The unthinkable has happened and Republicans have opened the debate for RepubliCare on the Senate floor The Fuhrer and Bought Bitch Mitch are just licking their chops at the prospect of of murdering the poor to provide welfare for billionaires. Here’s their next step.
The Senate’s marathon debate to dismantle Obamacare enters Day Two on Wednesday, as Republican senators continue painstaking deliberations to reach an ultimate agreement on health care reform.
The first order of business Wednesday afternoon: senators will consider as an amendment an Obamacare repeal bill — without an immediate replacement — that Congress passed in 2015 and was vetoed by former President Barack Obama.
That proposal would significantly gut the Affordable Care Act by repealing its unpopular individual and employer mandates, ending Medicaid expansion and rolling back a slew of the law’s taxes. The repeal would not go into effect for two years — a "transition period" during which Republicans would draft a replacement plan.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the proposal would result 32 million more uninsured over the next decade. Three-quarters of the nation would live in areas with no insurers participating in the individual market by 2026, CBO said, leaving many without an option if they do not have employer-provided or government health insurance, such as Medicare or Medicaid…
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Here’s Elizabeth Warren with Rachel Maddow.
RESIST!!
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The repeal would not go into effect for two years — a “transition period” during which Republicans would
draft a replacement planprepare their propagenda to blame the repeal on Democrats. Fixed that for CNN.After the bill came to the floor yesterday, they voted on – something – and it lost, 47-53. That is a VERY narrow margin. I think she’s right, it needs to be a push from the whole country. Those who have one or two Republican Senators have a clear path. Those with teo Democratic Senators need to adopt a state. Probably not Kentucky – unless they target Rand Paul – that probably would just be spinning wheels. McConnell won’t even talk to the March of Dimes, who saved HIS putrid life when he was two.
Making our voices heard, and be loud against this, this effects me, you, and families! FIGHT!! ANDRESIST, RESIST, RESIST!!
“The repeal would not go into effect for two years — a “transition period” during which Republicans would draft a replacement plan.” No! the repeal will not go into effect for two years…so the GOPigs would not look like the butchers they are, in the 2018 election, period! The idiot sheeple will have not noticed a change and will forget the damned thing happened!
Americans have such a short memory!
Bingo!
Latest update from CNN:
Everyone is talking about 50 votes now, whatever happened to the 60 needed according to the Parliamentarian? And according to our news media 60 votes are needed when the CBO hasn’t had a look at it yet. As far as I understand NOBODY has had a look at the final Repeal-Replace bill – goodness knows what they’re debating about – so what is this all about? Has the Republican majority done away with these provisions when nobody was looking?
Anyway:
Reconciliation rules, Lona.
How many times have Republicans already voted to repeal Obamacare? . . . 53 times prior to 2017. And each time the repeal was defeated. During the 2016 campaign, Drumpf campaigned on a better healthcare plan, much better than Obamacare. In 2017 Republicans could have been working on a replacement but they had done nothing until very recently. Fortunately, amongst themselves, Republicans cannot even agree so now the repeal and replace has been reduced to repeal only with an IOU for replace. That IOU is worthless! Republicans will never get a replacement done because under it all, they don’t want one. It would cut into welfare payments for corporations and the wealthy.
IMO, Warren is correct to call on citizens to protest, to make a VERY LOUD noise about protecting healthcare. Wasn’t she passionate about this, and rightfully so!
Thanks all. See today’s Open Thread for the latest.