Posted on 09/19/2017 11:47:30 AM PDT by Trump20162020
WASHINGTON — A last-ditch Republican effort to repeal Obamacare picked up steam on Monday as a key senator opened the door to supporting the bill, which is popularly known as Graham-Cassidy.
The GOP got a boost when Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who was one of three Republican "no" votes in July that derailed the last GOP health care effort, said he might "reluctantly" vote for the bill if his governor supported it.
Democrats and health care advocacy groups opposed to the legislation, which include AARP and the American Heart Association, are taking the latest Republican push very seriously.
Republicans lawmakers face a tight deadline to get it done: They can only pass the bill using budget reconciliation, which lets them bypass a Democratic filibuster, if they vote before September 30.
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I think you will be proven right about J. McCain.
His job = Himself. Many men of that generation are that way, for better or worse. Now many men AND women identify as such.
It will be that much more difficult if Universal Guaranteed Income really takes hold within the next twenty years.
The Graham bill has plenty not to like in it, but its still better than Obamacare. Graham needs to convince his boyfriend McCain to get on board. Time is running out.
We’ll learn much more about MeAgain’s ‘convictions’ when she is the new punching bag on the View.
“Suddenly” in danger? Laughing my A$$ off. It was in danger when it was conceived by the stinking Dems. Only NBC can post a headline that it is “suddenly” in danger and that (surprise!) coincides with the Trump presidency.
McLame a real pile of crap. This liberal rotten traitor can’t think on his own and has to go to his Governor? What a real pile of crap. He doesn’t think of the millions of Americans but his own ars.
Grave Danger ,.. the description that describes it best.
Wondering if NBC wrote the headline "Smallpox Is Suddenly in Grave Danger. Here’s Why." when the disease was about to be eradicated.
Obamacare is in trouble but there is no danger of market based medicine breaking out.Block grants to the states is big big incentive for the states to do their own Government medicine or “Health Care.” in the meantime there will still be a tremendous amount of Federal controls and costs imposed on all of Medicine.
Primary the RINOs and get a new set of RINOs. A sizable portion of the RINOs in Congress were originally elected as Principled Conservatives. They get to DC and find out what the options are and what foing along is worth to their futures and become RINOs within 24 hours, maybe 24 minutes.
If they are going to do block grants then the bill should include the language allowing the President to authorize withholding funds from any state or locale identified as a sanctuary for illegals or that refuse to enforce federal law.
Exactly. I never read anything media trash headline that ends in “here’s why.” It’s like a flashing neon sign that says, “Huge load of propaganda right here folks!”
Lee, while your argument may make some sense, it still grates me something fierce. Here’s shy.
It lets (at least partially) McCain off the hook by the inference he’s no worse than many other men (with regard to this aspect of him) in his age group.
Oh, hell yes he is!
This man is as vile as they come, baring physical attacks.
With his support for arming and funding terrorists, he even exhibited that trait.
I’m not talking about Medicare, medicaid, EMTALA, CHIP, etc. These should be incrementally rolled back.
I am talking about ZeroCare, which was done in one fell stroke with parliamentary procedures. Repealing it should be the same.
The GOP is spineless and worthless.
Rand Paul is against it because it spends the same amount of money.
When the Dem leaders want something, they whip their congresscritters/senators into voting for it. The Rep leaders could do the same, if they really wanted it.
SCOTUScare. USSC/CONgre$$[rats]/Obama - TOTALITARIAN troika/ enemies within.
115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1718
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 24, 2017
Mr. Brooks of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the
Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, Natural
Resources, the Judiciary, House Administration, Rules, and
Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health
Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``ObamaCare Repeal Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND
THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010.
(a) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.--Effective as of
December 31, 2017, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(Public Law 111-148) is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or
repealed by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not
been enacted.
(b) Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.--
Effective as of December 31, 2017, the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152) is repealed, and the
provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are restored or
revived as if such Act had not been enacted.
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