GOP-led House votes 51st time to unravel Obamacare
Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) The Republican-controlled House has voted for the 51st time in 26 months to neuter the nations health care law.
The vote was 237-182 with nearly all Democrats opposed. Now the bill goes to the Senate, where its expected to die.
The measure would overhaul the system for paying doctors and others who treat Medicare patients. At the same time, it delays the penalty for failing to purchase coverage under the law. The combination prompted opposition by the American Medical Association. Thats despite the groups advocacy for changes in the Medicare payment system.
The vote is the first attacking the presidents health care law since Republicans won an election for a House seat this week in a campaign that featured health care as an issue.
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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2014/03/14/gop_led_house_votes_51st_time_to_unravel_obamacare/
liberal N proud
(60,336 posts)The GOP is obsessed with Obamacare as they like to tag it and it will kill the GOP.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)What is this shit?
rock
(13,218 posts)The only way to punish an elected official who acts insanely is for the voters to oust him. Also, unfortunately, the voters we're talking about are mostly insane.
They_Live
(3,236 posts)where you couldn't continually bring up the same legislation over and over. At least, not without some kind of time limit.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)Democrats voting for the bill were Reps. Ron Barber (Ariz.), John Barrow (Ga.), Ami Bera (Calif.), Joe Garcia (Fla.), Jim Matheson (Utah), Mike McIntyre (N.C.), Patrick Murphy (Fla.), Scott Peters (Calif.), Collin Peterson (Minn.), Nick Rahall (W.Va.), Bradley Schneider (Ill.), and Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.).
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/votes/200821-x-dems-break-ranks-in-vote-to-delay-obamacare-mandate
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)The head of California's Dem delegation is Rep. Zoe Lofgren, whose office happens to be right down the street from my office. Methinks she needs to get a better grip on her troops.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Maybe someone can come along and tell me how great it is having a dino represent me. Frankly I don't see how his voting record is any different than that of a t-bagger in things that matter.
BodieTown
(147 posts)Even addle-brained voters ought to recognize when they're being swindled by the people who receive handsome salaries to DO this to the United States.
America approves all of this, thus demonstrating that we're the stupidest mass of people on earth.
jsr
(7,712 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)for their medical care. Many Pharmacies too are 'out of network' and so can't share in any Federal money.
It's the 'for profit' medical care industry, drug & insurance companies and the giant treatment centers, that want to keep the federal money rolling in and cheat 'in network' personal (including -in network Doctors) out of a portion of their bill payment. That cheats the persons who need health care too.
I really think the "for profit" part of the healthcare industry and the very restricted 'network game' is against peoples rights.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)Republicons have done doodley-squat to "earn" their pay...freaking freeloading socialist Republiwankers living on the public dole.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)Just - why.
They need to stop.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)At least that was Boner's explanation one of the times.
benld74
(9,904 posts)Javaman
(62,530 posts)tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)and doing it 51 times only drives that point home... on how deep the insanity goes
nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)I can see 10 years into the program, they will still be holding votes to repeal it.