It is supposed to be REPEAL, not "repeal and replace". This sales pitch jive they are giving you that we can't just repeal Obamacare, but also have to replace it at the same time or millions of Americans will lose their coverage is B.S..
What really would happen with just a straight repeal of Obamacare is that millions of ILLEGALS will lose it.
Rand Paul scares me on defense matters about as much as McCain does (and for opposite reasons)
but on domestic and fiscal matters Paul is often RIght On
we do NOT want “replacement” we want REPEAL!
the fed govt has NO business trying to push into personal health care
and we have no business paying taxes for such unconstitutional excesses that, given the size of the fed govt and its remoteness, are bound to FAIL anywAY
Repeal in one frestnding bill.
Shove it to 0 and Pelosi.
Thanks Paul Ryan! This is on YOUR HEAD!!! You knew damed well conservatives couldn’t vote for this crap, and you thought you could shove it down their throats (or better yet), get a fail for Trump. I hope to hell you get booted from the Speaker’s perch IMMEDIATELY!
I would like to see an article from 2009 that mentions “replace”.
Last year, Rand Paul was one of the wise guys predicting that Trump was imploding every other week.
The repeal will pass.
Republicans love to intervene and help out the democrats. The Ryan bill will absorb all the guilt and stupidity the democrats have accrued regarding health care and present democrats with clean white robes.
If memory serves, at least four prior bills were passed by the GOP and sent to Obama. Why can't one of those be dusted off and presented to President Trump for signature?
Could it be that House Republicans didn't mean it in any of those previous bills?
Sounds good, Trump is one step closer to fulfilling another campaign promise: repeal and replace!
And it’s not an oversight.
Ryan KNOWS that illegals will still get covered because they decided to keep it in!
I’ve read several articles about that today.
Ryan HATES Social Media and online news as much as any leftist.
And I hate him as much as any leftist.
To: Fantasywriter
Did you know that Trump met yesterday with Rahm Emanuel’s brother, who masterminded Obamacare. The purpose was to obtain his advice on revisions. Doesn’t that concern you?
23 posted on 3/21/2017, 8:02:13 PM by Praxeologue
.... It's a sly trick Libs always use when negotiating with Republicans and Democrats and RINO's know this. That is why they are trying to maintain as much of it's structure as possible.
..... REPUBLICANS .... WAKE UP!!!!
What’s his plan that will pass in reconciliation? The dems will filibuster any one of those past repeal bills that was sent up. Nuclear option is a pipe dream.
Face it, Obamacare is here to stay
I’m beginning to think we need some sort of rule that people who run for president and lose, need to shut their traps for at least 6 months after the election.
Wrong. Trump promised "repeal and replace" at every rally. He also promised a "great plan" that will "take care of everybody". If that's a "sales pitch" it's the one Trump won on. Most of the people who would lose coverage are the millions who lost coverage from work due to Obamacare, or couldn't afford it in the first place. I'm all for making sure illegals aren't covered, but it's dishonest to say only or even mostly illegals would lose coverage.
Pull this abomination and come out with a REAL repeal & replace bill that will actually pass the House with Freedom Caucus support. It will have to overcome a potential filibuster in the Senate but there are MANY ‘RAT Senators in Red States up for reelection in 2018. These Senators will either allow closure of the bill or many of them will be faced with defeat in 2018. The reason THEY will face defeat is because THEY will own Obamacare as it enters its final death spiral.
Show some guts congressional Republican leaders!
IT IS EASY TO REPEAL OBAMACARE - STOP LETTING THE LIBERALS CONTROL THE AGENDA
TELL THE PEOPLE THAT THE CURRENT COST OF OBAMACARE IS $400,000 PER PERSON
ONLY ABSOLUTE MORONS AND LIBERALS (but I repeat myself) CANNOT SEE THERE IS SOMETHING HORRIBLY WRONG WITH THAT
You are right and the way they are getting that number is pure sleight of hand. They are assuming that if they maintain the mandates and the pre-existing condition provisions, but not the individual mandate and penalties, then the premiums will be so high that millions of healthy people will simply opt out of buying health insurance. This is true, but they are referring to it as "losing their health care". Not exactly an honest description.
The "refundable tax credits" are a complete sham also. Obamacare gave subsidies directly to the insurers. Ryan-care does this kabuki dance whereby the patient gets a refundable tax credit, even if he didn't pay any taxes, and the payment goes directly to the healthcare provider. In the end it's exactly the same thing.
First, show me just one time when Trump said “just repeal”.
Second, are you aware that President Trump is fulfilling HIS campaign promises, not what you might have preferred?
.@RandPaul: I'm not interested in bailing out the insurance companies. I'm interested in empowering the consumer, to make the consumer king pic.twitter.com/ntjMESvnrM— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) March 21, 2017
.@RandPaul on #Obamacare: "We want to replace it with freedom, choice, competition." pic.twitter.com/bcRZy8wz0M— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) March 21, 2017
The entire segment is WELL worth the watch!!
Vote these fkrs OUT!