(06-23-2017, 03:55 PM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(06-23-2017, 10:27 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: And Trump was supposed to be the world's greatest deal maker.   "On day 1" we were supposed to repeal and replace the ACA. 

Seriously, though, my understanding of the new plan is that it shrinks Medicaid, cuts the Obamacare-related taxes, and ends the mandate.   That seems like a straight-up repeal to me.   So let's get on with it.   They complain, complain, complain, and promise, promise, promise, and they can't manage to get anything done, in spite of having both houses of Congress and the "world's greatest deal maker" in the White House.  

Sometimes I think they'd rather fail so they can still complain about Obamacare.

It shrinks Medicaid ... starting in 2025. Like that will ever happen.

Cutting taxes and ending the mandate only make the problems with the ACA worse. It increases the debt and discourages people from buying insurance until they need it. To prevent that the pre-existing conditions mandate needed to be eliminated at the same time, but it's not in this bill.

Maybe when the remaining insurance companies stop selling policies on the exchange the public might notice that Obamacare has failed, and politicians will actually fix things. But I doubt it.