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still_one

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3. They were always dead set on repealing it, but I sure am not going to take a gossip rag like
Wed Jun 7, 2017, 12:46 AM
Jun 2017

Politico or The Hill to assume that will or will not happen.

First of all, what is their replacement bill? What will the CBO rate that bill's costs and coverages. One thing I have heard they proposed is that they want to tax employer paid health plans, which means most likely that employer paid health insurance will be included as an employees income, and taxable. There are a lot of contencious issues like that which I don't believe are a slam dunk.

If the republican replacement isn't as good or better than the ACA, 2018 will be even more of a concern for the republicans. If it is anything like what the house version is, it will not go over well.

While this is going on, there also happens to be a little investigation going on, and while this will not stop the republicans ambitions, it will lead to delays, especially as this drip, drip, drip that seems to be getting closer to an administration they are trying to cover up for.

Of course writing your senators won' t hurt, but until we see some details, it will be hard to pin them down on anything

Focus on 2018, and winning both the House and the Senate. That is the one sure way, if not reversing the damage, to at least halt any further damage until 2020





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