House Republicans, short of votes, withdraw health care bill

AP ^ | March 24th, 2017 | Unattributed

[Mariner]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans, short of votes, withdraw health care bill.

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[Scott from the Left Coast]

Obamacare is here permanently...until the Democrats replace it with single payer government run healthcare, under a new fully socialist government.

[Jane Long]

Give it up!!

Trump - and Americans - did nothing but WIN, today!!

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs with Keystone and Charter Communications....and....0CommieCare will continue, for now, with the DEMS owning 100% of it!!

Next? Tax reform.

After that? The Republican Congress will hammer out a Repeal bill that works for Trump’s base/Americans.

[VanDeKoik]

“And a market wouldn’t emerge to service these people?”

No. Business exist to make money. That is why it never existed before. Few people could ever afford what it would cost.

People on our side have a bizarre idea that the market is some magical wish-filling machine like the left sees the state as.

[Shady]

And the Tort Lawyers still want their “golden goose!”

[StAnDeliver]

Wow, after reading entire thread and not one FReeper understands ... This is no harm/no foul ... Turtle is happy bc he can ignore it and focus on making his Senate +5 pickup +8 ... Trump is happy bc Ryan is weakened and he can pick at Bobocare piece by piece, even if it wasn't what Trump wanted, he's Mr. Alpha so it's #winning 24/7 anyway, particularly when it comes to his next-up tax reform - which the Freedom Caucus likes ... Bobocare may end up frying eventually in another try at a "Grand Bargain" v2.0, which may have been the best way to flush it down the toilet all along ...

[WENDLE]

We don’t want socialized subsidized health insurance!!Buy your own damned insurance or go to the ER. Work hard and buy what ever you want. We have MEDICAID FOR THE POOR!! We have medicare for the old— This was communism for the middle class and the freedom Caucus are national heroes . Praise Jesus!!

[Fhios]

I think it was bad to pull the bill. I thought Trump was sterner than that. His first confrontation was a disorderly retreat.

Let the bill faill, then move on. It proves Trump is very serious. How many Presidents have you ever seen fight as hard and as serious as Trump?

After the bill failed, just starve Obamacare and Executive order it to death just like Obama Executive ordered it to life.

[Williams]

Ryan is an absolute arrogant fool.

[FreeReign]

I think this bill is going to get pulled under pressure from Trump. That leaves,Ryan with well deserved egg on his face for not bringing the conservatives in the loop to begin with.

Ryan just said that it was he who pulled it. He didn't mention that Trump asked for it to be pulled.

Ryan is lying.

[tennmountainman]

I’m all for Ryan imploding.

Instead of collapsing, fixes, which mean funding, will be implemented.
RAT’s in the House will support fixes, as Schumer has already said.

And Trump will not allow Obamacare collapse.

[meyer]

What happened to that original repeal and replace bill?

[StAnDeliver]

At least Jane gets it ... :-}

[DoodleDawg]

This is a disaster for Paul Ryan, not for President Trump. It weakens the Speaker, hopefully to the point where he is replaced.

The President put his full, enthusiastic support behind Ryan and this terrible bill. He shares in this disaster because of that.

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[VanDeKoik]

Ok, while the platitude is wonderful....what the hell did you do with all of the people that were forced onto it?

Please just dont tell me “ the market” because there will need to be a process for all of those people to get off of this system, without providing a massive incentive to insurance companies (the few that are left) to jack the premium prices to the moon!

Now do you guys have something past the sloganeering because this is a huge process and not as simple as posting on FR.

[DoughtyOne]

Please think about what you are saying. PLEASE!

If this steaming pile of stuff couldn’t get the required votes, what makes you think something worse will?

That doesn’t make a lick of sense.

[HARRY TUTTLE]

You would have been great on Omaha Beach.

[FreeReign]

We don’t want socialized subsidized health insurance!!Buy your own damned insurance or go to the ER. Work hard and buy what ever you want. We have MEDICAID FOR THE POOR!! We have medicare for the old— This was communism for the middle class and the freedom Caucus are national heroes . Praise Jesus!!

Amen!!

[StAnDeliver]

"Ryan just said that it was he who pulled it. He didn't mention that Trump asked for it to be pulled."

Why is it always the astute observations are always end-of-thread where no one sees them? Thinking of changing handle to "StThreadKiller"...