Boehner predicts Republicans will 'never' repeal and replace Obamacare
Source: The Washington Post
By Robert Costa July 25 at 6:00 AM
Former House speaker John A. Boehner, who has mostly avoided public commentary since leaving Congress two years ago, told a business gathering last week that Republicans are not going to repeal and replace Obamacare because the American people have gotten accustomed to it.
Here we are, seven months into this year, and yet theyve not passed this bill. Now, theyre never theyre not going to repeal and replace Obamacare, Boehner told a private crowd in Las Vegas, according to video footage obtained by The Washington Post. Its been around too long. And the American people have gotten accustomed to it. Governors have gotten accustomed to this Medicaid expansion, and so trying to pull it back is really not going to work.
Boehner said the Republicans best hope in the coming months is to peel away aspects of the law, such as some tax provisions and regulations, and to end health insurance mandates.
When its all said and done, youre not going to have an employer mandate anymore, youre not going to have the individual mandate, Boehner said. The Medicaid expansion will be there. The governors will have more control over their Medicaid populations and how to get them care, and a lot of Obamacare taxes will probably go.
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Doug the Dem
(1,297 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)that is the Trump agenda here
Bengus81
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They've tried to do it with Social Security,abortion rights and Unions just to name three.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)... NOT!
But unlike McConnell, Boner has a likable side. He's probably fun at a party or backyard barbecue.
McConnell is nothing but pure poison all the time.