Ted Cruz’s Obamacare nightmare: House Republicans are preparing to "improve" the law

[DonViejo]

After 50 attempts to repeal it failed, political survival now forces the GOP to accept and fix the law they hate

BRIAN BEUTLER

On Friday, while pretty much everyone in the national press corps was hypnotized by CPAC’s Grand Kabuki, Republicans quietly announced the biggest domestic political news of the week, and nobody wearing a tricorn hat was any the wiser, or there would’ve been hell to pay.

Politico’s Jennifer Haberkorn got the scoop, which is behind a paywall, but here is the gist:

House Republican leaders are planning to bring up three changes to Obamacare next week — but unlike dozens of prior bills, these are more minor measures that are not expected to be controversial. All three bills essentially fix drafting errors, perceived oversights or unintended consequences in the president’s Affordable Care Act. They have bipartisan support and are scheduled to be considered under a suspension of the rules, which limits debate and requires support from two-thirds of House members — a signal that leaders of both parties do not expect any heated debate.

They hold some political significance, however, because they allow Republicans to push back against the Democrats’ talking point that the GOP is only interested in holding votes to pick at Obamacare’s flaws. They also represent the reality that Obamacare is now fully implemented — and not fixing errors could be more damaging to opponents than being perceived as trying to make Obamacare work better.

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http://www.salon.com/2014/03/10/ted_cruzs_obamacare_nightmare_house_republicans_are_preparing_to_improve_the_law/

[Demit]

1. Nowhere in that article is what the three changes ARE.

Presumably it's in the quoted Politico article, but if the Salon writer is acknowledging not everyone can access it, he can at least, in an article discussing the changes, let us know what those changes are.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

2. Hmmm. wonder how they will play this. "We hate it, but we give up

on trying to get rid of it, so we are trying to fix it?" Kind of a long narrative without any punch.

I would follow the money on these "fixes" ...probably something that helps the Insurance companies