House votes to begin Obamacare repeal process

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post

By Mike DeBonis January 13 at 3:35 PM

Congress took its first step toward rolling back President Obama’s health care reform law Friday, with the House voting along party lines to pass key preliminary legislation.

The measure, which was passed Thursday by the Senate, will allow Republicans to use special budget procedures to repeal major parts of the Affordable Care Act without cooperation from Democrats.

House Republicans from divergent wings of the party had raised concerns this week about taking the initial step without having a more detailed plan in place for ultimately replacing Obamacare with a GOP alternative.

But House leaders worked in recent days to address those concerns, even as President-elect Donald Trump made public statements setting out an ambitious timeline for action that many on Capitol Hill see as unrealistic. The final vote was 227 to 198.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congress-readies-to-begin-obamacare-repeal-process/2017/01/13/6bcd6eba-d9b3-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html?utm_term=.7ba697853d6e&wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-politics%252Bnation

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Bastards.

[RKP5637]

2. I guess the deplorables will be out celebrating all across the US. This is what they voted for and

what they're getting. ... wish it was just taking them down.

[angstlessk]

5. Yes, they will, cause THEY have the ACA, and NOT

Obamacare...the rubes!

[louis-t]

3. I still think this will backfire or never happen.

Unless they can pull off the con of the century, they will never replace it with anything that will work. When 10 million people suddenly cancel health insurance, somebody is bound to notice.

[elmac]

4. They are saving the uber rich

about 2% of their 300+ million dollar income each year. Guess that 2% is worth murdering 50,000 people a year.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Fewer insured

fewer doctor visits and hospitalizations

fewer payments for medical procedures of all types

More ER visits who skip payments

Will the insurance companies rollback premiums?

I just don't see how you do this. Back to square one.

GOP won't be happy until you give your first $8000 in income every
year, plus 6 pints of blood, to them

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Not that it's welcome or unexpected news, but it does seem important

so I'm K&Ring this.

[rtracey]

8. well

I am sorry this is happening, but maybe, just maybe this will spur the lazy asses off the sofa and vote in the midterms. If not, well it's your life, so you want to fight for it or sit and watch fucking TV.