Obamacare is still in a very, very precarious position. Perhaps more now than ever.

[Squinch]

The Republicans are in a position where they can kill Obamacare with a thousand cuts, dropping funding here, adding restrictions there. They want it to fail, and they are in the position to make it happen. They actually can make it implode.

We have to assume that the Republicans and Trump are in agreement that sabotaging Obamacare is their way forward.

We aren't out of the woods yet by any stretch of the imagination.

We need to watch these crooks like a bunch of angry hawks.

[PoliticAverse]

1. You never know what gotchas can be hidden in a "must pass" bill. n/t

[Phoenix61]

2. Time to push single payer

Hard! The repubs have just shown they don't have a plan and they don't know how to come up with a plan. Let's give them one.

[Squinch]

5. If our Dem reps were smart, every one of them would be standing together somewhere with

a giant banner that says, "Single payer for all" and every one of them would be getting onto a tv or radio show to explain what that means.

The country is more ripe to hear this today than they have ever been before.

[Kimchijeon]

16. Damn straight! You are so right, and now is the best time to PUSH HARD

for single payer.

[iamateacher]

3. And this is where Obama

Can explain the changes the Repubs made,that caused it to fail. (Insurance Risk pool) Explanations go a long way, Democrats. Romney care in Mass. is working. Explain the facts.

[global1]

23. This Is Important To Do....

all through the run up to today's failed vote attempt and even after - all the Repugs have been saying ACA is a disaster; it is failing; it will implode. Not once have I heard a Dem stick up for it by explaining how the Repugs sabatoged it to assure its failure. Now the Dems need to - with details - tell the American People how the Repugs sandbagged it.

We have the attention of the American People now. It is time to out the Repugs and their destructive actions to ACA. It is also time to take it to the next step and promote a single payer - Medicare Part E - health insurance for every American modeled after the very successful Medicare Act that has supported elderly and disabled Americans for decades.

[flamingdem]

4. They already loosened up the mandate

and that represents billions in funding.

Resentful idiots..

[Squinch]

6. And they're going to be pissed now and need to break something like the infantile bullies they are.

[flamingdem]

7. Ryan must be breaking down on some level, his own use of entitlements to get through college

His use of govt healthcare for his family. Can someone die of hypocrisy? But we know that he'll deal with this "shame" by planning his next sick attack via tax reform.

So glad the citizens are getting a real clear picture of who they are, this has turned around millions of deplorables I bet

[Squinch]

8. I so hope you're right. This election floored me with the resilience of the ignorance of the

American electorate.

[underthematrix]

9. HHS Inspector General's Office

is investigating some of the sabotaging. We're gonna need lawsuits too

[Talk Is Cheap]

10. Absolutely correct - republicans are nothing but greedy killers...

Republicans will do everything possible to sabotage the ACA.

And a side note: the AHCA was actually a huge 'tax cut for the rich' bill. Look for these same tax cuts to be implemented in another tax bill. That's why Ryan says the next thing they will work on is taxes...

[Squinch]

11. A frickin' TRILLION dollars of tax cuts for the rich. A TRILLION!!!

[Talk Is Cheap]

13. I believe the figure was more like $800 BILLION - but still...

The excess that added up to a trillion was purposeful in that the bill
could then be passed with reconciliation...

[KewlKat]

12. we'll have to be vigilant, keep the public informed and keep Indivisible and others in their faces.

we the people have to fight with all we've got to get our message out.

[spooky3]

14. Similar views expressed here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028845922

[Squinch]

25. I kicked and recced. I fear that the "drip" method might be much more of a threat than

"repeal and replace."

[mountain grammy]

15. I agree, and we need to keep beating the drum

for single payer or public option.. people are finally paying attention to this.

We have to call out everything they do to weaken the ACA, like they've been doing. This is war!

[Hoyt]

17. You are so right. Mandate will not be enforced, funding will dry up, ACA will die quickly.

In fact, this may be exactly what a lot of GOPers planned.

[GulfCoast66]

18. I agree

But the republicans now own it. In it's entirety.

If we start pushing single payer we may find our way out of the wilderness.

[Squinch]

26. Yes. And in the meantime keep the pressure on legislators to keep Obamacare fully funded

and tell them not mess with it because we'll come after them if they do.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. Just as the ACA got more popular after the Deplorables tried to take it away

Just as the ACA became more popular after the Deplorables tried to take it away folks will begin to believe it was working pretty good until Trump and the Deplorables messed it up.


We win !!!

[Squinch]

20. I really hope so but this message won't happen on its own. We need to push it hard everywhere.

[nikibatts]

21. I believe the Dems are prepared to make some fixes on their own and to protect what they can,

As soon as the GOP tries to make a cut the Dems should spread the word, call more town halls to explain what they are doing and get the voters to jam the communication lines to their Representatives. Now that we have their attention, this entire episode might be the best avenue to educate some voters about the ACA and other laws like Estate Taxes, etc.

[rgbecker]

22. The GOP has been at it for years now, already.

http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/thom-hartmann-how-republicans-quietly-sabotaged-obamacare-long-trump-came-office

This short article shows the effect of the loss of funds for the "Risk Corridor".

[Gman]

24. This is NOT over. Not even close to being over