Kasich: House Republicans may block Obamacare replacement

[TomCADem]

Interesting that Kasich pretty much blames hardline House Republicans for leaving 20 million people uninsured, since they will insist that nothing resembling the ACA remains.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kasich-house-republicans-may-block-obamacare-replacement/ar-AAnsm0d?ocid=spartandhp

Kasich was asked whether he agreed with former House Speaker John Boehner’s recent characterization of the issue: “Most of the Affordable Care Act, in the framework, is going to stay there,” Boehner said, adding that Republicans are “basically going to fix the flaws and put a more conservative box around it.”

But that won’t necessarily work given the hardline position of some House conservatives who want to throw out the entire law, Kasich said, regardless of what the plan for replacement is.

“There’s going to be a problem in the House of getting anything out of there that still provides coverage to people,” Kasich told CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “That’s why the Republicans have to reach out to some of the Democrats. I don’t know whether this is going to happen.”

Kasich said it will be very difficult to get some conservative GOP House members to vote for a replacement plan if it includes any of the key components of Obamacare. “I think there are some very conservative Republicans in the House who are going to say, ‘just get rid of the whole thing’... and that’s not acceptable when you have 20 million people, or 700,000 people in my state, because where do the mentally ill go? Where do the drug addicted go?”

[Doreen]

1. I always suspected it would be repeal and not replace.

[putitinD]

2. Michelle Bachman said that in her Grandfather's day, when you went to the doctor, you paid

with a chicken. I don't think I want a doctor that will accept a chicken.