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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate GOP abandons latest effort to unwind the Affordable Care Act
By Sean Sullivan, Juliet Eilperin and Kelsey Snell September 26 at 2:29 PM
Senate Republicans decided Tuesday not to hold a vote on unwinding the Affordable Care Act, effectively preserving the landmark 2010 law for the foreseeable future.
In deciding not to take up the latest proposal, authored by Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (La.), their fellow Republicans are abandoning achieve the policy goal that has animated their party for more than seven years.
Top Republicans, however, also indicated they have little interest in shoring up the existing insurance market operating under the 2010 law. Instead, they suggested, the ongoing instability would backfire on Democrats and build momentum for the ACAs eventual repeal.
I personally think its time for the American people to see what the Democrats have done to them on health care, said Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah). Theyre going to find they cant pay for it, theyre going to find that it doesnt work. . . . Now that will make it tough on everybody. Maybe thats what it take to wise people up.
Wednesday is the deadline for insurers to sign contracts with the federal government so that they can sell health plans on the ACA marketplaces for 2018. Many companies are hiking these rates by double digits, but they have suggested they would curb such increases if they had assurances that the federal government would provide cost-sharing reduction payments for all of next year.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-gop-effort-to-unwind-the-affordable-care-act-faces-critical-test-tuesday/2017/09/26/097b2dc2-a25f-11e7-b14f-f41773cd5a14_story.html
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)That is question #1
Question #2, can they with 50 votes CHANGE that rule?
Remember, rules, constitution, precedent, patriotism means less than nothing to McConnell.
Rollo
(2,559 posts)Which stink...
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BigmanPigman
(51,625 posts)They can't figure out what is going on...Chris Matthew's is confused too. Cassidy said they are still working on it??
Help explain this to me!
flamingdem
(39,319 posts)Seems like they have to look like they're never going to give up. I'm concerned that they won't but they're awfully stupid and unable to moderate at all apparently.
elfin
(6,262 posts)May try to embed pieces of it by a different name in other bills like their beloved tax giveaway.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,436 posts)Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)Man the lifeboats! Stow the mizzen mast! Splice the main brace!
Thanks for handing another loss to Snowflake.