Posted on 05/04/2017 3:58:07 PM PDT by Innovative
House Republicans on Thursday narrowly passed a controversial bill to overhaul the nation’s health-care system, claiming a major victory even as the measure faces an uncertain fate in the closely divided U.S. Senate.
Under intense pressure to show they can govern and to make good on their promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, Republicans pushed through the bill after adopting a last-minute change that earned it just enough votes to pass. However, the House version fell significantly short of the GOP’s long-held goals, making major dents in large portions of the current law but not outright repealing it.
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They won’t. Take it to the bank.
Crow while you can, the Senate will either fail to pass it or make it so bad we will wish they hadn’t.
Primary source video;
“Watch LIVE as President Donald J. Trump delivers a statement from the Rose Garden.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3550256/posts
Trump met his promise, if it gets bolloxed up in the Senate he can point the finger at those responsible.
If the Senate passes anything, it will still be a step forward, then it can still be fixed in conference.
cripes...they’re spiking the ball on the fifty yard line.
The Senate will pass it and sooner than you think. It’s not like the Senate and the House members don’t talk to each other.
John McLame and his girl friend Linda Graham are both critical and John said he does not approve of it. These and others in the house and senate are anti we the people and all pro me me me.
“they’re spiking the ball on the fifty yard line.”
sometimes in a big game and it is 4th and 45 from your own 2 and you complete a pass to the 50 it makes you want to spike the ball right there on the 50 yard line.
“cripes...they’re spiking the ball on the fifty yard line.”
I would consider it to be like a coach’s pep talk.
Oh, yes they will. You know why? Because this also happened today:
H.R. 2192 - Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ)
House Vote on Passage
May 4, 2017 2:10 p.m.
Passed 429/0
“Summary
H.R. 2192 strikes the section of the American Health Care Act that exempts Members of Congress and congressional staff from the waivers of federal mandates of essential health benefits, age rating, and community rating.”
Please decipher/translate for those of us whose eyes are crossing after a long day of work.
Many thanks!!
This bill makes it so Congress isn't exempt from OBAMACARE... which is being repealed. The question is... will they be exempt from the NEW healthcare plan they're replacing Obamacare with?
It neither repeals nor replaces ACA, it amends ACA.
Here's one of the amendments:
SEC. 205. INDIVIDUAL MANDATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5000A(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘2.5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘Zero percent’’, and
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘$695’’ in subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘$0’’, and
(B) by striking subparagraph (D).
http://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=105944
Relevant part of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986:
26 U.S. Code § 5000A - Requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage
(2) Monthly penalty amounts
For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the monthly penalty amount with respect to any taxpayer for any
month during which any failure described in subsection (b)(1) occurred is an amount equal to 1⁄12
of the greater of the following amounts:
(A) Flat dollar amount
An amount equal to the lesser of—
(i) the sum of the applicable dollar amounts for all individuals with respect to whom such failure
occurred during such month, or
(ii) 300 percent of the applicable dollar amount (determined without regard to paragraph (3)(C)) for
the calendar year with or within which the taxable year ends.
(B) Percentage of incomeAn amount equal to the following percentage of the excess of the taxpayer’s
household income for the taxable year over the amount of gross income specified in section 6012(a)(1)
with respect to the taxpayer for the taxable year:
(i) 1.0 percent for taxable years beginning in 2014.
(ii) 2.0 percent for taxable years beginning in 2015.
(iii) 2.5 percent for taxable years beginning after 2015.
(3) Applicable dollar amountFor purposes of paragraph (1)—
(A) In general
Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), the applicable dollar amount is $695.
(B) Phase in
The applicable dollar amount is $95 for 2014 and $325 for 2015.
(C) Special rule for individuals under age 18
If an applicable individual has not attained the age of 18 as of the beginning of a month, the applicable
dollar amount with respect to such individual for the month shall be equal to one-half of the applicable
dollar amount for the calendar year in which the month occurs.
(D) Indexing of amount
In the case of any calendar year beginning after 2016, the applicable dollar amount shall be equal to
$695, increased by an amount equal to—
(i) $695, multiplied by
(ii) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year, determined by
substituting “calendar year 2015” for “calendar year 1992” in subparagraph (B) thereof. If the amount
of any increase under clause (i) is not a multiple of $50, such increase shall be rounded to the next
lowest multiple of $50.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/5000A
The individual mandate has not been repealed. The penalty amounts have been set to zero, yet the mandate and the structure remain.
Not only have Republicans failed to deliver the promised repeal of ACA, they have lied about it by claiming this amendment of ACA is repeal. They also lie when they say the individual mandate has been repealed.
If one iota of the effort spent on deception was spent on actually doing what they pretend to be doing we'd be a lot better off.
Here are the House Moron Dems spiking the 2018 ball the on the 5 yard line. On their 5 yard line.
“Democrats sang Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye on the House floor at House Republicans after the GOP passed the American Health Care Act”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=OsuGH9NNND0
Sure, Jane.
How I understand it is, the AHCA had to include provisions that Congress could exempt themselves from mandate waivers sought by their own states in order to comply with the Byrd rule and retain reconciliation 51-vote rule privilege. As soon as the AHCA passed under the 51-vote rule, HR2192 went back in and slam, bang, eliminated that exemption. No more special treatment - they get what we get.
(paragraphs intentionally broken:)
“Background:
Under the American Health Care Act, states may apply for waivers from the Affordable Care Act’s mandates on essential health benefits, age rating, and community rating.
The MacArthur Amendment, which included these provisions, exempted Members of Congress and congressional staff in order to comply with the U.S. Senate’s procedural instructions and the Byrd rule.
Without such an exemption, the bill’s privileged status under the reconciliation process that only requires a 51-vote threshold in the Senate could have been jeopardized.
H.R. 2192 fixes this problem and ensures that any changes made to the health care law apply to Members of Congress and their staffs.”
Thank you for your translation! I really appreciate it.
So....the Dems ALL voted on this?? To stop the special treatment and give them what we get??? Shocked, I tell you....I am shocked!
Also....what are the odds of the Senate NOT sneaking the “Good enough for thee, but not for me” exemption back in?
This is so stupid I almost don’t believe it.
Almost.
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