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NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
Mon Jan 9, 2017, 12:36 PM Jan 2017

out of the woodwork! "Santorum Shocked GOPers Don't Have Obamacare Replacement Ready"

TPM - video there as well.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/santorum-shocked-no-obamacare-replacement

By MATT SHUHAM Published JANUARY 9, 2017, 10:33 AM EDT

Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) said he was “shocked” to see Republicans rushing to repeal the Affordable Care Act without a replacement for the law ready to take immediate effect.

In an appearance Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union," the former Republican presidential candidate said he understood “there's a big fight about repeal and replace,” but was surprised Congressional Republicans had only prepared in advance to carry out the repeal.

“There is a lot of discussion going on right now in the House and Senate right now as to how to do that. I'm frankly shocked that they don't have a plan, that they haven't really prepared for this,” he said. “I know it is not going to be an easy thing to do, but they should have put a little bit more work into it, than now, here in the interim, trying to figure out a plan forward.”

Specifically, Santorum said, he was surprised Republicans hadn’t planned to reverse the huge expansion of Medicaid enrollment authorized by the Affordable Care Act, which he said was responsible for health care coverage for millions of Americans.

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There simply are no words....Life would be happier for all if Sanitarium would just go away....

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out of the woodwork! "Santorum Shocked GOPers Don't Have Obamacare Replacement Ready" (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 OP
He's so "pro-life" Freddie Jan 2017 #1
yup. arithia Jan 2017 #4
? truebluegreen Jan 2017 #2
agree - except who knows what he will say tomorrow? NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #3
Let me be the first..... yellowcanine Jan 2017 #5

Freddie

(9,267 posts)
1. He's so "pro-life"
Mon Jan 9, 2017, 12:40 PM
Jan 2017

It's perfectly fine for millions to die without insurance. Gotta save those blastocysts!!
I'm from PA, he's worn out his welcome many years ago.

arithia

(455 posts)
4. yup.
Mon Jan 9, 2017, 02:46 PM
Jan 2017

We tossed his ass to the curb after years of shit representation and him stealing money from the taxpayers for his children's cyber school tuition while they were living in another state.

Why anyone continues to give this embezzling, hateful fraud the time of day.... wait... that's the new political standard now. Silly me.

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
2. ?
Mon Jan 9, 2017, 01:02 PM
Jan 2017

In this instance I'd call him an unlikely ally. It helps when someone from that side of the aisle points out the failings of his own party.

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