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Squinch

(58,375 posts) Fri Mar 24, 2017, 07:16 PM Mar 2017

Obamacare is still in a very, very precarious position. Perhaps more now than ever. [View all]

The Republicans are in a position where they can kill Obamacare with a thousand cuts, dropping funding here, adding restrictions there. They want it to fail, and they are in the position to make it happen. They actually can make it implode.

We have to assume that the Republicans and Trump are in agreement that sabotaging Obamacare is their way forward.

We aren't out of the woods yet by any stretch of the imagination.

We need to watch these crooks like a bunch of angry hawks.

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Obamacare is still in a very, very precarious position. Perhaps more now than ever. [View all] Squinch Mar 2017 OP

You never know what gotchas can be hidden in a "must pass" bill. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2017 #1

Time to push single payer Phoenix61 Mar 2017 #2

If our Dem reps were smart, every one of them would be standing together somewhere with Squinch Mar 2017 #5

Damn straight! You are so right, and now is the best time to PUSH HARD Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #16

And this is where Obama iamateacher Mar 2017 #3

This Is Important To Do.... global1 Mar 2017 #23

They already loosened up the mandate flamingdem Mar 2017 #4

And they're going to be pissed now and need to break something like the infantile bullies they are. Squinch Mar 2017 #6

Ryan must be breaking down on some level, his own use of entitlements to get through college flamingdem Mar 2017 #7

I so hope you're right. This election floored me with the resilience of the ignorance of the Squinch Mar 2017 #8

HHS Inspector General's Office underthematrix Mar 2017 #9

Absolutely correct - republicans are nothing but greedy killers... Talk Is Cheap Mar 2017 #10

A frickin' TRILLION dollars of tax cuts for the rich. A TRILLION!!! Squinch Mar 2017 #11

I believe the figure was more like $800 BILLION - but still... Talk Is Cheap Mar 2017 #13

we'll have to be vigilant, keep the public informed and keep Indivisible and others in their faces. KewlKat Mar 2017 #12

Similar views expressed here: spooky3 Mar 2017 #14

I kicked and recced. I fear that the "drip" method might be much more of a threat than Squinch Mar 2017 #25

I agree, and we need to keep beating the drum mountain grammy Mar 2017 #15

You are so right. Mandate will not be enforced, funding will dry up, ACA will die quickly. Hoyt Mar 2017 #17

I agree GulfCoast66 Mar 2017 #18

Yes. And in the meantime keep the pressure on legislators to keep Obamacare fully funded Squinch Mar 2017 #26

Just as the ACA got more popular after the Deplorables tried to take it away DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #19

I really hope so but this message won't happen on its own. We need to push it hard everywhere. Squinch Mar 2017 #20

I believe the Dems are prepared to make some fixes on their own and to protect what they can, nikibatts Mar 2017 #21

The GOP has been at it for years now, already. rgbecker Mar 2017 #22

This is NOT over. Not even close to being over Gman Mar 2017 #24