SpeakerRyan Ryan's disingenuous 'repeal and delay' plan for Obamacare

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Ryan’s disingenuous ‘repeal and delay’ plan for Obamacare
By Jennifer Rubin



December 21



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Paul D. Ryan speaks at a news conference. (Jim Lo Scalzo/European Pressphoto Agency)




House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) seems to be feeling the heat from members of Congress, the press and outside groups (such as hospitals) who object to pulling the plug on Obamacare and not telling Americans, health-care providers and insurance companies what comes next. In an obviously defensive email blast, Ryan’s office asserts:

Obamacare is hurting families, and before things get worse, we will act to repeal it so that we can bring relief as soon as possible.

Once Obamacare is repealed, we will make sure there is a stable transition period so that people don’t have the rug pulled out from under them. One key to ensuring a smooth transition is getting House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Working together, we will focus on delivering relief and a better system for people struggling under Obamacare.
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Ryan’s office has just made the case against repeal and delay. If you have a terrific plan and Obamacare is hurting people (hurting them so much that they won’t mind losing it without knowing what they will get instead), then repeal and replace it now. Moreover, Republicans are whistling through the graveyard if they think President-elect Donald Trump will go along with this once the letters come pouring in detailing the hardship and uncertainty Trump’s working-class voters are experiencing as Ryan promises to repeal what they have but won’t tell them what they’ll get. We know Trump lacks ideological coherence; that makes him particularly susceptible to individual horror stories and complaints from his fans that those mean Republicans (whom Trump vilified in the campaign) are mistreating them — again.

The GOP charade will become unsustainable at some point. ............................




Rather than send out specious emails to get through the news cycle, Ryan should be straight with his members. Is he expecting them to face the voters in 2018 with no replacement plan passed? If so, this is political suicide. And he should answer the real concern of patients, doctors and hospitals: Why not pass what you think is better than Obamacare at the same time you repeal it? It is unreasonable to expect insurance companies, medical providers and ordinary Americans to operate on the hope and the prayer that there will be something better, cheaper and more sustainable — sometime in the future.

[applegrove]

1. Ryan is just a facade.

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[dhill926]

2. so this fuckstick should prove to us...

just how Obamacare is hurting families. But of course he can't. Asshole...

[world wide wally]

3. Apparently this is what Trump tapped into and what all those brilliant Americans believe

"It is unreasonable to expect insurance companies, medical providers and ordinary Americans to operate on the hope and the prayer that there will be something better, cheaper and more sustainable — sometime in the future."

Americans love voting against their own self interests.

[CTyankee]

4. If these americans are so bent on hurting other americans, I can't feel sorry for them when they

feel the pain that repealing Obamacare would cause them. I just can't. screw them.