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Conservative senators and allied outside groups are on the verge of rebellion against the Senates Obamacare repeal effort, potentially derailing delicate negotiations to overhaul the nations health care system, Politico reports.
As Obamacare repeal talks enter crunch time with a vote as soon as this month, the Senate bill continues to tilt toward more moderate members of the GOP on keeping some of Obamacares regulatory structure and providing a more generous wind-down of the laws Medicaid expansion. The movement has made Republicans increasingly pessimistic that two critical conservative senators, Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky, will be able to vote for the GOPs ultimate agreement on health care.
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports that Republicans aim to remove federal funding for Planned Parenthood in their bill, creating another potential concern for centrist GOP senators considering whether to back the legislation.
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elleng
(131,152 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,053 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)a few weeks ago,Slimy Mitch will ram this POS through one way or another. This is their last chance at wrecking the Middle Class and Working Poor whom the GOP hates with a passion.
underpants
(182,905 posts)They don't want to dump it all into the tax bill.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)The Stock market wants their money infusions before the end of November. All these bought and paid for Senators are looking for every hiding place imaginable.
As far as health care,most of the Republicans have written off their constituents as necessary for reelection,house members live on Gerrymandered Districts and the Senate figures on doing massive money expenditures to win.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)if the AHCA passes,which seems possible,Wisconsin will be another Kansas. If anyone is fimiliar with Wisconsin,the Northern part of the State,with the exception of the two or three counties bordering Minnesota,the Standard of Living sucks at best. If this so called health care bill lives,there will be whole Counties that will lose their Hospitals and most of their Clinics. The bulk of the residents live at or just above the poverty line and rely on SSDI,SS,Medicare and Medicaid.
As far as Paul Ryan is concerned,tough luck.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)It's not only the healthcare coverage of the local citizens that is at issue, it is also the local economy.
Medicare and Medicaid and Obamacare represent an enormous transfer of wealth from cities into Middle America. If they are damaged, hospitals will close. We will go back to ERs that are forced to stay open but bankrupt hospitals. And not just hospitals - rehab centers, dialysis, imaging, home health care and elderly care will be damaged. Many will lose jobs. In some parts of the country one of the biggest industries and employers is health care.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)someday soon your neighbor, your cousin, YOU will realize this and make it CLEAR that it will NOT be TOLERATED.
Requires many many millions of us to hit the streets and make it CLEAR we will NOT allow them to KILL us.
I am not saying YOU personally, you know what I mean. But I am losing my patience with the entire fucking country, because white conservatives HATE Obama, they are willing to KILL us.
Please GOP dont KILL us.
Please GOP dont KILL us.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)with hospital reimbursements..
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)He doesnt realize he will also kill his supporters, who he equally does not care about, but may need their votes.
Worst human being who ever lived who did not personally kill people, yet.
mountain grammy
(26,656 posts)McConnell is a rat.. I hate Republicans.
gordianot
(15,245 posts)When Trump is gone Republicans will eat each other but for now that is delayed. I want to see GOP start up town halls again.
MiddleClass
(888 posts)One track mind, what do I have to do to get my tax cuts with 51 votes.
Reconciliation can be done with only 50 votes plus the vice president.
Reconciliation, has to lower the projected national debt, be budgetary.
So you can screw all those citizens, stop Obama care, which stops Obama care taxes for rich people.
So Republicans don't care about other people's needs. Republicans or not