Conservatives Try And Fail Again To Offer New Alternative To Obamacare

Days before the Supreme Court will weigh whether to gut the Affordable Care Act, conservatives gathered on Thursday, the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference, to pitch their ideas for how to replace the law Republicans have unsuccessfully voted to repeal more than 50 times.

Unfortunately, the lawmakers and policy expert on a panel called “The Conservative Replacement to Obamacare” could offer no new ideas for alternative legislation.

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) agreed that the president’s healthcare law should be struck down — either by the Supreme Court in King v. Burwell, the suit that claims the federal subsidies in the law are unconstitutional, or by winning the White House in 2016.

“More and more people are going to be subsidized in a way we think is illegal,” Barrasso said about the lawsuit during the panel. “We want to use this as an opportunity to get the power out of Washington and back to people at the state level.”

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