GOP lawmakers told to stop talking up 'full repeal' of Obamacare because its killing the party...

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory




GOP lawmakers told to stop talking up ‘full repeal’ of Obamacare because it’s killing the party: report

TOM BOGGIONI
12 MAY 2017 AT 10:36 ET

Republican congressmen heading out to speak to constituents at town halls are being advised by a conservative messaging firm to stop talking about a “full repeal” of Obamacare because it is highly unpopular with the public despite once being one of the main planks of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.

According to the Washington Post, the few Republican lawmakers who are brave enough to go out and face angry voters in their districts were given advice on how to present the American Health Care Act, which was recently passed in the GOP-led House of Representatives. In a memo issued this week by conservative firm WPA Intelligence, lawmakers were cautioned to avoid using the term “full repeal” because it is highly unpopular.

On May 4, the House pushed through House Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) health care bill — dubbed the AHCA — before it had been scored by the Congressional Budget Office and before it was fully read by House members. After initial celebration — including a rally in the White House rose garden with the president — House members have taken a beating when returning to their home districts.

According to conservative and former Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes, pushing through what he called “RyanCare,” was a huge mistake. A very real flaw in the bill went unnoticed, one that will slam the very people who can least afford it,” Forbes wrote in his namesake magazine. “Here it is: RyanCare will make health insurance unaffordable for millions of Americans who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but are too young for Medicare, especially folks in the 50-to-64 age bracket.”

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[dalton99a]

1. Hang that vote around their necks everywhere they go

[shraby]

2. Bush had it right, catapult the propaganda, that's what the gop does.

[underpants]

3. They need to get rid of the elephant and use this

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Once management consultants grab hold, they will "improve" the product

just like MBA school. How do you improve the pizza? Strip out all the costly ingredients
and use cheaper ones. Pizza tastes like shit, but you make money. No one likes it?
Advertise more. How to pay for that? Strip out more ingredients. This is the explanation
for the food we eat.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Attention DEMOCRATS: Must frame the issue always as REPEAL & REPLACE. No lies about "fixing" ACA.

RepubliCONs want to con the media and the public into using language about "fixing ObamaCare". It's a lie.

[font size = "+2"]The Republicons are sabotaging, repealing, and replacing ACA with complicated crap that gives $880 billion to the 1%.[/font]

Democrats MUST frame the issue by careful choice of language. Be vigilant about words when talking, speaking, tweeting, and writing.

[mwooldri]

6. I prefer "removing protections".

The GOP isn't interested in protecting the American people. And those GOP who wear their faith on their sleeve don't in my opinion appear to be practicing what Jesus preached.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. That's good framing too. Good you are thinking about this. Framing is important. . . nt

[qwlauren35]

8. I'm confused...

“Here it is: RyanCare will make health insurance unaffordable for millions of Americans who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but are too young for Medicare, especially folks in the 50-to-64 age bracket.”

Isn't that pretty much everyone in the middle class and half of the baby boomers?

[hibbing]

9. Ahh, Steve Forbes, another example of the meritocracy at work n/t