Republicans May Take Another Shot At Obamacare Repeal

Another late supporter, Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, said in a floor speech he made a decision to back the bill when Republican leaders, in a nod to conservatives, added an amendment removing the requirement insurance policies cover ten “essential benefits”, including maternity care and mental health. The state’s share of the burden for Medicaid-what we call the Oregon Health Plan-is about to increase.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) took the podium after Ryan, reiterating a promise to the American people to repeal and replace Obamacare, insisting the AHCA vote cancelation on March 24 “doesn’t mean we’re not going to get there”.

Still, the resounding message from leadership and members at Tuesday’s GOP conference Tuesday was “let’s get this done”, said Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.).

One way or the other, then, the president and GOP leaders would need to offer Democrats a few “socialism”-flavored carrots instead of simply threatening them with “death to Obamacare” sticks. I think it will actually, I think it’s going to happen, because we’ve all been promising – Democrat, Republican – we’ve all been promising that to the American people, so I think a lot of good things are going to happen”.

It is far easier to convince people of the advantages of gaining benefits they don’t understand than to sell them on the advantages of avoiding costs that they do understand.

Members of the House Freedom Caucus, which Trump has blamed for the loss, said they would be open to finding a fix. Improving Obamacare requires doing more, not less; moving left, not right.

“I think it was the longest prayer we ever had”, he went on to joke.

They are presenting us with a false choice.

House Speaker Paul Ryan yanked the measure from the House floor Friday in a jarring setback for both Trump and Ryan.

Asked about House plans for a do-over, Sen. But politics aside, what could be done to make health care work better going forward?

To that point, the White House has quietly re-engaged on health care in recent days, despite the very public proclamation last week, according to two people familiar with the process. Or do you agree with Trump that Obamacare is heading for collapse? And he suggested in a tweet that Democrats would want to work with him if the law implodes. It’s the fact that Priebus showed up at all, given the intense pressure at the time for Republican leaders to abandon the party’s nominee. “We’re looking at all kinds of options to get to ‘yes'”.

“We can’t be chasing the ideal all the time”, Priebus added.

The White House and lawmakers face a complicated “balancing act” in making changes to the legislation, Spicer said. However, the legislation did not gather the support it needed to pass the House, leaving the Affordable Care Act in place for the time being. Twenty-six percent of registered voters responded they wanted Obamacare repealed all together, with another 7 percent saying they want it amended to do less. It does not matter if you are a Republican or Democrat – having affordable health care services is everybody’s concern, and it should be treated as such.

“Reince has been on a learning curve in the executive branch, he’s never been there”, said Chris Ruddy, a friend of Trump’s and among those who have been publicly critical of Priebus. Defections would likely come fast and furious as soon as the legislation includes the type of compromises needed to win over Democrats.

After Ryan said he would pull the bill Friday, some members began blaming the conservative House Freedom Caucus for blowing their chance at repealing ObamaCare. Randy Weber, R-Texas.

The Affordable Care Act does have its weaknesses.

During an interview on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he’s not confident Trump will do that. “I don’t think we can give up”, he said, “but it’s clear it needs to be done on a bipartisan basis”.