Republican-Led Senate to Move Forward on 'Obamacare' Repeal

U.S. News & World Report ^ | Jan 11, 2017 | andrew taylor, associated press

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican-led Senate is poised to take a step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law despite anxiety among GOP lawmakers over the lack of an alternative.

Senate approval - expected late Wednesday or early Thursday - and then House passage would trigger committee action to write repeal legislation that could come to a vote next month. A full replacement would follow sometime after that, presuming Republicans can come up with one.

"We must act quickly to bring relief to the American people," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

[Cololeo]

1. Repeal
2. Allow insurance sales across state lines.
3. Minor ambulance chaser reforms.
4. Send the freeloaders to Medicaid or the VA.

This is why you NEVER give the leeches anything. They’ll bleed you dry and bitch and complain all the time while doing it.

[i_robot73]

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“We must act quickly to bring relief to the American people,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

Do it, Mitch. Prove me wrong. Prove you’re not the detestable cowardly sack of monkey dung I think you are.
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Sorry, he’s stabbed We the People too many times for me to give him anything but the benefit of the doubt there, FRiend.

Call it ‘pleasantly surprised’ should D.C. get out, even once, of the “The House lags, now the Senate lags..” game of non-committal governance; so they can play the “Vote for ME and I’ll *FIGHT* D.C. for\against XYZ”.

[i_robot73]

True, we were ‘fine’ before it, but none should dare to call it ‘fine’; it sure isn’t ‘insurance’ (by any stretch of the definition) and the ‘h’care’ side of things was increasingly CYA medicine *BECAUSE* of the hand of govt.

We\it were much better off before ‘mandatory minimums’ and the like.

I’d eat my hat if they did anything more than flirt w/: Inter-State plans, HSA a\o catastrophic-coverage (TRUE health *insurance*).