McConnell to Trump: Health care's all yours

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Politico

Mitch McConnell has no intention of leading President Donald Trump’s campaign to transform the GOP into the "party of health care."

“I look forward to seeing what the president is proposing and what he can work out with the speaker,” McConnell said in a brief interview Thursday, adding, “I am focusing on stopping the ‘Democrats Medicare for none’ scheme.”

The Senate majority leader spent untold weeks and months on the party’s health care quagmire in 2017, back when the GOP controlled both the House and Senate and still failed to repeal Obamacare. The episode caused endless headaches for Republicans as their replacement plan fell apart first, followed by the so-called “skinny” plan they slapped together at the last minute.

Now in divided government, with the Senate majority up for grabs next year and McConnell himself running for reelection, another divisive debate over health care is the last thing McConnell needs. But that’s exactly where Trump is taking Republicans after his administration endorsed a wholesale obliteration of the law in the courts earlier this week.

So the Kentucky Republican and his members are putting the onus on the president to figure out the next steps.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-to-trump-health-cares-all-yours/ar-BBVmbfm?li=BBnb7Kz

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I'm going to love watching you two fuck it all up. Hopefully few if any people will be hurt in the process.

[Jarqui]

1. Eventually, Putin is going to figure out "This guy, Trump, is too stupid to help us" nt

[leftieNanner]

4. That's a feature, not a bug

Putin just wants to create chaos in the US. He definitely wanted our State Department neutered (done), our standing in the western world cut down (done), and our population at each other's throats (and done). I think Putin is delighted by his boy's behavior.

[Jarqui]

5. For sure on the short term. Longer term, Trump's not going to be around. nt

[leftieNanner]

6. I do hope you are right!

[ananda]

2. A whole lot of people will die or be harmed...

before any of the GOP destructiveness can be
redressed.

[UpInArms]

3. One can only hope that

They fuck each other over in every way

[progree]

7. OOOO! I always wanted to be a doctor

[BigmanPigman]

8. Is the guy getting examined supposed to be the Turtle?

[progree]

9. Hmm. Definitely a resemblance. I didn't notice that before. I wonder if deliberate? n/t

[keithbvadu2]

11. Gynotician

[SharonAnn]

10. Smart move by McConnell!

[forgotmylogin]

13. Yeah, I don't blame him for washing his hands of it.

He stayed up all night for nothing...what was it, like nine years ago or something?

[yaesu]

12. Even Mc Turtle knows trump talks out of his ass. nt

[DRoseDARs]

14. "stopping the 'Democrats Medicare for none' scheme." - Oh sick burn there, Mitch...

[Jarqui]

15. "Trump says GOP senators are working on a 'spectacular' Obamacare replacement"

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Washington Post)
https://www.post-gazette.com/business/healthcare-business/2019/03/28/Trump-Republicans-Obamacare-replace-health-law-GOP-plan-Affordable-Care-Act/stories/201903280181

Mr. Trump named Sens. John Barrasso of Wyoming, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Rick Scott of Florida as the point people on Capitol Hill crafting the legislation.

“They are going to come up with something really spectacular,” Mr. Trump told reporters before heading off to a political rally in Michigan.

So let's check that out ... Daily Beast already did:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/obamacare-redux-republican-lawmakers-tell-trump-to-go-first-on-latest-health-care-reform-push

On Thursday, the president tweeted that progress was being made “legislatively.” Later, Trump revealed that he had tasked three senators—John Barrasso (R-WY), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Rick Scott (R-FL)—to come up with a plan.

Scott, said a spokesman, “has talked to the president at length about the senator’s commitment to improving the quality of health care and lowering costs—particularly the rising costs of prescription drugs. He’s been talking with colleagues about new ideas to address rising health care costs that we can get passed this year.” Barrasso’s office declined to comment; Cassidy’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

People will die without healthcare and all this fucker can do is lie about the fact (for about the 10,000th time) that he's doing nothing about it. Just bullshit people.

How anyone could support this unconscionable asshole is beyond me.

[turbinetree]

16. But you will confirm and pack his judges to overturn health care.....FUCK YOU MOSCOW MITCH.

and your Federalist Society assholes...................

[Initech]

17. Honestly they should just save time and give Obama the finger directly.

It would save us all a lot of trouble.

[DBoon]

18. No McConnell, it's yours as well

You and your entire party enabled this monster and continue to protect him.

You can;t suddenly deny your involvement because he does something so stupid it might affect your "base"

[BumRushDaShow]

19. "endless headaches for Republicans as their replacement plan fell apart"

That's because the ACA-PPA was finally passed after an entire year that included dozens of hearings in multiple committees, across both chambers of Congress. The hearings covered every aspect, from "health" to "budget" to "financial" to "oversight" and Democrats were forced to come up with a way to pay for it because that is when the GOP feigned being "fiscally responsible".

Yet the GOP thinks they can just slap bullshit together, call it a masterpiece, and put it out for sale without any research, discussion, or review.

[Nitram]

20. McConnell actually has a sense of humor!