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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Feb 13, 2018, 01:22 PM Feb 2018

Ryan calls for 'incremental' health reforms after failure of ObamaCare repeal [View all]

Source: The Hill




BY PETER SULLIVAN - 02/13/18 12:09 PM EST

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is calling for "incremental" health-care reform after the Senate failed to pass an ObamaCare replacement bill last year.

Asked on Fox Business on Tuesday if lawmakers will try again to pass an ObamaCare repeal legislation this year, Ryan pointed to incremental changes.

"Well, I think there are a lot of things we can do kind of incrementally," Ryan said.

The comments are an acknowledgment that there is no apparent path forward for a large-scale ObamaCare replacement or entitlement reform bill this year in the Senate, where Republicans now have a one-seat majority.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/373612-ryan-calls-for-incremental-health-reforms-after-failure-of-obamacare-repeal

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Lets not incrementally get rid of Republicans in November. Guilded Lilly Feb 2018 #1
Ryan, you cashed in all your chits on the Tax Scam Weed Man Feb 2018 #2
screw lyin' ryan Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2018 #3
Here's what we're calling for Ryan: your dismissal and your Democratic challenger's victory. YOHABLO Feb 2018 #4
Paul Ryan would screw over his own mother....... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2018 #5
They couldn't get it repealed, so they're going to repeal it by bits & pieces. Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #6
truilp is not going to be impeached.. unfortunately.. pangaia Feb 2018 #10
Death by a thousand cuts hibbing Feb 2018 #7
Hey Ryan here's someone that incrementally wants to have debate with you and what you want to do turbinetree Feb 2018 #8
Thanks for posting these ads. pangaia Feb 2018 #12
I have the great feeling that he will not be collecting a taxpayer pay check this coming Jan turbinetree Feb 2018 #14
This was suggested several times before...and now the GOP acknowledges this option? SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #9
OMG THE DEFICIT!! WE HAVE TO MAKE CUTS!! Freddie Feb 2018 #11
When Ryan says "incremental", he means "decremental" JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2018 #13
They all think the same... Maxheader Feb 2018 #15
Translation: slower shredding mpcamb Feb 2018 #16
"First, we'll only euthanize the old and sick... Insomniac Ike Feb 2018 #17
Ryan would like to throw boxes of band aids at patients in hospitals like BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #18
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