Posted on 06/30/2015 5:42:54 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Repeal?
The GOP promised that, and demonstrated they are LIARS.
Why? Because they, their staff and families are EXEMPT.
The Constitution
Why The Affordable Care Act Isn’t ‘Here To Stay’—In One Picture
Good article by someone who is well-respected on the subject.
1) Repeal - won't happen, the MSM and Obama will be all over that and the RINOs won't have the stomach to weather that storm.
2) Marketplace failures - no biggie, the feds will just take it all over, they've got a printing press and the ability to create money out of thin air.
3) Rising costs - hey, then bent down the cost curve, what are you talking about, it is saving millions of Americans thousands of dollars.
4) Enrollment challenges - millions of Americans have gotten coverage that they didn't have before. Who cares if millions more have lost theirs, they can get it back if they apply.
5) Another Lawsuit - you think John Roberts is going away anytime soon? You've got to be kidding.
“The White Houses victory at the Supreme Court last week removed a major threat to ObamaCare that could have rolled back coverage for 6.4 million people. “
As opposed to the millions who lost affordable coverage due to ObamaCare.
“If you like your Supreme Court, you can keep your Supreme Court”
Oh wait.........
It’s engineered to fail catastrophically in order to create a crisis moment where even Republican Congresscritters will be compelled to vote yea on single payer.
Thanks for the link. I hope his crystal ball is right.
“As opposed to the millions who lost affordable coverage due to ObamaCare.”
I lost my private plan when the ACA requirements came into effect. The insurance company canceled it and I ended up buying a plan with less coverage for more than double the cost and higher deductibles. Now, my new insurance carrier, Assurant, has announced it is going out of business at the end of the year. It can’t make money under the ACA. Once again I’ll have to shop for a new policy, as well as carrier.
How many people are losing insurance this year due to insurance companies dropping out of the business? How many more companies will drop out during the next 2-3 years leaving their customers hanging?
Interesting the nation is focused on the Confederate flag, Bruce Jenner, and gay marriage when there is a very real health insurance crisis impacting millions of people.
He’s been “right on” so far. You should read the article just previous which made me think pretty hard about the SCOTUS decision and what it means.
To be clear, I think what SCOTUS did, taking the clear meaning of the law regarding subsidies and twisting it the way they did is horrible and wrong. They have basically made the rule of law the rule of anything goes ... whatever the powers that be want it to be. That being said .....
IF they had ruled the subsidies were illegal, the pressure would be on the Republicans to fix it. Burwell said multiple times the administration had no fix, no plans if the SCOTUS ruling went against them. They wanted maximum “hurt” on the American people and thus, maximum leverage.
The stupid Republicans would have tried to tinker with Obamacare & win concessions from Obama (like repealing the medical device tax) in exchange for continuing subsidies.
Obama would have called their bluff and REFUSED to sign anything but a fix making state/federal subsidies one and the same. If the Republicans caved, fine ... he would have them legalize what he had done illegally and they would have added their fingerprints to Obamacare, which up until then had not a single Repub vote.
If the Repubs didn’t cave (ha!), then Obama would have had this as an issue for the rest of his term and the Dems would have had it for the election .... the cruel, hard hearted Republicans, keeping poor, hardworking people who need insurance from getting it & even worse, those who had it, would be losing it because they are too poor to pay for it. This would have been a never-ending disaster for Republicans ... who could have put the blame squarely on Democrats who wrote/voted for this monstrosity in the first place, BUT Republicans seem incapable of standing up for themselves and communicating issues like this clearly.
Since SCOTUS ruled the way they did, there still is not one Republican fingerprint/vote on Obamacare. The Dems cannot use it for campaign purposes. The bill will continue to be unpopular and will eventually fail under its own weight. As its popularity declines and the ill effects on the economy and peoples’ lives continue to add up, it will be easier politically to do something about it ... assuming we get a Repub president for starters & can get rid of the likes of Boehner, McConnell, etc. & have more David Brats (lot could be said here, but I’m cutting it short)
All this being said, while Obama is gloating and doing his little SCOTUS victory tour regarding Obamacare, I would hazard a guess that behind closed doors, he’s not as happy about the ruling as one would think. He lost out on a “crisis” that he could have used greatly to his/Dems advantage. In his narcissistic view, one reinforced by past experience, I’m sure he was absolutely confident that he could get the Republicans to cave yet again and vote the subsidies as legal. Just my 2 cents - YMMV.
To be fair, repeal is not possible with obama’s veto in the White Hut, so why tilt at windmills?
A lot of food for thought.
Thanks.
It’s been ruled on now we need to move to the next line of defense (electing conservatives!!!!!!).
I lost my private plan when the ACA requirements came into effect. The insurance company canceled it and I ended up buying a plan with less coverage for more than double the cost and higher deductibles. Now, my new insurance carrier, Assurant, has announced it is going out of business at the end of the year. It cant make money under the ACA. Once again Ill have to shop for a new policy, as well as carrier.
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Some insurance companies are doing extremely well. Especially the ones that do Medicaid HMO type plans. Their stock prices have already gone way up.
Most hospital stocks are doing well, too. Pharmaceutical stocks have been going straight up for a couple of years.
Because they promised.
There may be lingering threats, but Republicans aren’t one of them.
.... now we need to move to the next line of defense (electing conservatives!!!!!!).
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I did my part .... supported and voted for David Brat!! :-) A lot of us are STILL smiling every time we think of Cantor being gone (not that there aren’t enough like him still left). Now ... if we can only do something about Timmy “The Eyebrow” Kaine and Mark Warner. Terry McAwful just promised Hildabeast, at a fundraiser, he’d “deliver” Va’s electoral votes for her - would like to see that NOT happen as well.
We have a winner! Exactly the goal all along (along with wealth taking and redistribution).
That’s true of many of them, but I believe that the House passed several bills that repealed major parts of OCare. Of course, they never went any further in the Senate.
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