insurance Pooling Mechanisms for Individuals
Subtitle A—Safety Net for Individuals with Pre-Existing Conditions
Sec. 201. Requiring operation of high-risk pool or other mechanism as condition for availability of tax credit.
Subtitle B—Federal Block Grants for State Insurance Expenditures
Sec. 211. Federal block grants for State insurance expenditures.
Subtitle C—Health Care Access and Availability
Sec. 221. Expansion of access and choice through individual membership associations (IMAs).
Subtitle D—Small Business Health Fairness
Sec. 231. Short title.
Sec. 232. Rules governing association health plans.
Sec. 233. Clarification of treatment of single employer arrangements.
Sec. 234. Enforcement provisions relating to association health plans.
Sec. 235. Cooperation between Federal and State authorities.
Sec. 236. Effective date and transitional and other rules.
Title III—Interstate Market for Health Insurance
Sec. 301. Cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage.
Title IV—Safety Net Reforms
Sec. 401. Requiring outreach and coverage before expansion of eligibility.
Sec. 402. Easing administrative barriers to State cooperation with employer-sponsored insurance coverage.
Sec. 403. Improving beneficiary choice in SCHIP.
Sec. 404. Liability protections for health center volunteer practitioners.
Sec. 405. Liability protections for health center practitioners providing services in emergency areas.
Title V—Medical Liability and Uncompensated Care Reforms
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 503. Encouraging speedy resolution of claims.
Sec. 504. Compensating patient injury.
Sec. 505. Maximizing patient recovery.
Sec. 506. Additional health benefits.
Sec. 507. Punitive damages.
Sec. 508. Authorization of payment of future damages to claimants in health care lawsuits.
Sec. 509. Definitions.
Sec. 510. Effect on other laws.
Sec. 511. State flexibility and protection of States’ rights.
Sec. 512. Applicability; effective date.
Sec. 513. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 514. State grants to create administrative health care tribunals.
Sec. 515. Affirmative defense based on compliance with best practice guidelines.
Sec. 516. Bad debt deduction for doctors to partially offset the cost of providing uncompensated care required to be provided under amendments made by the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
Title VI—Wellness and Prevention
Sec. 601. Providing financial incentives for treatment compliance.
Title VII—Transparency and Insurance Reform Measures
Sec. 701. Receipt and response to requests for claim information.
Title VIII—Quality
Sec. 801. Prohibition on certain uses of data obtained from comparative effectiveness research; accounting for personalized medicine and differences in patient treatment response.
Sec. 802. Establishment of performance-based quality measures.
Title IX—State Transparency Plan Portal
Sec. 901. Providing information on health coverage options and health care providers.
Title X—Physician payment reform
Sec. 1001. Sustainable growth rate reform.
Title XI—Incentives to reduce physician shortages
Subtitle A—Federally Supported Student Loan Funds for Medical Students
Sec. 1101. Federally Supported Student Loan Funds for Medical Students.
Subtitle B—Loan Forgiveness for Primary Care Providers
Sec. 1111. Loan forgiveness for primary care providers.
Title XII—Offsets
Subtitle A—Enforcing discretionary spending limits
Sec. 1201. Enforcing discretionary spending limits.
Subtitle B—Repeal of unused stimulus funds
Sec. 1211. Rescission and repeal in ARRA.
Subtitle C—Savings from health care efficiencies
Sec. 1221. Medicare DSH report and payment adjustments in response to coverage expansion.
Sec. 1222. Reduction in Medicaid DSH.
Subtitle D—Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
Sec. 1231. Provide adequate funding to HHS OIG and HCFAC.
Sec. 1232. Improved enforcement of the Medicare secondary payor provisions.
Sec. 1233. Strengthen Medicare provider enrollment standards and safeguards.
Sec. 1234. Tracking banned providers across State lines.
Sec. 1235. Reinstate the Medicare trigger.
It is a fundamental of the TRUMP election. REPEAL IT!! Do NOT “repair” it. We want is gone.
Thought it was something like: "If you like your doctor, maybe you'll like your new doctor (if you can find one)."
LOL......either or.
I might be just having a bad day but I seem to think that the Senate cannot introduce bills. Don’t they need a sponsorship from the house?
Sorry, read the article. it’s being applied via another bill.
Trump can use the tweet of shame as his instant bully pulpit. Brilliant!
hear that speaker ryan. repeal it or face the people.
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