Obamacare repeal

[no_hypocrisy]

The *stated* reason why republicans were adamant about repealing the Affordable Care Act (a/k/a Obamacare) was they claimed the legislation was one-sided, non-bipartisan, and without any input or approval of the republican Congress.

Let's take a walk down Memory Lane. The republicans were against both President Obama no matter what he did and his landmark legislation, the Affordable Care Act. They didn't want to contribute, to tweak it, to improve it, to modify it. They simply didn't want it to pass, period. To hear the republicans talk now, you'd think they were literally shut out of a room with them pounding on the door, begging for reasonable bipartisan representation. It didn't happen that way.

I lost count how many times both houses of Congress voted to repeal the ACA.

And late last night, they tried again. With one vote. That's right, one vote over a tie between repealing and not repealing.

All those vulnerable people on ACA who may now succumb to their medical conditions, go bankrupt and still die . . . . so a handful of people who have too much money will get more money. Hell, it isn't even THEIR money because they don't pay taxes. It was OUR tax money that was paying for ACA.

Replacement? Are you kidding me?

[flamingdem]

1. Bernie made an important point

They can get away with this because it's mostly for the poor, lower middle class or independent consumers but not in large numbers.. so they lack power.

Of course it will impact everything, but it will be too late.

We need to call about blocking Price's nomination

[47of74]

2. That's why I am at this point with Republicans in my own family.

I don't care what anyone thinks of me either for being like Michael here.