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Home Front: Politix
GOP Draft Obamacare Replacement
2017-02-26
[CBSNEWS] Still, it provides some new details of Republican thinking and reaffirms others, such as blocking federal payments to Planned Parenthood for a year.
Your Troo Conservative Inc. paladins at work, ladies and gentlemen. And since this a draft, they may very well ditch even this provision.

Nevertheless, keep giving them your money, time and votes becuz hurdurrr, Trump's not a Troo Conservative!
President Trump can only do so much to roll back Obamacare with his phone and his pen. There will have to be a bill or a series of bills from Congress for him to sign. Given that politics is the art of the possible, it is guaranteed that none of them will be perfect -- but it is likely all will be better than Obamacare. More details about this starting point for negotiations at the link.
One devious thing Trump could do with an EO -- cancel Obama's EO that gave unions an exemption from the mandate clause. Heh...
Posted by:charger

#3  One devious thing Trump could do with an EO -- cancel Obama's EO that gave unions an exemption from the mandate clause. Heh...

Not to mention the one given to the Congressional staffers. He should remind them of that.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-02-26 11:16  

#2  If one grants that this a starting point for dealmaking, then wouldn't one want to ask for as much as possible for openers, rather than the minimum?

If this is the GOP's opening gambit, then they're even dumber than I thought.

Which takes some doing.
Posted by: charger   2017-02-26 10:49  

#1  Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. He said it would “put insurance companies back in charge” while boosting health care costs for millions and kicking millions of others off their plans.
“Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif sais "The Republican bill raises families’ costs, weakens coverage and pushes millions of Americans off of health coverage of any kind”

They are confused, that was the old plan. They should have read it.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-02-26 08:33  

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