(06-23-2017, 10:27 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(06-22-2017, 05:57 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: There is no new bill, the Senate and House versions are both DOA.

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.

Unless I missed something here, the effort to repeal and replace the ACA hasn't ended.  You do understand what the process takes to negotiate, right?  Solutions to something as complex as this aren't generated overnight. Especially when you're negotiating with a bunch of spineless politicians more concerned about reelection than actually fixing this thing.

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