The choice is between this bill which repeals the individual and business mandate and phases out the Medicaid expansion, or Obamacare, which the Pubs, as the party in power, now own. Doing nothing and siding with Schumer to kill this bill isn’t some act of noble principle, it obstructionism that helps the Democrats. Chuckie is quite pleased.
100% Dem opposition and 3 or 4 GOP defections doesn't give the Republican Party ownership of this mess.
Passage of this bill, however, will give them ownership. And this bill does nothing to stop the implosion of ObamaCare; it simply shifts the funding from taxes to deficit spending.
Nothing in this bill will put a check on costs, decrease people's massive deductibles, reduce their huge annual out-of-pockets maximums, or increase the number of providers they can choose from. And, failing that, next year the people will be pi$$ed off and vote accordingly.