You’re right about lack of focus and motivation.
Some excuses given for being a ‘no’.
The two most popular excuses on the list: lowering premiums, and -— saving (!) Medicaid expansion (!)-— two directly conflicting platforms, since one supports the other.
I don’t know how the Congress talks a free market insurance company into slashing their prices when there’s a whole world besides us out there to sell to. Or, why Congress would even try if rates are going to be negotiated state by state. Maybe that is why there were tax credits built in? But building those in caused others to term the plan a ‘entitlement program’ - because there were tax credits! Can’t win for losing I guess.
Here we go:
Wanted Something (3): Steve Pearce - ‘need to remove essential benefits (we did)
Trent Franks - ‘do away with insurance industry regs (senate???)
Scott DesJarlis - ‘won’t curb Medicaid expansion before 2018 (lame)
Never for it (5): Justin NeverTrump Amash, Thomas Garrett, Leonard Lance, Ken Buck, Thomas Masse
No firm support (5): Rob Whitman, Ted Yoho, Brian Fitzpatrick, Jamie Herrera Buetler, Scott Perry
Not a “Repeal Only” (4): Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs, Mark Sanford, Rick Crawford
“Too Fast” (3): Walter Jones, David Joyce, David Young
“Lower/control Premiums” (9): Ron DeSantes, David Joyce, Loui Gohmert, Ted Budd, Rod Blum, Andy Harris, Raul Labrador, Glenn Thompson, Charlie Dent
“Our Medic-aid people!” (7): Daniel ‘Medicaid beds in Florida’ Webster, Rodney Frelinhuysen, Chris Smith, John Katko, Peter ‘people will fall thru the cracks’ King, Daniel ‘grave concerns for hospitals’ Donovan, Ileana ‘millions uninsured!’ Ros-Lehtinen
Misc reasons (4):
Paul ‘we legislate, not the President’ Gozar (well, nanner nanner to you, too, Paul)
Mark ‘I’ll stand with the People’ Meadows
Jody ‘it’s an entitlement program’ Hice
Frank ‘not better than Zerocare’ LoBiondo
reference used (no active link because it’s McClatchy): mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article139774048.html
I’ve been saying this and keep getting shot down but if Healthcare is tackled again it won’t be anywhere near as conservative as this. Trump will work with he Democrats which means their ideas and wants will be in the bill. It will be a bill that won’t be labeled Trumpcare because it will have both parties in it and no one will “own” it (which was a major part of the no votes. No one actually wants their names on anything). FC will be against the eventual solution as well but his time it won’t have any of their wishes. Short sighted!