Rupubs come up with a late change to get dissenters on board. (Health Care Bill)

[rufus dog]

Truly shocking what they will do to screw people over.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/ehb-obamacare-repeal-vote

As Thursday's House vote on the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act looms, the pressure is ramping up on GOP lawmakers who remain undecided or opposed to the legislation. Even after threats to their careers, invitations to the White House, special carve-outs for their states, amendments on their pet issues, and other tactics, critics of the bill still say enough members are holding strong to ensure the bill will fail on the House floor.

As the clock ticked down on Wednesday, Republican leaders made a new promise to the dissenters: that the Senate will add a provision gutting Obamacare's Essential Health Benefits (EHB) rule once the House passes the bill and sends it their way.

The EHB rule, which the current House GOP repeal bill retains, requires that insurance plans have to cover a basic minimum of health care services, including emergency room visits, hospitalization, outpatient services, maternity care, mental health and substance abuse services, prescription drugs, rehabilitative and habilitative services, lab tests, preventive care like vaccines, and vision and dental care for children.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Do they have the votes in the Senate for such a change? n/t

[rufus dog]

2. They will try

This should not be able to make it though on budget reconciliation, but they may try in the Senate. If they try they will have gone full nuclear.

[regnaD kciN]

3. That would be political suicide...