Senate Republicans Vote Down Obamacare Replacement But Look Poised To Pass Something

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A scaled-down version of the bill to repeal Obamacare has more support.

But the GOP’s hopes of passing some bill ― any bill ― were alive and well Tuesday night, with a scaled-down version of repeal looking increasingly in good shape after leadership revealed their plan earlier in the day of passing a “skinny repeal” if lawmakers agreed to open debate.

At this point, the idea is for Republicans to just pass this smaller repeal ― which will likely get rid of the individual and employer mandates, as well as a medical devices tax ― and enter into a conference with the House so that Republicans can come up with some larger repeal-and-replace measure later.

At least that’s how Republican leaders have articulated the plan.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senate-republicans-bcra-vote_us_5977f7dfe4b0a8a40e83a2d4?6s7&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

Buried deep in the bill are possible cuts in Medicare.........

[BigmanPigman]

1. Thanks for posting. Now I know the names of more sneators to call today.

[oasis]

2. Dirty stinking rats.

[Cyrano]

3. Getting rid of mandates sabotages Obamacare

[spinbaby]

4. It would be so easy for them to come out on top on this

All they'd need to do is to make Obamacare better and rename it Trumpcare. But they seem to be somehow congenitally incapable of making it better.