Finally -- something that actually makes sense.
Instead of prochoice Democrats punishing law abiding working people with tax fines and mandates depriving us of free choice (but complaining when rightwing prolife threaten to abuse govt to do that). I never could figure that out, how any of that is defending the principle of free choice.
Luckily, if Republicans in Congress can figure it out, people and states can choose and quit fighting to abuse govt to dictate.
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The Republican Health Plan That Doesn't Repeal Obamacare
As the party struggles to agree on a replacement, a group of GOP senators unveil a bill that would give states the option to keep it.
Senators Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Susan Collins of Maine unveil a Republican alternative to Obamacare.J. Scott Applewhite / AP
The vast majority of Republicans in Congress haven’t budged from their longstanding vow to completely repeal the Affordable Care Act. But as the party struggles to write a replacement, a few GOP lawmakers are declaring their support for keeping the law on the books in some form indefinitely.
A group of senators on Monday unveiled legislation that would give states the option of preserving Obamacare, securing federal support for a more conservative health-insurance system, or opting out of any assistance from Washington. Offered as a middle ground in the partisan health-care fight, the proposal breaks with years of Republican orthodoxy on the 2010 law, which party leaders have pledged to rip out “root and branch.”
“Republicans think that if you like your insurance, you can keep it. And we mean it,” said Senator Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican and the lead author of legislation he has titled the Patient Freedom Act of 2017. “We give states the choice,” he said at a Capitol press conference. “So California and New York, you have Obamacare, you can keep it. I disagree with it, but Republicans think power is best held at the state level, not by Washington, D.C., so it’s not for us to dictate.”
Instead of prochoice Democrats punishing law abiding working people with tax fines and mandates depriving us of free choice (but complaining when rightwing prolife threaten to abuse govt to do that). I never could figure that out, how any of that is defending the principle of free choice.
Luckily, if Republicans in Congress can figure it out, people and states can choose and quit fighting to abuse govt to dictate.
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The Republican Health Plan That Doesn't Repeal Obamacare
As the party struggles to agree on a replacement, a group of GOP senators unveil a bill that would give states the option to keep it.
Senators Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Susan Collins of Maine unveil a Republican alternative to Obamacare.J. Scott Applewhite / AP
The vast majority of Republicans in Congress haven’t budged from their longstanding vow to completely repeal the Affordable Care Act. But as the party struggles to write a replacement, a few GOP lawmakers are declaring their support for keeping the law on the books in some form indefinitely.
A group of senators on Monday unveiled legislation that would give states the option of preserving Obamacare, securing federal support for a more conservative health-insurance system, or opting out of any assistance from Washington. Offered as a middle ground in the partisan health-care fight, the proposal breaks with years of Republican orthodoxy on the 2010 law, which party leaders have pledged to rip out “root and branch.”
“Republicans think that if you like your insurance, you can keep it. And we mean it,” said Senator Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican and the lead author of legislation he has titled the Patient Freedom Act of 2017. “We give states the choice,” he said at a Capitol press conference. “So California and New York, you have Obamacare, you can keep it. I disagree with it, but Republicans think power is best held at the state level, not by Washington, D.C., so it’s not for us to dictate.”
