The “bill” was just a glorified committee vote. There was zero chance it was coming back from the Senate looking anything like it went over there. I heard McConnell had basically a whole new bill to replace it as an amendment, which I’d like to have at least seen.
Fact is, our reconciliation options for dismantling Obamacare are extremely limited with 51 votes. People who want our ideal plan are kidding themselves if they think Schumer is going to waive it on through.
I understand that. I'm not even asking for an "ideal plan." I'm looking for something that does more than change 20% of Obamacare at best.
My own Congressman announced that he was going to vote against the plan -- and he's at the opposite end of the political spectrum from the Freedom Caucus. He was opposed to it because only 16% of his constituents supported it.
Who in their right mind would ever criticize ANY member of Congress from EITHER political party for voting against a bill that had such piss-poor public support?
What difference does it make you what Schemer does? Get their votes on record and deal with the blowback. What was presented was garbage that left the theft by big donors and lobbyists in place, and made Obamacare bipartisan, NOTHING else.
Bingo— in order to totally dismantle obamaumaocare— go with the nuclear option of 51% in the Senate. Get it done. The House submission has... across state lines insurance sales (100’s of companies will get into that to escape the byzantine state insurance commissioner’s power blocs), no coverage for illegals—deportation, strip out PP by Price and the rest of what Price can do, eliminate entire offices websites and employee base of the ACA staffing (stop selling it), bloc grant the medicaid to states, and do all this with a timeline that gives people time to make the switch and physicians/hospitals to re-do their business plans and get off the federal teat (toughest thing of all this one).