Republicans abandon Obamacare repeal

NBC News / Comcast ^ | October 2, 2022 | By Sahil Kapur

[martinidon]

Just the media desperately trying to shift focus from Bidens failures. The Republicans need to let Obamacare fail on its on.

[Lower Deck]

IIRC there are lawsuits from several States winding the]rough the Courts that will likely get rid of the ACA.

Which ones?

[rockabyebaby]

I am sure that once the Republicans finally control both Houses of Congress, that they will abolish Obamacare.

He said sarcastically!

We all know republicans are useless pansies and like the rest, are only interested in what benefits them and their families. We desperately need term limits and stronger leaders.

[LuxAerterna]

There’s ZERO chance of repealing it so long as Biden is President. Also, it’s not as potent an issue as inflation, shortages, crime and illegal immigration, student load giveaways and child grooming.

[moovova]

Is McCain still voting Democrat?

[RobertoinAL]

Another blatant lie by the feckless Republicans! The red wave will be impotent

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Why should Republicans run on a “punching bag” issue when they have so many winning issues?

Once they’re elected, it’s a different matter. If they get a slam dunk majority in both houses, they can go hog wild in getting rid of all sorts of Democrat b.s., and doing end-arounds on that “sucking head wound” guy in the White House.

[mewzilla]

We now have de facto NHS thanks to Deep State and its Congressional myrmidons.

And our cares about patients as much as the UK’s does.

[mewzilla]

...ours...

[depressed in 06]

Must be, he is dead.

[dfwgator]

It has effectively become another “third rail”, like Social Security.

[semimojo]

Since the Obamacare is not really significant, there is no need to waste political capital

It’s incredibly significant since it eliminated pre-existing condition exemptions.

Which is exactly why it was impossible to repeal.

[bantam]

The stupid party just doing what they do best!

[jdsteel]

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=Obamacare+lawsuits&um=1&ie=UTF-8

[nickcarraway]

Wait didn’t Republicans abandon that in 2017?

[Jane Long]

Definition of insanity.....Repubs doing the SAME thing, over and over, again....and, expecting continued support, from their base.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

>>> Wait didn’t Republicans abandon that in 2017? <<<

Yes. When the GOP held Congress and Trump was in the White House … and the RINOs did squat.

[nickcarraway]

You can’t just blame RINOs. Every Republican from Trump, to the lowest water board dropped it.

[Observator]

The obvious reason Republicans aren’t running on the issue is because President Trump effectively repealed Obamacare when he repealed the Mandate by Executive Order. Promises made, promises kept!

[Observator]

Zer0 Care does what 0bama promised:
It rewards his friends by subsidizing (paying for) healthcare for those who don't work or are very low income.
It punishes his enemies by doubling premiums and drastically increasing deductibles to pay for the coverage of 0bama's friends and for the huge bureaucracy that was created.

Exactly. Most don't understand the workings of Obamacare because it's intentionally written to be confusing. You can tell they actively didn't want it to be understood. But it's there in Black and White - Medicaid is expanded and paid for by doubling the premiums on commercial plans, with the heaviest offsets coming from Red states and most Blue states carved out.