[slowhandluke]

" A reconciliation bill cannot add substantively to the existing law. It can only modify the financial structures and retain the same 10-year budgetary impact. If you want substantive adds or removals of the law, beyond the financial structure, it is no longer a reconciliation bill. "

Remind me, did not the Democrats do exactly that, take one bill, gut it and replace it with ObamaCare and then pass it via reconciliation?

What worked for them, should work for us. Repeal the damn thing in its entirety.

[McGavin999]

Additionally, despite claims to the contrary, the GOP has never passed an >>Obamacare “repeal bill”. Ever. What they did previously pass was a “defund bill” using the lower vote reconciliation process. President Obama vetoed it. A defunding bill was possible because of the financial pathway which falls under reconciliation rules.

Yes, the GOP could defund it 100% again, but then what?… It still exists as a program, and Trump would have to fund the existing (non repealed law) from somewhere. So you’re back to the 60 votes for a replacement again or eliminate the filibuster and go with the 51-vote threshold for all future legislation.<<

We haven’t got the votes.