It seems bizarre that they would actually attempt to pass that into law as it would destroy the individual insurance markets and the effect would be obvious. It would be shooting themselves in the foot completely.
Cornyn apparently has mused about the House just passing the skinny repeal. I'm not sure that's going to soothe fence sitting senators who hope this just suffocates naturally/quietly in conference.
It seems bizarre that they would actually attempt to pass that into law as it would destroy the individual insurance markets and the effect would be obvious. It would be shooting themselves in the foot completely.
7 GOP senators voted against repealing Obamacare
The repeal-only health care bill amendment failed 55-45 just now in the Senate. Here are the Republican senators who voted no:
Six of those seven senators previously voted yes on this repeal-only plan in 2015, which Obama vetoed when it hit his desk.
- Shelley Moore Capito
- John McCain
- Lisa Murkowski
- Susan Collins
- Lamar Alexander
- Rob Portman
- Dean Heller
It seems bizarre that they would actually attempt to pass that into law as it would destroy the individual insurance markets and the effect would be obvious. It would be shooting themselves in the foot completely.
Evidence of collapse in Ohio? Oh, are you referring to big behemoth insurers like Anthem pulling out? Let's take a look why:
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/06/anthem-will-drop-out-of-ohios-obamacare-market.html
In other words, blame the GOP...
Legislation signed in December 2014 by President Barack Obama contains provisions limiting payments under the ACA's risk corridors program.
There never was a government bailout of insurers in this matter and any assertion that there was is rubbish.Yeah, the Republicans don't support a gov't bailout of insurance companies. Go figure. Obama didn't want that on his record either. That's why he signed legislation limiting these corridors:
https://www.bna.com/health-plans-seek-n17179926751/?amp=true
America 2006 :Colbert: it was the best.Sea Ray, can you name one country where free market healthcare works ?
Early Wednesday, Trump took to Twitter to express displeasure with Murkowski's vote. By that afternoon, each of Alaska's two Republican senators had received a phone call from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke letting them know the vote had put Alaska's future with the administration in jeopardy.
The response follows Trump's no-holds-barred style of governing, even when it comes to his own party. It is his first strike of retaliation against Murkowski, however, despite her tendency to stray from the party line and the president's priorities.
Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan said the call from Zinke heralded a "troubling message."
"I'm not going to go into the details, but I fear that the strong economic growth, pro-energy, pro-mining, pro-jobs and personnel from Alaska who are part of those policies are going to stop," Sullivan said.
"I tried to push back on behalf of all Alaskans. … We're facing some difficult times and there's a lot of enthusiasm for the policies that Secretary Zinke and the president have been talking about with regard to our economy. But the message was pretty clear," Sullivan said. The Interior secretary also contacted Murkowski, he said.
"Put Alaska's future with the administration in jeopardy".....'Murica is in jeopardy.
Openly threatening the economy of a state you won by 15 points just because one of their Senators who isn't up for 6 years won't vote to let you take away the healthcare of thousands in that state is the definition of short sightedness.
Yeah, the Republicans don't support a gov't bailout of insurance companies. Go figure. Obama didn't want that on his record either. That's why he signed legislation limiting these corridors:
https://www.bna.com/health-plans-seek-n17179926751/?amp=true
Even if you want to call it a bailout (which is ridiculous) it is not a bailout of the insurance companies, it is a bailout of the American people in the individual market. The government was subsidizing your insurance premiums and it is your premium that Trump is no longer committing to pay. Without those subsidies rates in the individual market would go up another 30%, those are your rates going up 30%. (I don't recall the exact number so don't quote me on it)
The subsidies being pulled wouldn't be good for the market but the individual insurers could handle it, they would just raise your rates. They just can't operate in a market where they don't know if they will or won't have those premiums subsidized. Trump is intentionally injecting uncertainty into a market that is all about reducing uncertainty and that is why people are leaving. They aren't leaving because of the ACA right now, they are leaving because Trump is f**king with the market so that he can claim the market is failing. He is making it fail.
Reportedly the Senate GOP will write their "skinny repeal" bill over lunch today. Seriously.
So they'll put more thought into this one than the previous repeal bills? That's encouraging at least.Reportedly the Senate GOP will write their "skinny repeal" bill over lunch today. Seriously.
They are writing legislation governing 1/6th of the US economy in the same way I used to write book reports in middle school.
Forget what your ideological goals are, people this incompetent should not be running our country.
Stop misleading. That was a poison pill that Republicans inserted into the overall US budget, not a separate legislation that Obama wanted.Yeah, the Republicans don't support a gov't bailout of insurance companies. Go figure. Obama didn't want that on his record either. That's why he signed legislation limiting these corridors:
https://www.bna.com/health-plans-seek-n17179926751/?amp=true
That's not a bill, that's Republican Party's political suicide note.Reportedly the Senate GOP will write their "skinny repeal" bill over lunch today. Seriously.
Commies come and go but the fascists are always with us. Unless the Reps succeed in literally killing off their base, the Reps will be with us a long. time.That's not a bill, that's Republican Party's political suicide note.