Good news: Republicans are unable to pass a costly, intrusive big-govt health care plan and impose it on us

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by Roboteer

There may be hope for them yet.

In what way is conservative redistribution of wealth (pre-Obamacare result of repealing Obamacare without replacement - what the Freedom Caucus wanted) better than liberal redistribution of wealth (Obamacare not repealed)?

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by Roboteer

Hopefully remember who put them in office: Fed-up Americans who are tired of Democrat-style big-government programs, and want the freedom to choose their own health care instead of having government force them to take the govt offerings.

The fed-up Americans who are opposed to tax fairness for the millions of Americans who don't enjoy untaxed health insurance from their employers?

[enraeh]

Good news: Republicans are unable to pass a costly, intrusive big-govt health care plan and impose it on us

The bad news: democrats already did.

[bluesjuke]

Originally Posted by WaldoKitty

Bad news. We have a costly intrusive big-govt health care plan called Obamacare.

Sadly, yes.


We need a good direction for private insurance, not a big government plan.

[freemkt]

I will not support any plan which does not fix the tax inequity faced by taxpayers without employer-paid insurance.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by djmilf

I wonder what the Republicans will do about it, now that they pretty much control the entire federal government....

Nothing at all now. Obamacare is far too hot for them to touch without getting burned at the ballot booth, so they're dropping it like a hot rock and won't come near it again. Or at least the rest of this term.

And since funding the ACA is mandatory, there goes all the money Trump thought he could use to build the wall and other nonsense of his. The only way his grandiose fantasy programs can happen now is either through tax hikes and/or massively increasing the deficit.

Since both of those are also Republican poison, the wall won't ever happen as he envisioned it. there might be a few symbolic stretches built on the cheap in places where they can be seen by lots of people, but that will be the extent of it.