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pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 10:00 PM Dec 2016

The Rethugs are going to start killing Obamacare NEXT WEEK -- they're not waiting

for the inauguration. They want it to happen while no one is paying attention -- so it's ready for DT to sign after his inauguration.

We need to flood our Congresspeople and Senators with messages as soon as the new session starts next week.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20161227/NEWS/161229963

Incoming Congress immediately will pick up Obamacare repeal

By Shelby Livingston | December 27, 2016
When the 115th Congress convenes in early January, they'll waste no time before launching an assault on key parts of President Barack Obama's signature health care reform law.

A bare-bones budget resolution acting as a vehicle to dismantle the Affordable Care Act will get a House floor vote the week of Jan. 9, according to a memo from Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), the incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, CQ Roll Call reported.

That means the Senate could take up and pass the budget resolution during the prior week.

“They are eager to prove they are capable of governing and keeping their promises,” said John Gorman, a former CMS official who is now a healthcare consultant in Washington.

GOP leaders are committed to repealing the ACA and plan to do so through an expedited budget reconciliation process that requires a simple majority vote in the Senate.

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sheshe2

(83,791 posts)
1. Goody!
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 11:03 PM
Dec 2016

I will cancel my doctors appointments now. I am on ACA and can not get Medicare before October. This will be the second time in less than a year that I have been uninsured since I lost my job in May.

Yup....die quickly.

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
3. No, don't. They plan to repeal but set the cancellation date off in the future,
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 11:24 PM
Dec 2016

on the false promise that they'll figure out a better plan between now and then.

sheshe2

(83,791 posts)
4. Any tweek that they do will hurt 20million people.
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 11:41 PM
Dec 2016

Yes they say they will put it off yet make changes now. That will hurt.

They are assholes.

Chipper Chat

(9,680 posts)
2. The rethugs are set to pass a slew of regressive bills on Jan 20.
Sat Dec 31, 2016, 11:23 PM
Dec 2016

Will Trump sign them? It's possible the entire 20th century could disappear on Jan 21st.

mountain grammy

(26,623 posts)
6. Wow, they're really going to do it..
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 12:09 AM
Jan 2017

I know a couple of people who will probably die without the medicine they need that they can't afford.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
7. " They are eager to prove they are capable of governing"
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 12:21 AM
Jan 2017

Is this some kind of joke? Their idea of governing is to make life a living hell for most of the people in this country.

WTF is actually going on here?

nini

(16,672 posts)
10. Can they even legally do this immediately?
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 02:47 AM
Jan 2017

Seems like there are going to be a ton of legal challenges to everything those morons are going to attempt to get away with.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
11. No one should feel confident that they will wait!!!!!!!
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 03:13 AM
Jan 2017

They can defund it now from what I'm reading.

That means no more subsidies or expanded Medicaid.

I hope we all fight for ACA as we would for Medicare!!!!!!!

 

TheFrenchRazor

(2,116 posts)
13. i think that this move could seriously back-fire on them; lots of people will lose care, and the
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 05:51 AM
Jan 2017

ones who keep it will be paying more than before for the same or less care.

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