Obamacare repeal falls off Republicans' to-do list as law takes hold

[Crabtownboy]

And who knows how much money the Republican House members wasted.

After five years and more than 50 votes in Congress, the Republican campaign to repeal the Affordable Care Act is essentially over.

GOP congressional leaders, unable to roll back the law while President Obama remains in office and unwilling to again threaten a government shutdown to pressure him, are focused on other issues, including trade and tax reform.

Less noted, senior Republican lawmakers have quietly incorporated many of the law's key protections into their own proposals, including guaranteeing coverage and providing government assistance to help consumers purchase insurance.

And although the law remains very unpopular with GOP voters, more than 20 million Americans now depend on it for health benefits, making even some of the most conservative Republicans loath to cut off coverage.

http://www.latimes.com/business/healthcare/la-na-obamacare-republicans-20150418-story.html#page=1

 

[Salty]

Put it on the back burner for the moment - make it THE issue for '16- both POTUS and Congressional candidates - well, then we just wait and see what happens.

 

[777]

Not really on the back burner, the states:

http://www.flgov.com/2015/04/16/gov...-funds-to-force-state-further-into-obamacare/

and SCOTUS are picking up the ball on this issue.

 

[carpro]

Reality check:

Repeal is simply not possible with the wannabe dictator occupying the white house.

It may not matter.

It's a trashy poorly written piece of legislation and seems to be falling apart on its own.

 

[Crabtownboy]

Reality check:

Repeal is simply not possible with the wannabe dictator occupying the white house.

It may not matter.

It's a trashy poorly written piece of legislation and seems to be falling apart on its own.

Proof please.

 

[Salty]

Proof please.

Over 10,000 pages - to begin with and then.........
how many changes as well as exemptions have been made?

 

[carpro]

Over 10,000 pages - to begin with and then.........
how many changes as well as exemptions have been made?

How many provisions of the legislation has Obama illegally altered by executive order, delaying the chickens coming home to roost till he is out of office?

 

[OldRegular]

Proof please.

Have you tried to read that trash. Then your leader Pelosi said "we have to pass it to se whats in it". Well we are and it is trash. I recall one of your colleagues insisted there was no death panel in the bill but some leftists finally admitted there was!

 

[OldRegular]

How many provisions of the legislation has Obama illegally altered by executive order, delaying the chickens coming home to roost till he is out of office?

As many as he thought? necessary!

 

[carpro]

As many as he thought? necessary!

19 for sure. Maybe more.