• Plan C on Obamacare "Repeal now, replace later" Collapses
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[url]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/us/politics/republicans-obamacare-repeal-now-replace-later.html[/url] [QUOTE] With their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in tatters, Senate leaders on Tuesday pushed to vote on a different measure that would repeal major parts of President Barack Obama’s health law without a replacement — but that plan appeared also to collapse. Senators Susan Collins of Maine, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, all Republicans, immediately declared they could not vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement — enough to doom the effort before it could get any momentum. “I did not come to Washington to hurt people,” Ms. Capito said in a statement. “I cannot vote to repeal Obamacare without a replacement plan that addresses my concerns and the needs of West Virginians.” Senator Rob Portman of Ohio hinted strongly that he too would oppose it.[/QUOTE]
This is becoming nearly comical.
[QUOTE=chunkymonkey;52483058]This is comical.[/QUOTE] FTFY
Absolutely incredible.
Wow, they really can't do anything about this, can they? [Editline]WFB[/editline] Here I figured this would be the sort of option these Republicans could rally around. This is a great disappointment.
The fact that this even became an option is absolutely pathetic. 7 goddamn years and all the Republicans were capable of was failure in every flavor available.
Talkin the talk, thank fuck they don't walk the walk.
Republican'ts
To think you pretty much have control over the country, and you still can't do what you have been talking about doing for soooo many years :v:
[QUOTE=Chonch;52483125]Wow, they really can't do anything about this, can they? [Editline]WFB[/editline] Here I figured this would be the sort of option these Republicans could rally around. This is a great disappointment.[/QUOTE] Why would it be preferable to throw it out with no replacement ready? Millions of people would be without healthcare.
[QUOTE=Chonch;52483125]Wow, they really can't do anything about this, can they? [Editline]WFB[/Editline] Here I figured this would be the sort of option these Republicans could rally around. This is a great disappointment.[/QUOTE] Failing to completely dismantle the current healthcare system, leaving the US with a maximum of 2 years of an absolutely draconian system that drives people into poverty or death because of pre-existing conditions [B][I]IS A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT?[/I][/B] Either you've given up on trying to be subtle with trolling or you were dropped on your head when you were a child. I can't really think of another explanation.
[QUOTE=Chonch;52483125] Here I figured this would be the sort of option these Republicans could rally around. This is a great disappointment.[/QUOTE] [Quote=A Literal Goddamn Republican Senator]“I did not come to Washington to hurt people,” Ms. Capito said in a statement. “I cannot vote to repeal Obamacare without a replacement plan that addresses my concerns and the needs of West Virginians.”[/quote] Or maybe they realize "Hey, getting rid of the Affordable Health Care act and replacing it with [B]literally nothing[/B]" isn't a great idea?
Thank god.
It's almost as if replacing it would be a bad idea.
plan D as in, trump now wants to cut the quarterly insurance supplements which would immedietly remove 6-7 billion dollars from the insurance market to bring it all to a collapse
Plan D is Trump starts smearing shit on the walls of the White House until they come up with something.
Plan D is keep it and just start calling it Trumpcare
donald dump
You know, I do not hate honest Republicans. I do not hate any Republican who stand for their constituents by blocking Plan C. In fact, I'm grateful for them since Plan C is such an all-round bad deal. We can't knock them for doing the right thing. The rest can go to hell.
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i know it's fun to mock the GOP's failures but at least this means that some republicans still have a sliver of humanity left in them
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUuaOzM5ltk[/media] Bender is the republicans Running away is repealing Obamacare
What the hell was their plan for the past years they've been trying to get rid of it? What if the democrats said "you know what, you're right, we need to repeal this" what would they have done? I'd say they were fighting it just to fight it, not because they thought they could do better, and water is wet.
[QUOTE=Dr.C;52483603]What the hell was their plan for the past years they've been trying to get rid of it? What if the democrats said "you know what, you're right, we need to repeal this" what would they have done? I'd say they were fighting it just to fight it, not because they thought they could do better, and water is wet.[/QUOTE] Being an opposition only party works when you're the opposition. But they were so vile that they ended up turning their party inside out and now all that's left are people who legitimately believed all the horseshit they said and who aren't just trying to appease their corporate dungeon masters (see: Trump)
oh well, onwards to plan D!
[QUOTE=Untouch;52483612]oh well, onwards to plan D![/QUOTE] Repeal Obamacare and go even more left with it [editline]18th July 2017[/editline] they'll never see it coming
[QUOTE=Chonch;52483125]Wow, they really can't do anything about this, can they? [Editline]WFB[/editline] Here I figured this would be the sort of option these Republicans could rally around. This is a great disappointment.[/QUOTE] I genuinely cannot fathom why you put your faith in ANY of these goobers in the first place. In my meagre 24 years of existing on this Earth, the Republican party has done fucking nothing of worth for your country (or the world at large really). Their actions have largely been; destabilising an entire fucking continent for oil, rolling back any and all economic protections for lower income families and companies, basically assisted in causing a major economic collapse on top of that, going [B]hard[/B] on invasions of privacy (continued by the Democrats sure, but I don't see the Republicans making attempts to "small" that bit of government), ignoring science, and just generally being shitty people. It's time to wake up Republican voting Americans, what was supposed to be the land of prosperity is rapidly sinking because of these morons. I'm sure Somalia will enjoy a new neighbour on the "places probably not good to live" list if this trajectory keeps up.
[QUOTE=proboardslol;52483615]Repeal Obamacare and go even more left with it [editline]18th July 2017[/editline] they'll never see it coming[/QUOTE] Single payer?
[QUOTE=Jund;52483429]i know it's fun to mock the GOP's failures but at least this means that some republicans still have a sliver of humanity left in them[/QUOTE] Actually the two most recent senators defected because it wasn't extreme enough. That's the real reason the GOP can't get its shit together - it's split down the middle between the moderates who think the replacement bill goes too far and the hardliners who think it needs to go farther.
[QUOTE=Chonch;52483125]Wow, they really can't do anything about this, can they? [Editline]WFB[/editline] Here I figured this would be the sort of option these Republicans could rally around. This is a great disappointment.[/QUOTE] Agreed. People having access to health coverage they otherwise wouldn't be able to afford is greatly disappointing. I too wish the Republicans could rally together and agree on the best way to ensure thousands of Americans die.
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