The final bill the republicans passed did NOT make any “changes” to Obamacare. It fully funded Obamacare, and the rest of the government.
It also tried to provide tax relief to people who couldn’t get health insurance (that is the practical result of “delaying the personal mandate”). Government is shut down because Democrats refused to provide tax relief to employees who were denied health care from their business by Obama’s illegal changing of the rules for the employer mandate.
Reid was in such a rush with his “power” that he got played, like the person who grabs the queen not realizing it is a gambit.
Now, the question is, do the republicans know what they have done, and can they do the messaging tomorrow.
Every republican tomorrow morning should be out asking why the democrats shut down government over tax relief.
I agree, the question is why the Dems wouldn’t fund the government after the House fulfilled its Constitutional duty.
But the delay of the individual mandate would merely save the uninsured a $95 fee in exchange for being able to jump into the system if they ever did get sick, and those whose employers stop offering insurance could still get it on an exchange.