AARP is cranky: Another Warning Sign For Republicans Trying To Repeal Obamacare

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aarp-obamacare-affordable-care-act_us_589280eee4b070cf8b80ab63?0yets3im5vlhaor

Republicans trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act have a new problem on their hands: The AARP isn’t happy.

The nation’s most famous retiree organization, which represents 38 million older Americans, has fired off letters critical of two proposals that have figured prominently in GOP discussions about replacing the Affordable Care Act. One of those proposals would relax the law’s “age bands.” The other would transform Medicaid into a so-called block grant.

And it’s not just letters the AARP is sending. A spokesperson for the organization confirmed that it is asking its members to call lawmakers who sit on the health subcommittee for the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which took up these ideas in a hearing Thursday.

The AARP’s objections alone aren’t enough to stop Republicans from including versions of these ideas in health care legislation, of course. But the organization represents a demographic that happens to be an essential part of the Republican voting coalition.

Taken together, the group’s warnings constitute one more reminder of the difficult policy trade-offs, and equally difficult politics, that Republicans are sure to confront as their effort to repeal “Obamacare” moves forward.

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1. GET nasty!!

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2. Yes, it seems to be the only thing they understand. nt

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3. We need to make them really, really, really Cranky

.. well not nuclear cranky but close!