LA Times: Obamacare repeal falls off Republicans' to-do list as law takes hold

[Statistikhengst]

Obamacare repeal falls off Republicans apos to-do list as law takes hold - LA Times

After five years and more than 50 votes in Congress, the Republican campaign to repeal the Affordable Care Act is essentially over.

GOP congressional leaders, unable to roll back the law while President Obama remains in office and unwilling to again threaten a government shutdown to pressure him, are focused on other issues, including trade and tax reform.

Less noted, senior Republican lawmakers have quietly incorporated many of the law's key protections into their own proposals, including guaranteeing coverage and providing government assistance to help consumers purchase insurance.

And although the law remains very unpopular with GOP voters, more than 20 million Americans now depend on it for health benefits, making even some of the most conservative Republicans loath to cut off coverage.

Facing the prospect that the Supreme Court this year could strip away insurance subsidies provided through the law in most states, several GOP lawmakers have proposed extending the aid, perhaps even until a new president takes office.

At the same time, the presumed Republican presidential front-runner, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has shown little enthusiasm for a new healthcare fight. Last year, he even criticized the repeal effort.

Republicans who still demand a repeal, including Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, appear to be long shots for the presidential nomination.

"Only 18% of Americans want to go back to the system we had before because they do not want to go back to some of the problems we had," Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster who works for presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, said at a recent breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.

"Smart Republicans in this area get that," he added.

FYI

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"After five years and more than 50 votes in Congress, the Republican campaign to repeal the Affordable Care Act is essentially over."

After 5 wasted years and 50 pointless votes, the GOP is good only at wasting time and taking pointless votes.

 

[Dot Com]

Obamacare repeal falls off Republicans apos to-do list as law takes hold - LA Times

After five years and more than 50 votes in Congress, the Republican campaign to repeal the Affordable Care Act is essentially over.

GOP congressional leaders, unable to roll back the law while President Obama remains in office and unwilling to again threaten a government shutdown to pressure him, are focused on other issues, including trade and tax reform.

Less noted, senior Republican lawmakers have quietly incorporated many of the law's key protections into their own proposals, including guaranteeing coverage and providing government assistance to help consumers purchase insurance.

And although the law remains very unpopular with GOP voters, more than 20 million Americans now depend on it for health benefits, making even some of the most conservative Republicans loath to cut off coverage.

Facing the prospect that the Supreme Court this year could strip away insurance subsidies provided through the law in most states, several GOP lawmakers have proposed extending the aid, perhaps even until a new president takes office.

At the same time, the presumed Republican presidential front-runner, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has shown little enthusiasm for a new healthcare fight. Last year, he even criticized the repeal effort.

Republicans who still demand a repeal, including Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, appear to be long shots for the presidential nomination.

"Only 18% of Americans want to go back to the system we had before because they do not want to go back to some of the problems we had," Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster who works for presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, said at a recent breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.

"Smart Republicans in this area get that," he added.

FYI

quelle surprise. The Repubs were trying to repeal the law that their primary think tank crafted and finally gave up lol

 

[Lakhota]

After five years and more than 50 votes in Congress, the Republican campaign to repeal the Affordable Care Act is essentially over.

GOP congressional leaders, unable to roll back the law while President Obama remains in office and unwilling to again threaten a government shutdown to pressure him, are focused on other issues, including trade and tax reform.

Less noted, senior Republican lawmakers have quietly incorporated many of the law's key protections into their own proposals, including guaranteeing coverage and providing government assistance to help consumers purchase insurance.

And although the law remains very unpopular with GOP voters, more than 20 million Americans now depend on it for health benefits, making even some of the most conservative Republicans loath to cut off coverage.

Facing the prospect that the Supreme Court this year could strip away insurance subsidies provided through the law in most states, several GOP lawmakers have proposed extending the aid, perhaps even until a new president takes office.

At the same time, the presumed Republican presidential front-runner, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has shown little enthusiasm for a new healthcare fight. Last year, he even criticized the repeal effort.

Republicans who still demand a repeal, including Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, appear to be long shots for the presidential nomination.

"Only 18% of Americans want to go back to the system we had before because they do not want to go back to some of the problems we had," Whit Ayres, a veteran Republican pollster who works for presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, said at a recent breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.

"Smart Republicans in this area get that," he added.

These developments have sapped enthusiasm among Republican leaders for "pulling out Obamacare root and branch," as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) once put it.

More: Obamacare repeal falls off Republicans' to-do list as law takes hold - LA Times

Obamacare, in some form, is here to stay - but it needs to be improved.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Has any other bill in history been passed as many times as this one?

Millions wasted because the R doesn't want Americans to have affordable health care.

How many times did the R vote to pass bills that would create jobs? Help vets? Repair and maintain infrastructure? Improve the economy? Help Americans stay in their homes? Pay equality? Livable wage? ANYTHING???

