Obamacare Repeal Falls Off Republicans' to-Do List as Law Takes Hold

[eridani]

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/29712-obamacare-repeal-falls-off-republicans-to-do-list-as-law-takes-hold

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.

Facing the prospect that the Supreme Court this year could strip away insurance subsidies provided through the law in most states, several GOP lawmakers have proposed extending the aid, perhaps even until a new president takes office

[liberal N proud]

1. Yeah, sure, right. They have been trying to kill Social Security since it was created

So to believe they will give up that easily on this is hard to believe. Watch for the end around.

[eridani]

2. True--but Repub Cathy McMorris-Rodgers asked for Obamacare horror stories on Facebook

--and got thousands of stories about how Obamacare helped them.

[GOLGO 13]

3. Just a wonderful display of unintended consequences.

It turned out so dramatically that it almost seems like they intended that to happen.

[Historic NY]

4. It still won't stop them from crippling it..

[Cha]

5. I doubt it.. but, it would be great.