“They do NOT want it gone.”
BINGO!!
“”I thought we campaigned on repealing it,” the lawmaker continued. “Now that it’s our turn, I’m finding there’s about 50 people who really don’t want to repeal Obamacare. They want to keep it.”
Other conservatives are saying similar things. In an email exchange Thursday afternoon, I asked one member where the latest bill stood. “We absolutely do not have the votes to repeal it,” he answered. “The fact that some members are balking at even allowing states to waive out of some of Obamacare regulations is proof positive. We’ve gone from ‘repeal it root-and-branch’ to ‘Mother-may-I opt out of some of Obamacare’ — and we still are having trouble getting the votes.”
In a phone conversation Thursday afternoon, another Republican, Rep. Steve King, quibbled a bit with the number of House Republicans who don’t want to repeal Obamacare — he would put it in the 40s — but felt certain there are lots of Republicans who don’t want to repeal. “If you don’t want to get rid of federal mandates to health insurance, then it’s pretty clear you don’t want to get rid of Obamacare,” King said.”
In my eyes, Obamacare basically did ONE thing:
It FORCED every American to purchase health INSURANCE.
Not healthCARE; but INSURANCE.
And every year, we have to PROVE to the government that we have it - or else we PAY a FINE.
Obamacare also conveniently set up government healthcare INSURANCE exchanges where, oh... people could go to BUY it from...
So it we change the product from healthcare INSURANCE to ice cream:
You MUST buy ice cream and if your employer doesn’t provide the way for you to buy it through them, you buy it from the government.
Those unable to prove they bought this years ice cream are FINED - moreso every year..
This is MAFIA procedure. Any elected politician who doesn’t see a MAJOR problem with this is a CROOK who should be in prison, not sitting in government under the guise of working for the people.