GOP To President: Delay Obamacare For Individuals, Too

[Purveyor]

Source: CBS/AP

Framing a new argument against President Barack Obama's health care law, congressional GOP leaders called Tuesday for a delay in the law's requirement that individual Americans carry health insurance.

If the White House can grant a one-year delay for employers - as the administration did just last week - individuals should get the same consideration, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and other senior Republicans said in a letter to the president.

"Your decision to delay one part of the law affecting employers and leave in place provisions regulating individual and family health care creates many new questions and concerns," the GOP leaders wrote. "We agree with you that the burden was overwhelming for employers, but we also believe American families need the same relief." The White House had no immediate response to Boehner's demand.

Republicans hope their new argument will gain traction in next year's congressional elections, as the law's big push to cover the uninsured gets underway. Foes are betting the coverage rollout will be full of problems, particularly since about half the states have refused to support the federal effort.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57592846/gop-to-president-delay-obamacare-for-individuals-too/

[graham4anything]

1. Yet some people want to punish democratic party for whatever. This is proof, the repubs need to go.

all the repubstealibertarians need to be voted out of office, ASAP.

[Salviati]

2. I'm afraid the president opened up the door for this one...

when will they learn? If you give the republicans an inch, they'll slit your throat and take everything you've fucking got.

[onehandle]

3. Family killing creeps. nt

[David__77]

4. I'm afraid that this makes sense.

One set of standards for working people and one for employers is not fair. I disagree with the decision not to enforce the law for employers.

[hobbit709]

5. Who could have predicted this?

[NoOneMan]

6. Frankly, most uncrazy thing they've said in long time

[Iliyah]

7. It doesn't matter which way the

administration goes or does, the GOPers will always find a way to discount it. Although much obstruction placed no matter which way, Obamacare will be a success and later down the road the same GOPers who pulled every single string to stop it will claim that it was their victory.

[Ash_F]

8. But will he listen?

Prolly.

[Le Taz Hot]

9. Kind of hard to argue with that one.

Sorry, but in this case, they're right.

[They_Live]

10. Okay. And in the meantime, we could just set up a Single payer

universal health care system. Medicare for all!

[Politicalboi]

11. Keep fucking with it

Hopefully we will get single payer instead.

[tofuandbeer]

12. Obama just refuses to learn that the GOP does not make deals...

it's all or nothing at all for them.

[Iliyah]

13. Well the house gopers are gonna

vote again to repeal it - which will make it 38.

[PoliticAverse]

14. BTW, they won't be verifying claims of eligibility under the mandate...

Health insurance marketplaces will not be required to verify consumer claims

The Obama administration announced Friday that it would significantly scale back the health law’s requirements that new insurance marketplaces verify consumers’ income and health insurance status.

Instead, the federal government will rely more heavily on consumers’ self-reported information until 2015, when it plans to have stronger verification systems in place.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/health-insurance-marketplaces-will-not-be-required-to-verify-consumer-claims/2013/07/05/d2a171f4-e5ab-11e2-aef3-339619eab080_story.html

[spartan61]

15. The word "DeLay" in the title

reminded me. Is that SOB in jail yet?

[rhiannon55]

16. I really need health care coverage

so I hope it is not delayed. How would delaying individual coverage help anyone?

[Le Taz Hot]

17. They're just delaying the mandated part.

After seeing that my premiums are going to be over $1,000 a month for two people, PLUS a $12,000 per year deductible PER PERSON, I'd just as soon they delay that mandate part. That way I can pay nothing for another year to not have insurance.

[christx30]

18. I was totally against ACA

because of the individual mandate. I think it's gonna be terrible for a lot of Americans. I hope they implement it ASAP so people will scream for it to be repealed.
There are a lot of people that it might help, but there are a ton of people that this is going to hurt a lot. Once they see the (quite expected) damage this crap causes, maybe they'll dump it.

[quadrature]

19. permanent delay...everybody wins!

buy, or not buy.
do what ever you want.