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House to vote Thursday on healthcare as Trump presses Republican ranks
Reuters ^ | May 3, 2017 | Steve Holland and Yasmeen Abutaleb

Posted on 05/03/2017 4:42:31 PM PDT by Lonely Bull

In a possible breakthrough for U.S. Republicans' effort to roll back Obamacare, the House of Representatives plans to hold a vote Thursday on compromise legislation, potentially ending a logjam that has delayed advancing President Donald Trump's campaign promise to repeal the law.

The decision to hold a vote comes after key moderate lawmakers met with Trump on Wednesday and said a revised bill might win approval as conservatives voiced no objections.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Republican leadership is confident there is enough support for the bill to pass.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ahca; congress; donaldtrump; gop; healthcare; house; obamacare; republican; republicans; trump; vote
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1 posted on 05/03/2017 4:42:31 PM PDT by Lonely Bull
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To: Lonely Bull

It’s all crap.


2 posted on 05/03/2017 4:44:45 PM PDT by cp124 (The media and the left do not want America to be great.)
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To: Lonely Bull

The art of the deal includes a full court press.


3 posted on 05/03/2017 4:45:14 PM PDT by BigEdLB (To Dimwitocrats: We won. You lost. Get used to it.)
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To: Lonely Bull

Does anyone know if they took out the provision that makes it almost impossible to be insured after you’ve been uninsured after 63 days?


4 posted on 05/03/2017 4:45:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: cp124

It is, but it may be the best we can get out of the Congressional cucks.

If there was support for a full repeal, it would have passed by now. But there’s not.

Not yet at least.

We need a second party.


5 posted on 05/03/2017 4:46:50 PM PDT by Luircin
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To: Lonely Bull

I haven’t read this bill but how is this one different from the previous one that didnt pass?


6 posted on 05/03/2017 4:57:20 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Luircin
As long as not a single Democrat votes for it, I'm on board

You can never get everything you want, but this can only be an improvement over Obamacare, gut-wrenching to Democrats, and subject to future modification.

By normal people, you would hope.

7 posted on 05/03/2017 5:05:25 PM PDT by daler
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To: Lonely Bull

they either repeal Ocare or we will never contribute a dime to any of them again

we are tired of being deceived (Obama/Pelosi lies) and bullsheeted (RINOs refusing to repeal Ocare now)

its all dishonest, from top to bottom.


8 posted on 05/03/2017 5:09:30 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: daler

You can never get everything you want, but this can only be an improvement over Obamacare, gut-wrenching to Democrats, and subject to future modification.

By normal people, you would hope.

***

Fingers crossed and hands folded.


9 posted on 05/03/2017 5:15:01 PM PDT by Luircin
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To: Lonely Bull

If it is another crap sandwich, hope it fails.


10 posted on 05/03/2017 5:27:29 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: SecAmndmt

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All “healthcare” is a crap sandwich.

If you want health you have to do it yourself.
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11 posted on 05/03/2017 5:33:49 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: daler

Well if they don’t need a single democrat to vote for it then why not pass something good......like a full repeal first? Because they want to keep Obamacare and screw around with it.


12 posted on 05/03/2017 5:41:01 PM PDT by sheana
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To: Lonely Bull

I read the source article and they describe the last bill as this one.


13 posted on 05/03/2017 6:04:19 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Trump "Mexico will pay for the Wall! Mark my words")
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To: Lonely Bull

I’ll lay you 20 to 1 it won’t happen again .


14 posted on 05/03/2017 6:10:31 PM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: ISIS is Islam without the lipstick :-()
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To: editor-surveyor

I agree with you, in general.

All that most of us need is catastrophic coverage, for major things like life saving surgery following a car accident.


15 posted on 05/03/2017 6:30:10 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: SecAmndmt

If people are paying out of their own pockets for each health incident, the prices will come down fast.

Get rid of those regulations around health providers. No more earning 250k to write prescriptions. A freemarket health Care means everybody is responsible individually. Patients and providers. No more bullshit charges and no more subsidizing somebody else’s bad life decisions.


16 posted on 05/03/2017 6:57:40 PM PDT by sagar
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Well, we are looking at a hip replacement and I’m pretty impressed, shocked even, at how little it looks like it will cost. The surgeons have their own ortho “hospital” that cuts costs in half, and the insurance appears to be fair (Anthem Blue Cross). So far, I’m happy with what I’m looking at.


17 posted on 05/03/2017 7:00:46 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: cp124
It’s all crap.

The Freedom Caucus members seem happy. So, what are you griping about?

18 posted on 05/03/2017 8:03:41 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: faithhopecharity
they either repeal Ocare or we will never contribute a dime to any of them again

Let's throw another hissy fit and let Dems back in charge and then will end up with single payer.

19 posted on 05/03/2017 8:05:28 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: SecAmndmt
If it is another crap sandwich, hope it fails.

So, now, you think the Freedom Caucus, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz have all sold out, too?

20 posted on 05/03/2017 8:06:16 PM PDT by Kazan
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