How did the GOP Fail Healthcare Repeal + Replace?

[PainIsLIfe]

Their members looked at it, said "This sucks," and rather than voting along partisan lines and pushing crappy legislation through because "Fuck Obama!" they did the right thing and scrapped it. While you're all gloating about Republican incompetence, I've been applauding a move made along non-partisan lines. But, it's like the recent Trump DACA thing - when Trump actually reaches out across the aisle, a majority of the buzz about this really admirable act is negative and mean spirited, rather than applauding a politician for something more politicians should do.

Anything that defies party lines, when it's good for America, is something we should be pushing for more of, not making fun of because we are so partisan than can't see more than an opportunity to do more then laugh at the other side...

When all but 3 members of your party vote for something that is considered voting along party lines.

 

[PainIsLIfe]

Trump didn't make this stupid shit GOP plan.

Instead of trying to bully (and failing to do it) GOP congressmen and senators into passing though, he should have called it out for the pile of shit it was from the beginning. Just completely bitch out Paul Ryan and the establishment on twitter for putting out that garbage after 7 years of work.

THEN had his cabinet put together something new and introduce it into congress himself.

He would have effectively taken over the party from the establishment figures like Ryan. Driven them out. AND he would have looked like a pivotal, transformational and effective president. Amazing start to his presidency, like FDR's 100 day plan.

That's what a strong, effective president would have done.

Instead he supported this crap and failed anyways.

That would imply that he had a plan as well; which contrary to his campaign statements, he doesn't.

 

[PainIsLIfe]

They got a new one - Graham/Cassidy, and it's going to pass. And it's a total sham where by there is going to be no CBO score, and one hearing. And wait until you hear about that hearing.
It's not going to be in front of HHS, but in front of Homeland Security - a committee that has never had a hearing on healthcare and has no control over healthcare. But GOP want to get around "no hearings" attack point. Furthemore on this "hearing" it's chaired by Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and he's agreed to limit this hearing to only two witnesses - Lindsay Graham and Bill Cassidy. Only the two authors of the bill will speak. And then Homeland Security committee will vote to move it to full Senate.

McCain is aboard because this is his little buddy's bill.

The new one is even worse than the last attempt. Medicaid cut and goes to block grants for states - but even the block grants disappear in 2020. So you score it on 10 yrs, but you're only "funding" 2?

It also allows insurers to jack your rates up after you get sick, even if you've always paid your premiums. And pre-existing condition premiums double the cost of insurance for people with relatively minor ailments - 4k for asthma, 17k if you had a pregnancy without complications.

 

[FIMN]

Can we sum it up as intellectual bankruptcy and leave it at that?

 

[HockeyBjj]

Because they never had an idea at all for how to replace it. Never in the slightest. They just got votes by yelling "It sucks!" and didn't have a clue what to do once the steering wheel was finally in their hands

 

[ShoelessRye]

“You know, I could maybe give you 10 reasons why this bill shouldn’t be considered,” Grassley said. “But Republicans campaigned on this so often that you have a responsibility to carry out what you said in the campaign. That’s pretty much as much of a reason as the substance of the bill.”

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...19/graham-cassidy-health-care-bill/681029001/
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Your Republican Party folks. Grassley says he could give ten reasons why the bill SHOULDN'T EVEN BE CONSIDERED, but then says he'll vote for it anyways because GOP campaigned on repealing Obamacare, and thus it doesn't matter what is in the bill that does it.