Senate Republican holdouts to meet Wednesday to discuss reviving Obamacare repeal-and-replace plan

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Updated, 3:23 p.m.: A group of Senate Republicans who opposed earlier plans to repeal and replace Obamacare will meet on Wednesday evening to try to hash out their differences, senators said.

GOP leaders are still pushing for a way to advance a health bill next week even after two different repeal plans fell apart. Key Republican senators left a health care meeting at the White House sounding more optimistic that they could revive their bill to dismantle and replace the Affordable Care Act.

"We’re discussing that," Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) said when asked whether some version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act was coming back. "I’m more optimistic that that would be the case. But if there’s no agreement, then we’ll still vote on the motion to proceed but it’ll be to the 2015 just-repeal bill."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/19/trump-congress-no-recess-health-care-240718

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I have said all along and sadly I know I am right, Obamacare and healthcare for most of us is gone.

They are going to take it, next week provably.

So your average idiot doesnt realize we are all on ACA, but we are.

These guys hate Obama, they hate taxes and they really hate us liberals.

Count on them taking away your healthcare, at which point I hope this nation goes FUCKING BERSERK.

[brooklynite]

4. Why do you imagine any of the opponents will change their minds?

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. A. half of them oppose it because it doesnt do enough harm

right?

B. the other half or two oppose it because they are afraid of voters, BUT arent they more afraid of the Koch bros who have told them do this or else?

Dont you think they think they can overcome the voters with money?

[brooklynite]

8. And why didn't this work with tye first draft...or the second...or the third../

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. I want to be wrong

[Eliot Rosewater]

13. Uh oh

I just posted YOUR Link to make my point




You see, I believe this was all avoidable but people who said Hillary couldnt be trusted had to act like children.

We are going to be harmed, greatly, by the GOP. Probably gonna take my Medicare and SS.

AT which point I hope we all go berserk.

[brooklynite]

14. MY link is about discussing...hasn't work for them so far...

[Eliot Rosewater]

15. Here is my deal. I do the doom and gloom all the time out of

my INSANE level of anger at the millions of ALLEGED liberals, progressives, who caused this mess.

[riversedge]

17. Repugs need to take the money from some pot-be it medicaid, medicare or Soc Sec. The House

budget is hitting on medicaid and Soc security from what I can tell.

[hibbing]

7. I agree

They will not stop until they have punished enough ordinary citizens and get their tax cuts for their ruling class oligarchs.


Peace

[Demsrule86]

11. I don't think they will vote for it...call and call some more...this is not just about the ACA...we

get nothing it this goes down...and we never get single payer.

[Blue_Adept]

2. holy fuck these guys are morons

The only realistic path they have that will be fraught with problems is to embrace the ACA by using the PR route of saying "We hear you and we'll be the ones to fix Obamacare and make it great, better than the democrats." Even if that isn't their goal they can sway a lot of easy opinion that way while fixing and sabotaging at the same time.

But the master manipulators of Republicanism are long gone. They're a shadow of what they once were as we're in a place where Ryan and McConnell are called legislative geniuses.

[riversedge]

3. My bet is that they are hoping to a House Paul Ryan quickie while OUR DEFENCES ARE DOWN, THINKING

WE WON. THAT IS HOW THE HOUSE PASSED THE BILL.



CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW

[gfwzig]

6. It's getting to the point that you cannot take your eyes off these $OB'S for even a second!!!!!!!!!!

[riversedge]

9. This is how the House passed their Trumpcare bill. We let down our guard after Ryan said

basically no more. Then they suddenly revived it and bingo--a few days later, the passed it.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. The party margin in the Senate is much closer than the House

They are still trying to get enough votes (50) to even bring the bill to the floor next week.

[randr]

10. The hole isn't deep enough to bury their sorry asses yet