GOP-led House again targets Obama health care law
Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obamas health care law is back in Republicans legislative crosshairs as the GOP-led House weighs a bill that would impose new requirements on the administration.
Despite White House opposition, the House was expected to approve the measure on Friday as emboldened Republicans kick off an election-year challenge to the troubled 4-year-old law. The GOPs laser-like focus on Obamacare reflects the partys certainty that the laws well-known problems will pay political dividends in Novembers midterm contests.
These measures are a part of a broader effort to protect the American people from the consequences of this disastrous law, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters on Thursday. The president doesnt want anyone to see whats taking place with this law. But the millions of Americans being hurt by it, frankly, have a right to know.
The goal of the Affordable Care Act is to expand coverage to tens of millions of Americans who lack insurance, lower health care costs, increase access to preventive services and eliminate some of the pre-existing conditions that insurance companies have used to deny coverage. The health care website HealthCare.com got off to a calamitous start on Oct. 1, followed quickly by widespread reports of canceled policies and higher premiums.
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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/01/10/gop_led_house_again_targets_obama_health_care_law/
SpankMe
(2,937 posts)Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)or return to their full frontal assault to repeal.
I would welcome rational, reasonable proposals to IMPROVE the ACA or a proposal to scrap the whole thing and move to a single-payer system.
I do not welcome nit-picking that does nothing more than provide for political theater and waste taxpayer money because the proposals are not going anywhere.
Mass
(27,315 posts)It is clearer and clearer that they have stopped trying to repeal the law (even if they mention it in some documents to please the base). It is unclear what would happen however if they got the Senate.
Aristus
(66,089 posts)I was afraid they were going to do something that was a complete waste of time and tax-payer money...
Mass
(27,315 posts)against the bill (given that the bill does nothing, it is hard to state that it hurts) but still opposed it.
Not surprisingly, 67 Democrats voted YES. Why should they vote NO and get attacked for a bill that does not do anything.
The most stupid argument was: there has not yet been a breach, so why should we do something.
I am not arguing that the bill is useful, just that Democrats should choose their battles.
catbyte
(34,169 posts)Lather, rinse, repeat, to infinity.
BumRushDaShow
(127,297 posts)that still continues to appear in their bills for defunding.
catbyte
(34,169 posts)LongTomH
(8,636 posts)Like present their own health plan, or a jobs bill, or raise the minimum wage?