Moderates chafe at Republican healthcare compromise
Source: Politico
Tuesday Group lawmakers are wary of a deal one of its members cut with the Freedom Caucus, casting doubt about whether it can pass the House.
By KYLE CHENEY, RACHAEL BADE and KATIE JENNINGS 04/26/17 05:14 AM EDT
If the White House manages to resuscitate its flat-lining effort to replace Obamacare, President Donald Trump may owe it to a moderate New Jersey Republican and multimillionaire who only reluctantly backed his candidacy for president.
Rep. Tom MacArthur has singlehandedly kept the embers of the failed repeal-and-replace effort burning, huddling with the hard-line conservative Freedom Caucus to try to forge a deal. The negotiations have allowed the White House and GOP congressional leaders to insist that despite their embarrassing failure to pass health care legislation last month, they're still making progress.
But the MacArthur-as-Republican health care savior narrative has bothered some GOP moderates, who say the New Jersey lawmaker is flying solo in negotiations with the Freedom Caucus. Though he's one of three co-chairs of the Tuesday Group a 50-member bloc of House Republican moderates MacArthur has negotiated without the group's blessing in his quest to keep the health care talks alive, other Tuesday Group members say.
And many others say theyve seen no details about the compromises the second-term lawmaker is offering or whether hes getting enough concessions from conservatives. Some in the group are pretty hot about this thing right now, said a Tuesday Group member. MacArthur is kind of on his own.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/26/obamacare-trump-repeal-macarthur-237605
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)unless you're 1%
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)J_William_Ryan
(1,758 posts)refer to extreme rightwing Republicans in the House as the "Freedom Caucus."
They have nothing but contempt for freedom.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)Because they are about as real as GOP moderates these days. . .
NewRedDawn
(790 posts)Nazi scums.
still_one
(92,422 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)and then creating high-risk pools for those who can least afford it sounds like 'repeal' without a replacement.
Their "compromise" removes one of the most popular features of the ACA insurance reform.
DOA.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)approved unless the HHS secretary actively vetoes it.
The whole thing is a farce.
GOP moderates can already envision the attack ads.
FairWinds
(1,717 posts)where is the "moderation"?
hibbing
(10,109 posts)Every one of their proposals consists reducing coverage and massive tax cuts for the ruling class.
Peace