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Blow By Blow: A Comprehensive Timeline Of The GOP’s 4-Year Battle To Kill Obamacare
By Igor Volsky on March 23, 2014 at 10:55 am
The Affordable Care Act celebrates it fourth birthday on Sunday, just as its first enrollment period comes to a close.
It has been a long battle to get to this level of implementation — and the fight hasn’t ended yet. From Republicans’ initial resistance to repealing Obamacare in its entirety to their relentless effort to chip away at the law by targeting individual provisions, withholding funding, and undermining implementation, the party is showing no signs of abandoning its anti-Obamacare crusade any time soon.
On this anniversary, ThinkProgress takes a look back at all of the milestones in the GOP’s ongoing campaign to undermine a law that has defined national politics for half a decade:
MARCH 23, 2010: An immediate push to repeal.
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APRIL 2010: Republicans actually take credit for parts of Obamacare.
http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/NullificationMap500.jpg
MAY 2010: Republicans offer a 9-page alternative.
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JUNE 2010: Republicans make first effort to repeal the individual mandate, while arguing parts of reform should be better funded.
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AUGUST 2010: Republicans continue to attack HHS education campaigns.
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SEPTEMBER 2010: Republicans go after reform’s regulations.
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OCTOBER 2010: “There will be no insurance industry left in three years.”
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NOVEMBER 2010: Republicans re-take House in midterm elections.
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JANUARY 2011: The first vote to repeal Obamacare.
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FEBRUARY 2011: Governors seize on court ruling to abandon implementation.
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MARCH 2011: Republicans discover Obamacare bombshells.
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APRIL 2011: Vulnerable Americans “wouldn’t survive” with “socialized medicine.”
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MAY 2011: Republicans link Obamacare to Romneycare.
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JUNE 2011: Obamacare “ends Medicare as we know it.”
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AUGUST 2011: Obamacare’s birth control coverage will result in “dying civilization.”
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SEPTEMBER 2011: Lindsey Graham tries to block implementation of reform.
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OCTOBER 2011: Obamacare will force the nation to “go to a single-payer system.”
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FEBRUARY 2012: The contraception wars begin.
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MARCH 2012: McConnell says he no longer wants to vote on repeal.
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APRIL 2012: Republicans go after prevention.
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MAY 2012: Catholic groups sue over contraception requirement.
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JUNE 2012: Supreme Court upholds Obamacare, Republicans turn back to repeal.
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JULY 2012: More than a dozen governors refuse Medicaid funds following Supreme Court ruling.
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AUGUST 2012: Romney/Ryan hit Obama for cutting Medicare funding.
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SEPTEMBER 2012: Hobby Lobby files suit to deny contraception coverage to its employees.
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NOVEMBER 2012: “Obamacare is the law of the land.”
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FEBRUARY 2013: Jindal suggests delaying Obamacare to avoid sequestration.
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MARCH 2013: Headed towards a government shutdown.
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APRIL 2013: House freshman ask for an opportunity to vote on repeal.
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MAY 2013: Republicans seize on IRS targeting scandal to undermine reform.
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JUNE 2013: Critics outspend supports of the law 5:1.
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JULY 2013: Republicans threaten to block government funding bill.
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AUGUST 2013: States refuse to enforce Obamacare provisions.
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SEPTEMBER 2013: “I intend to speak in support of defunding Obamacare, until I am no longer able to stand.”
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OCTOBER 2013: Republicans seize on the Obamacare rollout debacle.
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DECEMBER 2013: Republicans agree to 2-year funding deal to focus on Obamacare repeal.
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2014: The 51st vote to repeal Obamacare.
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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/03/23/3417482/gop-opposition/
By Igor Volsky on March 23, 2014 at 10:55 am
The Affordable Care Act celebrates it fourth birthday on Sunday, just as its first enrollment period comes to a close.
It has been a long battle to get to this level of implementation — and the fight hasn’t ended yet. From Republicans’ initial resistance to repealing Obamacare in its entirety to their relentless effort to chip away at the law by targeting individual provisions, withholding funding, and undermining implementation, the party is showing no signs of abandoning its anti-Obamacare crusade any time soon.
On this anniversary, ThinkProgress takes a look back at all of the milestones in the GOP’s ongoing campaign to undermine a law that has defined national politics for half a decade:
MARCH 23, 2010: An immediate push to repeal.
<...>
APRIL 2010: Republicans actually take credit for parts of Obamacare.
http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/NullificationMap500.jpg
MAY 2010: Republicans offer a 9-page alternative.
<...>
JUNE 2010: Republicans make first effort to repeal the individual mandate, while arguing parts of reform should be better funded.
<...>
AUGUST 2010: Republicans continue to attack HHS education campaigns.
<...>
SEPTEMBER 2010: Republicans go after reform’s regulations.
<...>
OCTOBER 2010: “There will be no insurance industry left in three years.”
<...>
NOVEMBER 2010: Republicans re-take House in midterm elections.
<...>
JANUARY 2011: The first vote to repeal Obamacare.
<...>
FEBRUARY 2011: Governors seize on court ruling to abandon implementation.
<...>
MARCH 2011: Republicans discover Obamacare bombshells.
<...>
APRIL 2011: Vulnerable Americans “wouldn’t survive” with “socialized medicine.”
<...>
MAY 2011: Republicans link Obamacare to Romneycare.
<...>
JUNE 2011: Obamacare “ends Medicare as we know it.”
<...>
AUGUST 2011: Obamacare’s birth control coverage will result in “dying civilization.”
<....>
SEPTEMBER 2011: Lindsey Graham tries to block implementation of reform.
<...>
OCTOBER 2011: Obamacare will force the nation to “go to a single-payer system.”
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FEBRUARY 2012: The contraception wars begin.
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MARCH 2012: McConnell says he no longer wants to vote on repeal.
<...>
APRIL 2012: Republicans go after prevention.
<...>
MAY 2012: Catholic groups sue over contraception requirement.
<...>
JUNE 2012: Supreme Court upholds Obamacare, Republicans turn back to repeal.
<...>
JULY 2012: More than a dozen governors refuse Medicaid funds following Supreme Court ruling.
<...>
AUGUST 2012: Romney/Ryan hit Obama for cutting Medicare funding.
<...>
SEPTEMBER 2012: Hobby Lobby files suit to deny contraception coverage to its employees.
<...>
NOVEMBER 2012: “Obamacare is the law of the land.”
<...>
FEBRUARY 2013: Jindal suggests delaying Obamacare to avoid sequestration.
<...>
MARCH 2013: Headed towards a government shutdown.
<...>
APRIL 2013: House freshman ask for an opportunity to vote on repeal.
<...>
MAY 2013: Republicans seize on IRS targeting scandal to undermine reform.
<...>
JUNE 2013: Critics outspend supports of the law 5:1.
<...>
JULY 2013: Republicans threaten to block government funding bill.
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AUGUST 2013: States refuse to enforce Obamacare provisions.
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SEPTEMBER 2013: “I intend to speak in support of defunding Obamacare, until I am no longer able to stand.”
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OCTOBER 2013: Republicans seize on the Obamacare rollout debacle.
<...>
DECEMBER 2013: Republicans agree to 2-year funding deal to focus on Obamacare repeal.
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2014: The 51st vote to repeal Obamacare.
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- more -
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/03/23/3417482/gop-opposition/