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Is there a more moronic plan than to repeal and then take years to replace the Affordable Care Act? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 OP
It is not a moronic plan-- it is an evil one. They do not give a big rat's ass about your health... TreasonousBastard Dec 2016 #1
An excellent plan HassleCat Dec 2016 #2
Sounds more like it is a plan to say to their ditto-head followers they have repealed knowing that Alekzander Dec 2016 #3
Conservatives have to make gestures like this to placate their beachbum bob Dec 2016 #4
Not moronic, cunning Shoonra Dec 2016 #5
they are opposed to healthcare for all...i doubt they will ever replace spanone Dec 2016 #6

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
1. It is not a moronic plan-- it is an evil one. They do not give a big rat's ass about your health...
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:10 PM
Dec 2016

Some of them are out to get what little money you have. Some of them are out to get any money they can find.

And, worst of all, is that some of them actually believe the government can't provide adequate care.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
2. An excellent plan
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:15 PM
Dec 2016

Insurance companies will have enough time to kill off all the poor and sick people. Solves the insurance problem, health problems, all kinds of problems.

 

Alekzander

(479 posts)
3. Sounds more like it is a plan to say to their ditto-head followers they have repealed knowing that
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:47 PM
Dec 2016

it will never take effect except on paper. Nothing is going to happen the way it reads.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
4. Conservatives have to make gestures like this to placate their
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:54 PM
Dec 2016

Zealots knowing full well they just can't repeal it immediately....no matter what they do....2018 election will have this as a major focus....with conservatives having a losing hand....

Shoonra

(523 posts)
5. Not moronic, cunning
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:57 PM
Dec 2016

This is rough euthanasia for those who are not among the fittest to survive.

After the repeal of Affordable Care with no meaningful replacement, the sick and weak will more quickly die off.
Five or ten years down the road, when the Republicans come up with their own plan, the country will be mostly rid of what the Nazis were pleased to call "useless eaters", so the people then surviving to use the Republican health plan will be mostly strong and healthy.

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