New push to replace Obamacare reignites old GOP tensions (fake news alert)

Republicans on Capitol Hill are already laying the groundwork for a rapid repeal of President Obama’s signature health-care law beginning on the first day of the new Congress, before President-elect Donald Trump is even sworn in.

But the urgent efforts to make good on a Republican campaign promise six years in the making obscure major GOP divisions over what exactly to replace Obamacare with and how to go about it, and how long a transition period to allow before the law’s insurance would go away.

Hard-liners are pushing to move as fast as possible, bolstered by a GOP base eager to see lawmakers follow through on years of promises. But key congressional leaders are keenly concerned about potentially throwing millions off their insurance plans and repeating what they have long decried as Democratic missteps eight years ago, sparking a fierce political backlash by moving too far, too fast.

While Trump could sign legislation gutting the Affordable Care Act before the spring bloom, a full replacement could take months, if not years.

This ComPost article is a good example of an MSM false narrative ...

The libtards start with a problem caused by too much government intrusion and regulation ... then assume that it cannot be fixed without more government interference ... try to start a fight among the persons charged with cleaning up the mess by pointing out that they can't agree among themselves as to the best way for the state to continue messing things up ... and eureka, nothing is accomplished.

On the other hand, given that the free markets can find a solution as they always have for the past 5,000 years ... remove barriers to competition ... get the government out of healthcare except for subsidizing the few who are uninsurable (the elderly and those with preexisting conditions) - a problem that can be addressed later ... and you will be amazed at how quickly and efficiently the problems resolve themselves. In other words, simply turn the clock back to a solution that worked before the idiots screwed things up.

Watch for much more of this MSM / libtard garbage every time President Trump proposes to address the problems caused by liberalism ... point this out every chance you get ... and take great comfort in the fact that less than nine percent of the public believe the newsers these days. Catch them at their game often enough and they will either tone down their act, or they will watch their ratings fall to even lower levels.

Bottom Line: Just repeal the damn thing ... and replace it with ... nothing! How hard can that be?

The transition period is going to be the Achilles’ heel of any “repeal and replace”. No transition, just SPANG, drop the replacement on the clients immediately upon repeal. This happens to insurance policies all the time, as the old policy is taken over and administered by “the successor in due course”. No lapse in coverage, no immediate change in premiums due, but the obligatory mandatory coverages are immediately suspended.

It would be a headache for the bean counters, but they have not really been challenged for several years now. Time to shape up and sharpen their skills.

DUMBOCARE was put in place piece meal, and that is probably the only way to dismantle it, you have to have time to allow the damage to be undone. Hospitals, doctors, clinic, and pharmacies had to put in new computer systems. Takes time to convert those things. The computers don’t talk to each other as they were supposed to do. Methodist does not share with Baptist, or any other hospital or medical system a DR belongs to. It would be nice to have a seamless system where all your Lab work can be found in 1 place. Cancel the final pieces for 2017 and 2018.

First place you start is eliminate the Penalty. Then make ins portable and you can shop across state lines for a better deal.

A high risk ins pool that crosses state lines for shopping policies for those of us who are chronically incurably ill. With access to proper pain meds not this new DUMBO pain med restrictions...HE LIED about the Pain Pill for Granny. No more having to go to Worthless Pain Management who are more Shrinks than Pain Specialist, they don’t know the diseases they are scripting for. Your Specialist should be able to treat your pain with out fear of losing their license or going to prison. I’m tired of having to PEE in a bottle every 3 months just to get my Seizure Med just because it’s is on the DEA list like Morphine is. Seizure meds are used to control not fixable nerve damage pain. My entire right side has Peripheral Neuropathy from back degenerative nerve damage. It would crumble if you even tried to shave off a bone spur.

And make sure all studies state that those who OD are also addicted to other illegal or legal..booze substances. That part of the studies is always BURIED in the small print section.

FULL DISCLOSURE on when a med is FDA FLAGGED or Black Boxed so patients can make a choice if they want the drug or not. If a drug has A-Fib as a major side effect a heart patient should know about it before it is even written so they can chose if they want it. To many docs don’t know their meds side effects or if it interferes with other meds.

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