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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse Republicans Spend 89 Hours Trying To Take Away Health Coverage From 30 Million Americans
Last edited Wed Jul 11, 2012, 08:56 PM - Edit history (1)
House Republicans Spend 89 Hours Trying To Take Away Health Coverage From 30 Million Americans
By Adam Peck
In a vote of 244 to 185, the House of Representatives has repealed the Affordable Care Act just days after the Supreme Court upheld its constitutionality.
This is the 31st attempt by Congressional Republicans to eliminate the measure. The GOP has spent an estimated 88 hours and 53 minutes since January of 2011 trying to undo the reform, an analysis by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosis (D-CA) office finds, though this latest bill is expected to die in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Prior to Wednesdays repeal vote, Democrats introduced an amendment that would have forced members of Congress to forego the same protections that Republicans are seeking to eliminate for their constituents, including gender-based premium rating, prohibiting insurers from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions, and allowing young people to remain on their parents health plans until age 26. The amendment failed along party lines, as the GOP prevailed, ignoring the consequences of repeal:
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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/07/11/514972/house-republicans-spend-89-hours-taking-away-health-coverage-from-30-million-americans/
By Adam Peck
In a vote of 244 to 185, the House of Representatives has repealed the Affordable Care Act just days after the Supreme Court upheld its constitutionality.
This is the 31st attempt by Congressional Republicans to eliminate the measure. The GOP has spent an estimated 88 hours and 53 minutes since January of 2011 trying to undo the reform, an analysis by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosis (D-CA) office finds, though this latest bill is expected to die in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Prior to Wednesdays repeal vote, Democrats introduced an amendment that would have forced members of Congress to forego the same protections that Republicans are seeking to eliminate for their constituents, including gender-based premium rating, prohibiting insurers from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions, and allowing young people to remain on their parents health plans until age 26. The amendment failed along party lines, as the GOP prevailed, ignoring the consequences of repeal:
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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/07/11/514972/house-republicans-spend-89-hours-taking-away-health-coverage-from-30-million-americans/
Edited to add corrected chart from Think Progress
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House Republicans Spend 89 Hours Trying To Take Away Health Coverage From 30 Million Americans (Original Post)
ProSense
Jul 2012
OP
democrat_patriot
(2,774 posts)1. Now that's how you frame an issue.
indepat
(20,899 posts)2. Repigs seem determined, if not destined, to reek havoc on our nation
and make a mockery of its institutions.
lame54
(35,287 posts)3. 1 hundred million or 1 hundred billion?
ProSense
(116,464 posts)5. $100 billion. n/t
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)6. $130 billion to be precise, if I recall the CBO numbers correctly. nt
randr
(12,412 posts)4. They should be denied payment for unproductive work
When they use their positions to act out their personal political fantasies we should be able to withhold our tax dollars that fill their pockets.
Once they swear that oath of office they are our employees and there needs to be a way to hold them accountable!
ProSense
(116,464 posts)7. Repeal their health care coverage. n/t