What are Republicans going to do about Obamacare? 'No idea.' - By Dana Milbank
February 8 at 5:15 PM
The Obamacare repeal effort was already in unstable condition. Now its status must be downgraded to critical — and completely unserious.
After years of Republican yammering about the urgent need to repeal the Affordable Care Act and months of fruitless pursuit of an alternative, President Trump now says he may not unveil a replacement this year at all. And from Capitol Hill comes new word that Republicans aren’t even talking about a plan.
“To be honest, there’s not any real discussion taking place right now,” Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) told reporters Tuesday at the Capitol. Corker, according to the Huffington Post, said he has “no idea” when Republicans might start drafting an alternative to Obamacare, adding, “I don’t see any congealing around ideas yet.”
For seven years, opponents of the Affordable Care Act vowed to make its repeal their top concern, warning that the law would turn America overnight into a socialist dystopia. Now these opponents have unfettered control of the government and they aren’t even talking about repealing.
On Nov. 1, a week before the election, Trump gave a speech pledging “to immediately repeal and replace Obamacare.”
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