I have posted several times I wanted Obamacare to live so that the American people can fully experience what the Dems did to them in passing that monstrosity. Premium and deductibles will continue to rise, in many states in a huge way. The exchanges are dying. Insurance companies are opting out leaving little to no competition in some areas of the country. Young people are avoiding Obamacare in droves preferring to pay the tax instead. Thus the risk pools have far too many very, very sick people and far too few, young and healthy. When the pain becomes significant enough and the American people demand replacement, then the GOP can act by fully replacing Obamacare. Obama illegally funneled money to prop up Obamacare. That is now gone so the costs will rise even faster than one would expect. Not only will costs go up big time, but doctors will stop seeing Obamacare patients. It has already started. Democrats can celebrate today. But next fall, when Americans see their new Obamacare rates, all heck is going to break loose. You can only hide premium increases for so long by massively increasing deductibles. At some point, those huge deductibles really means you have no insurance (except catastrophic illness protection) since you can't afford to go to the doctor.
However, I do believe Speaker Ryan needs to go. This was his bill and he lost, big time. He hurt the President as well. If I were the GOP, I would install Gingrich as Speaker. He knows how the game is played, is brilliant and gets things done. Trump is going to need Gingrich's kind of leadership for tax cuts, the wall and the rest of his agenda.
Schumer sees the handwriting on the wall. He says he will work with the GOP to "fix" Obamacare if repeal is off the table. He knows what's coming. It won't be pretty.
Even Bernie sees the problems:
Dana Bash. “The President is trying to blame Democrats for the GOP failure to repeal and replace Obamacare but he also said that he’d be willing to work with you and Democrats in the Senate and House on a solution…”
Bernie Sanders: “Dana let me begin by saying this, the bill that was defeated should have been defeated. It was a disastrous piece of legislation primarily designed to provide 300 billion dollars in tax breaks to the top 2%, throwing 24 million people off of health insurance, raising premiums for older workers in a very very significant way….
Now as you indicated, of course Obamacare has serious problems. The deductibles are too high, premiums are too high. The cost of healthcare is going up at a much faster rate than it should.”
Dana Bash. “The President is trying to blame Democrats for the GOP failure to repeal and replace Obamacare but he also said that he’d be willing to work with you and Democrats in the Senate and House on a solution…”
Bernie Sanders: “Dana let me begin by saying this, the bill that was defeated should have been defeated. It was a disastrous piece of legislation primarily designed to provide 300 billion dollars in tax breaks to the top 2%, throwing 24 million people off of health insurance, raising premiums for older workers in a very very significant way….
Now as you indicated, of course Obamacare has serious problems. The deductibles are too high, premiums are too high. The cost of healthcare is going up at a much faster rate than it should.”
Dana Bash. “The President is trying to blame Democrats for the GOP failure to repeal and replace Obamacare but he also said that he’d be willing to work with you and Democrats in the Senate and House on a solution…”
Bernie Sanders: “Dana let me begin by saying this, the bill that was defeated should have been defeated. It was a disastrous piece of legislation primarily designed to provide 300 billion dollars in tax breaks to the top 2%, throwing 24 million people off of health insurance, raising premiums for older workers in a very very significant way….
Now as you indicated, of course Obamacare has serious problems. The deductibles are too high, premiums are too high. The cost of healthcare is going up at a much faster rate than it should.”
However, I do believe Speaker Ryan needs to go. This was his bill and he lost, big time. He hurt the President as well. If I were the GOP, I would install Gingrich as Speaker. He knows how the game is played, is brilliant and gets things done. Trump is going to need Gingrich's kind of leadership for tax cuts, the wall and the rest of his agenda.
Schumer sees the handwriting on the wall. He says he will work with the GOP to "fix" Obamacare if repeal is off the table. He knows what's coming. It won't be pretty.
Even Bernie sees the problems:
Dana Bash. “The President is trying to blame Democrats for the GOP failure to repeal and replace Obamacare but he also said that he’d be willing to work with you and Democrats in the Senate and House on a solution…”
Bernie Sanders: “Dana let me begin by saying this, the bill that was defeated should have been defeated. It was a disastrous piece of legislation primarily designed to provide 300 billion dollars in tax breaks to the top 2%, throwing 24 million people off of health insurance, raising premiums for older workers in a very very significant way….
Now as you indicated, of course Obamacare has serious problems. The deductibles are too high, premiums are too high. The cost of healthcare is going up at a much faster rate than it should.”
Dana Bash. “The President is trying to blame Democrats for the GOP failure to repeal and replace Obamacare but he also said that he’d be willing to work with you and Democrats in the Senate and House on a solution…”
Bernie Sanders: “Dana let me begin by saying this, the bill that was defeated should have been defeated. It was a disastrous piece of legislation primarily designed to provide 300 billion dollars in tax breaks to the top 2%, throwing 24 million people off of health insurance, raising premiums for older workers in a very very significant way….
Now as you indicated, of course Obamacare has serious problems. The deductibles are too high, premiums are too high. The cost of healthcare is going up at a much faster rate than it should.”
Dana Bash. “The President is trying to blame Democrats for the GOP failure to repeal and replace Obamacare but he also said that he’d be willing to work with you and Democrats in the Senate and House on a solution…”
Bernie Sanders: “Dana let me begin by saying this, the bill that was defeated should have been defeated. It was a disastrous piece of legislation primarily designed to provide 300 billion dollars in tax breaks to the top 2%, throwing 24 million people off of health insurance, raising premiums for older workers in a very very significant way….
Now as you indicated, of course Obamacare has serious problems. The deductibles are too high, premiums are too high. The cost of healthcare is going up at a much faster rate than it should.”
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