 

[ScienceRocks]

Good news! How about focusing on infrastructure, science, r&d and education?

 

[Stephanie]

WELL WHOOPIE after TRILLIONS of dollars, grew this government by gawd knows how many people all for 8 million people OUT OF 360 MILLION and all 8 million of them are being subsidized off YOURs and your family's backs

everyone lets just dance in the frikken streets

what a disgusting fascist Obama piece of crap

you government worshippers make me ill

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"LA Times: Obamacare repeal falls off Republicans' to-do list as law takes hold"

Only one item on their 'to-do' list and they couldn't even do that...

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Has any other bill in history been passed as many times as this one?

Millions wasted because the R doesn't want Americans to have affordable health care.

How many times did the R vote to pass bills that would create jobs? Help vets? Repair and maintain infrastructure? Improve the economy? Help Americans stay in their homes? Pay equality? Livable wage? ANYTHING???

And because of unwarranted hatred for the president.

Indeed, the ACA was a republican plan, hated by the right solely because a democrat occupied the WH.

 

[EriktheRed]

This is definitely worth a Nelson...

 

[NYcarbineer]

WELL WHOOPIE after TRILLIONS of dollars, grew this government by gawd knows how many people all for 8 million people OUT OF 360 MILLION and all 8 million of them are being subsidized off YOURs and your family's backs

everyone lets just dance in the frikken streets

what a disgusting fascist Obama piece of crap

you government worshippers make me ill

Note that Stephanie did not include HER back in the subsidizing.

I think we can safely assume why that was.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Has any other bill in history been passed as many times as this one?

Millions wasted because the R doesn't want Americans to have affordable health care.

How many times did the R vote to pass bills that would create jobs? Help vets? Repair and maintain infrastructure? Improve the economy? Help Americans stay in their homes? Pay equality? Livable wage? ANYTHING???

And because of unwarranted hatred for the president.

Indeed, the ACA was a republican plan, hated by the right solely because a democrat occupied the WH.

Regarding the GOP's 'repeal and replace' line, did you happen to see their proposed replacement, from February?

http://energycommerce.house.gov/sit...ov/files/114/20150205-PCARE-Act-Two-Pager.pdf

Read through the highlighted points. Notice anything familiar? lol

 

[Moonglow]

WELL WHOOPIE after TRILLIONS of dollars, grew this government by gawd knows how many people all for 8 million people OUT OF 360 MILLION and all 8 million of them are being subsidized off YOURs and your family's backs

everyone lets just dance in the frikken streets

what a disgusting fascist Obama piece of crap

you government worshippers make me ill

How could anyone wake up to that every day?

 

[NYcarbineer]

WELL WHOOPIE after TRILLIONS of dollars, grew this government by gawd knows how many people all for 8 million people OUT OF 360 MILLION and all 8 million of them are being subsidized off YOURs and your family's backs

everyone lets just dance in the frikken streets

what a disgusting fascist Obama piece of crap

you government worshippers make me ill

How could anyone wake up to that every day?

Well some guys will do anything for one thing.

 

[Moonglow]

WELL WHOOPIE after TRILLIONS of dollars, grew this government by gawd knows how many people all for 8 million people OUT OF 360 MILLION and all 8 million of them are being subsidized off YOURs and your family's backs

everyone lets just dance in the frikken streets

what a disgusting fascist Obama piece of crap

you government worshippers make me ill

How could anyone wake up to that every day?

Well some guys will do anything for one thing.

Dinner?

 

[BlueGin]

Doesn't really matter. In 2017 whoever is in power gets a do over... Where funding can be given to the states to reform their own healthcare systems or improve upon what they have.

 

[Nutz]

WELL WHOOPIE after TRILLIONS of dollars, grew this government by gawd knows how many people all for 8 million people OUT OF 360 MILLION and all 8 million of them are being subsidized off YOURs and your family's backs

everyone lets just dance in the frikken streets

what a disgusting fascist Obama piece of crap

you government worshippers make me ill

How could anyone wake up to that every day?

Someone who has yet to find happiness.

 

[Greenbeard]

Doesn't really matter. In 2017 whoever is in power gets a do over... Where funding can be given to the states to reform their own healthcare systems or improve upon what they have.

States are already getting funding under the ACA to reform their health care systems.

State Innovation Models Initiative

 

[BlueGin]

Doesn't really matter. In 2017 whoever is in power gets a do over... Where funding can be given to the states to reform their own healthcare systems or improve upon what they have.

States are already getting funding under the ACA to reform their health care systems.

State Innovation Models Initiative

I'm talking about changes such as ...doing away with federal penalties for the non insured. Not making it mandatory to be insured if a person has a viable alternative etc...

 

[BlueGin]

Doing away with the healthcare exchanges...so on and so forth...