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Common
01-12-2017, 06:35 AM
The U.S. Senate on Thursday took a first concrete step toward dismantling Obamacare, voting to instruct key committees to draft legislation repealing President Barack Obama's signature health insurance program.
The vote was 51-48. The resolution now goes to the House of Representatives, which is expected to vote on it this week. Scrapping Obamacare is a top priority for the Republican majorities in both chambers and Republican President-elect Donald Trump.
Republicans have said that the process of repealing Obamacare could take months, and developing a replacement plan could take longer. But they are under pressure from Trump to act fast; he said on Wednesday that the repeal and replacement should happen "essentially simultaneously."
Some 20 million previously uninsured Americans gained health coverage through the Affordable Care Act, as Obamacare is officially called. Coverage was extended by expanding Medicaid and through online exchanges where consumers can receive income-based subsidies.
Republicans have launched repeated legal and legislative efforts to unravel the law, criticizing it as government overreach. They say they want to replace it by giving states, not the federal government, more control.
But in recent days some Republicans have expressed concern about the party's current strategy of voting for a repeal without having a consensus replacement plan ready.
House Speaker Paul Ryan said this week he wants to pack as many replacement provisions as possible into the legislation repealing Obamacare. But Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, also a Republican, said this could be difficult under Senate rules.
The resolution approved Thursday instructs committees of the House and Senate to draft repeal legislation by a target date of January 27. Both chambers will then need to approve the resulting legislation before any repeal goes into effect.
Senate Republicans are using special budget procedures that allow them to repeal Obamacare by a simple majority; this way they don't need Democratic votes. Republicans have a majority of 52 votes in the 100-seat Senate; one Republican, Senator Rand Paul, voted no on Thursday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obamacare-idUSKBN14W0MC

donttread
01-12-2017, 06:56 AM
Repeal and replace with what? The fictional free market in health care? We can't repeal the ACA , flawed as it is, until we have a better replacement.
And yet right there it is in the begining of the article, the repeal process could "take months" and finding an alternative even longer. Only politicians operate that way .Cart before the horse.

Common
01-12-2017, 07:01 AM
Theyve been working on a plan and repeal along time, have to wait and see
what it is.

I dont know much about obamacare because I dont have it. The extent of my knowledge is that after obtaining obamacare for a friend who passed wife. Its horribly expensive if the govt isnt giving it to you for free.

Her premiums skyrocketed every year on obamacare until she couldnt afford it.

I also know that obama care hurt medicare recipients by limiting services and making it so they have to pay out of pocket for many items now.

Durable medical equipt some of which used to be replaced every 3 months are now replaced every 6 and they do not last 6 months. People are forced to have to buy them out of pocket and they are expensive.

MMC
01-12-2017, 07:18 AM
It has begun.....and they will get rid of first and formost, the Mandate penalizing people for not getting insurance. Then they will go for the Medical Device Tax. Even Democrats oppose that money maker for the Peeps special care package.

Moreover.....they still will make pre-existing conditions a mainstay of the replace.


The best part of starting the process. Was they still did it while the Peep was in Office. Making note that the Peep hears about it. After the Peep ran to give the Demos a pep talk and try to obstruct as much as they can.


The Peep knows now.....his strategy and plan to stop his special care package from being repealed and replaced. Has failed.


Now let him watch it, be taken apart piece by piece. Good Times.....but not so good for illiberals. http://politirant.com/Smileys/oldrant/danceshout.gif

MisterVeritis
01-12-2017, 08:48 AM
It is a lie to say 20 million people received health care. They received insurance too expensive to use unless other people were plundered to pay for it.

I fear the Republicans are going to screw this up. Just repeal it. Do not replace it. Ever.