House Speaker Paul Ryan: Obamacare replacement bill to pass this year

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters



07 FEB 2017 AT 10:56 ET

The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives said on Tuesday that legislation to replace former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law will be completed this year, although it may take longer to implement.

“We are going to do our legislating this year,” House Speaker Paul Ryan told a press briefing. “We are going to be going out and talking about what our plan is. … We hope to get this done as fast as possible.”

Ryan was responding to questions about President Donald Trump’s weekend interview with Fox News in which he said it might take until next year to replace the healthcare law, known as Obamacare.

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[cstanleytech]

1. Ryan really needs to see a surgeon and get that post nasal drip fixed from that long pointy thing

he calls a nose.

[geek tragedy]

2. he says a lot of things nt

[mindem]

3. The whole time he was speaking

he had that insipid smile on his face. Nothing like smiling while they stick a shiv in your gut.

[wordpix]

12. I noticed that we have a new Smirk

as if laughing to himself, "We don't have no phucking plan and this is just another lie."

[mobeau69]

4. We are going to be going out and talking about what our plan is."

What phucking plan? The people will die plan? Complete horse shit.

[DK504]

10. %We hope to get this done as fast as possible.

"Read they will throw a word salad together, no one will read it and they will hand everything over to for profit mega companies.

[SticksnStones]

5. They'll drag it out so they can continue to have a talking point for 2018

Just like they did with overturning Roe v Wade...

They didn't start moving heavily with local anti choice legislation until our side pointed out a few election cycles ago that the repubs will never fight to overturn it as it gets their base to the polls and it gets conservatives to donate, bigly.

Once our side pointed out what they were doing, republicans started cobbling together ridiculous regulatory legislation in order to appease their donors.

Obamacare is the talking point set up to take its place. They have no intention of repealing it; it keeps the checks coming and gets their base to the polls.

[heaven05]

6. this racist...Teaparty jerk

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hates brown, Obama and anyone not white, male and a supporter of white supremacy ......may he harm millions who NEED ACA. Then the feces will really hit the rotating oscillator. But most will probably buy his lies when they end up losing critical medical care. They have my sympathy on being left to die in the cold but not for voting this clown, president bannon and his sock puppet potus into office...that's on them and they get what they voted for....

[safeinOhio]

7. New plan is out.

We take every penny your family has and then toss you in a casket that you will owe us for.

[justhanginon]

8. Be patient my sheeple. It takes time to cover all the ins and outs

of taking away the insurance from as many people as possible. It is what we see as our duty as good conservative republican christians, you know, the compassionate ones.

[Ray Bruns]

9. When the rubes realize the republicans have nothing

It is going to get ugly.
Especially when they have had seven years to come up with nothing.

[wordpix]

13. as some pundit said, "The ACA IS the Republican plan" a.k.a Romneycare

[Cosmocat]

22. I have been saying this for 7 years

Back in the early 90s when Bill and Hillary were trying to push single payer ACA was the republican alternative, and as you noted it is what Romney implemented in Mass.

But, that is just how absurdly fucking stupid this country is.

The Rs have spent the last 7 years saying this is the worst attack on democracy in our history, nominated as their candidate for POTUS in 12 someone who signed it into law in his state, and they are still making political hay over THEIR version of health care reform.

We truly deserve what we get ...

[LudwigPastorius]

11. Here's their plan.

Eliminate the subsidies and let the states try to deal with it.


Which means, we are fucked.

[wordpix]

14. yes my state is only $1 billion in the red

at least

[LudwigPastorius]

17. The politicians in my state turned down $100 billion in federal money because...

they didn't want to expand Medicaid to those who need it.


Yeah, I'm sure THOSE folks will structure a fair and affordable healthcare market for us.

[Cosmocat]

23. Health saving accounts

like if people didn't have that kind of disposable income to squirrel away they couldn't do it anyways ...

[Skittles]

32. people can barely afford to save for retirement

now they will be expected to finance their own cancer treatments

ridiculous

[Cosmocat]

33. Well

That is the idiotic idea rs are pushing, so 1/3 of country will be screaming we hate America if we don't bend over and take it.

[Skittles]

34. 1/3 of America is dumber than dirt

[yellowcanine]

15. They have been braying about this for the last 6 years and they still don't have a replacement bill.

SAD!

[EarthFirst]

16. So the plan is to roll out a plan for which there are no details?

[Rustyeye77]

18. FUPR

[NCjack]

19. Ryan and his Repugs have nothing!

[OnDoutside]

20. What are the odds they'll photocopy ACA and rebrand it as Freedom Care ?

[Cosmocat]

25. That would the only way to actually have something to "replace" it with

cause ACA is their god damned version of health care reform in the first place.

[LiberalLovinLug]

28. You beat me to it OnDoutside

My post a couple down.

Yeah I said it would be called "Rebublicare" or "Trumpcare", but I can totally see it being called "Freedomcare". They will tout it as being that NOW there is competition and consumers have the freedom to shop for the best price. Which of course is what the ACA was all about in the first place, but the brain dead deplorables, who only listen to Fox and hate radio, will believe them hook line and sinker.

[louis-t]

21. I'll begin holding my breath now.

[LiberalLovinLug]

24. I predict they will simply cause a lot of pain and then re-instate the ACA with their name on it

Many will lose insurance. Then they will re-introduce the plan "Republicare" or "Trumpcare" in a year with a few minor tweeks in favour of the insurance agencies, maybe even leave in the adult children able to get their parents coverage up til 25, (or tweek it to 20). But the basic structure of it will remain the same.

Then they will reintroduce it and the 20 million that were thrown off will re-inlist. And they will most likely add to that number as Red States that never signed on to Obamacare will now sign up. So they can brag all over the airwaves that Obama only got 20 mil, and they got 30 mil. to sign.

[Cosmocat]

26. Sadly

that would be the only possible "positive" outcome ...

[guillaumeb]

27. Will they be talking at the town hall meetings that they no longer host?

6 years after the ACA was passed and they still have no real plan.

[Eliot Rosewater]

29. Motherfucking murderers. Wish we would talk about them in those terms

[bravenak]

30. Lyin ryan

They'll just slap their names on obamacare

[tclambert]

31. Does this actually mean they will start looking into making a plan for a replacement?

No, of course not. How silly of me. They aren't even planning to hold planning meetings. They just hope given enough time, people will forget about it.