GOP foolish to think ObamaCare is fixable

The New York Post ^ | April 30, 2014 | Betsy McCaughey

[yoe]

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), the No. 4 House Republican, is walking back comments attributed to her that ObamaCare can’t be repealed. But she’s not the only one suggesting Congress merely make changes within the framework of the health law. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says the goal is to get the law “fixed.” It seems many GOP lawmakers still haven’t read the law, or they’d know the framework is corrupt.

Even Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speculated Friday that repeal is unlikely because it will be “difficult to turn the clock back.”

Nonsense. Even by the most inflated administration claims, some 8 million people have signed up for exchange plans, out of a nation of 318 million. ObamaCare is repealable, and should be replaced with a plan to cover the uninsured and reduce costs.

[snip] The law creates a huge infrastructure for enrolling millions of people not just in insurance but also for food stamps, housing assistance and other welfare programs — and registering them to vote.

[snip] Navigators and assisters: Instead of government employees promoting ObamaCare and enrolling the uninsured, the law (Sec. 1311) reserves these jobs for community activists, unions, community health centers and other not-for-profits. Players include the NAACP, Planned Parenthood and Service Employees International Union. Hiring these groups is a way to fund the Democratic Party’s shadow army between elections.

[snip]The whole scheme recalls the days of Tammany Hall, when local ward bosses got the poor and newly arrived whatever they needed, in exchange for their votes.

[yoe]

To make ObamaCare seem affordable, the law includes a bailout (Sec. 1342). It encourages insurers to price plans below cost, with the assurance that taxpayer money will make them whole for most losses at year’s end. In short, John Q. Public is paying to make a law look affordable that isn’t. Worse, in January, the Obama administration sweetened the bailout terms, though only Congress has the legal authority to do so.

OBAMA HAS ALL BY HIMSELF BY CHANGING THE LAWS WITH OUT CONGRESS, MADE OBAMACARE NULL & VOID. REPEAL THE MESS NOW....it has been from the start a corrupt scam for wealth for Obama's race and Obama's crony's. How many time does anyone have to be shown and told......

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Betsy bookmark.

[PapaNew]

Why would the GOP or anyone in their Right mind want to try to figure out the right way to do the wrong thing?

[Diogenesis]

"Trust me. The GOP is so stupid that THEY will join us
in imposing both socialized medicine, polygamy, and protecting Obama."

[LucianOfSamasota]

The ‘fix’ is simple:

single payer.

That was ALWAYS the point.

Serf’s must be disarmed and dependent.

[PubliusMM]

The only ‘fix’ for this POS is REPEAL.

We must find a way to get the gubmint back within the confines of the Constitution, as written and amended.

The CoS is the best way in view, today.

[old curmudgeon]

Don’t worry.

Congress will fix it.

Like they fixed the income tax laws.

They did a great job on that.

[9YearLurker]

Betsy’s great—and she knows her healthcare.

[indthkr]

Obamacare disaster bump for later.....