Mitch McConnell has come to the conclusion that he must give in and start setting aside money for Medicaid expansion and opiate addiction in order to get moderate Republicans on board with his bill, but doing that means Republicans like Rand Paul will not give in, so then he is going to argue if they don't come together and pass the bill that it will be dead in the water and... GASP... they will have to then change gears and simply start working on how to SAVE OBAMACARE!
Mitch McConnell just blew up one of Trump’s biggest lies
John Boehner stated a few months ago that all the repeal/replace rhetoric was nothing more than wildly optimistic happy talk for the campaign season, citing that Republicans never agree on health care.
Report: John Boehner says Obamacare won't be repealed and replaced
If they want to write their own obituaries all they need to do is pass it.
They still aren't addressing the real issue--
prescription drug costs which is the problem and the solution. We're paying 3 to 4 times as much as Canadians are. An Epipen for people severe allergy's to bee stings once $20.00 now $600.00. Celibrix--an arthritis drug is 3 times more expensive here. Canada has restrictions on what pharmactuicals can charge, we don't. We're basically subsidizing Canada & Europe's prescription drug costs.
The Cost Of A Life-Saving EpiPen Has Increased 400% Since 2007
Opinion | U.S. Consumers Foot the Bill for Cheap Drugs in Europe and Canada
This drives up the premiums on health care, it creates enormous deficits in Medicare//Medicade and instead of addressing this issue (since big Pharma) are yuugge donors to the Republican party they just cut benefits to everyone and call it good. In fact, the only one that was campaiging on doing something with Big Pharma was Hillary Clinton, no one else even brought it up.
