May I ask how do we repeal Obamacare completely?
Only tax/spend issues can be dealt with through Reconcilation. Full repeal can not be done through Reconcilation. It must be done through a separate bill which the Dems will filibuster in the Senate.
To those who want full repeal, how is that accomplished?
I supported Ryan’s bill because Medicaid was being turned into a block grant to the states. A block grant is the best way to get Medicaid spending under control. No more autopilot spending, but an appropriation that Congress has to vote on each year.
That is a good question. My answer: Put nothing new in the repeal, so there is no appearance of a double-cross. Just repeal the tax and spending aspects of Obamacare through reconciliation, which gets it through the Senate without a filibuster. Make sure there are differences between the House and Senate bills as approved (if I understand reconciliation correctly, they can still go to a conference committee to fix discrepancies). Then use the conference committee, where the House and Senate iron out disagreements, to change the bill to a full repeal.
I'm okay with keeping very small, popular points from Obamacare, such as kids staying on parental insurance to age 26. I'm okay with block granting Medicaid spending in the conference committee. I'm okay with other limited changes. But I want the repeal to be as clean as possible and new changes to be passed independently rather than as a grand bargain.