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Timeline of Republican stance on Obamacare

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Timeline of Republican stance on Obamacare

2010: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2011: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2012: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2013: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2014: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2015: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
< November 8,2016: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
November 8, 2016: We won!!! :rock
November 9, 2016: <hungover> We won.
November 10, 2016: Oh, I guess we need to come up with a plan.
November 11-30, 2016: What are we going to do? :confused:
December 2016: Starts working on plan, it's gonna be great! :thumbs:
January 2017: Trust us, it's gonna be great.
February 2017: Damn, this is hard. :confused:
March 2017: Oh... my... God... WTF are we doing??? It's not working!!! What are we gonna do?!? :eek:

In a nutshell, of course.

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radcen said:
Timeline of Republican stance on Obamacare

2010: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2011: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2012: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2013: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2014: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2015: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
< November 8,2016: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
November 8, 2016: We won!!! :rock
November 9, 2016: <hungover> We won.
November 10, 2016: Oh, I guess we need to come up with a plan.
November 11-30, 2016: What are we going to do? :confused:
December 2016: Starts working on plan, it's gonna be great! :thumbs:
January 2017: Trust us, it's gonna be great.
February 2017: Damn, this is hard. :confused:
March 2017: Oh... my... God... WTF are we doing??? It's not working!!! What are we gonna do?!? :eek:

In a nutshell, of course.

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trumpcare workin ppl got insurance its good
 
radcen said:
Timeline of Republican stance on Obamacare

2010: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2011: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2012: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2013: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2014: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2015: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
< November 8,2016: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
November 8, 2016: We won!!! :rock
November 9, 2016: <hungover> We won.
November 10, 2016: Oh, I guess we need to come up with a plan.
November 11-30, 2016: What are we going to do? :confused:
December 2016: Starts working on plan, it's gonna be great! :thumbs:
January 2017: Trust us, it's gonna be great.
February 2017: Damn, this is hard. :confused:
March 2017: Oh... my... God... WTF are we doing??? It's not working!!! What are we gonna do?!? :eek:

In a nutshell, of course.

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To be fair to them. Nobody knew healthcare policy was complicated.
 
radcen said:
Timeline of Republican stance on Obamacare

2010: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2011: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2012: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2013: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2014: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2015: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
< November 8,2016: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
November 8, 2016: We won!!! :rock
November 9, 2016: <hungover> We won.
November 10, 2016: Oh, I guess we need to come up with a plan.
November 11-30, 2016: What are we going to do? :confused:
December 2016: Starts working on plan, it's gonna be great! :thumbs:
January 2017: Trust us, it's gonna be great.
February 2017: Damn, this is hard. :confused:
March 2017: Oh... my... God... WTF are we doing??? It's not working!!! What are we gonna do?!? :eek:

In a nutshell, of course.

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You missed few critical Points.

1996: Heritage Foundation and Republicans under leadership of Newt Gingrich came up with the ACA as a counter measure to Hillary's Health Care Plan

2009: The Same ACA was considered best Plan Ever under Republicans is now considered utter Socialism and Big Government under Obama

2014: Marco Rubio Shut down the "Risk Corridor" and block Million of Dollars that was owed to Insurance Companies which as a result derailed ACA and insurance companies were forced to raise the premiums or many dropped or decide to leave.


Diving Mullah
 
new timeline addition:

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, facing a revolt among conservative and moderate Republicans, rushed to the White House Friday afternoon to inform President Trump he did not have the votes to pass legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to decide whether to pull the bill from consideration. ...
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/us/politics/health-care-affordable-care-act.html


appears we now need a tax reform timeline as Obamacare remains in place
 
radcen said:
Timeline of Republican stance on Obamacare

2010: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2011: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2012: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2013: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2014: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2015: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
< November 8,2016: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
November 8, 2016: We won!!! :rock
November 9, 2016: <hungover> We won.
November 10, 2016: Oh, I guess we need to come up with a plan.
November 11-30, 2016: What are we going to do? :confused:
December 2016: Starts working on plan, it's gonna be great! :thumbs:
January 2017: Trust us, it's gonna be great.
February 2017: Damn, this is hard. :confused:
March 2017: Oh... my... God... WTF are we doing??? It's not working!!! What are we gonna do?!? :eek:

In a nutshell, of course.

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That's pretty accurate.
 
I'm just happy the GOP had a shred of integrity and aren't going to repeal Obamacare. Glad they won't replace it with that barbaric Trumpcare alternative.

Thank God.
 
Van Basten said:
I'm just happy the GOP had a shred of integrity and aren't going to repeal Obamacare. Glad they won't replace it with that barbaric Trumpcare alternative.

Thank God.
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I think a lot of it was out of concern for their jobs. Red states stand to lose a heck of a lot if Obamacare is removed.
 
How does one replace a federal entitlement other than by making it into a state entitlement via a semi-funded federal mandate? Repeal (alone) made the most sense but that takes 60 votes in the Senate.
 
The objective seems to me more along the lines of passing "anything" fast, that taking the time to come up with a quality bill.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
How does one replace a federal entitlement other than by making it into a state entitlement via a semi-funded federal mandate? Repeal (alone) made the most sense but that takes 60 votes in the Senate.
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Simple repeal would only bring us back to what we had before, which sucked as well. Repealing back to something that could truly possibly be cost effective would also have to include tort reform and removing the protectionist market on pharmaceuticals.

Tort reform was the big deal 20 years ago, and has since died. Did we realize it was truly politically impossible?
 
Vetplus40 said:
The objective seems to me more along the lines of passing "anything" fast, that taking the time to come up with a quality bill.
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I heard a couple months ago... and heard it only once... that insurers have until May to decide if they want to continue into 2018 or drop out. Hence Congress has a very short limited time frame with which to act, hence the March self-imposed deadline. If more insurers drop out, even their plan would fail anyway.

Or, something like that. Don't know if it's actually true, but it does make sense.
 
radcen said:
Timeline of Republican stance on Obamacare

2010: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2011: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2012: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2013: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2014: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
2015: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
< November 8,2016: We will repeal and replace Obamacare!
November 8, 2016: We won!!! :rock
November 9, 2016: <hungover> We won.
November 10, 2016: Oh, I guess we need to come up with a plan.
November 11-30, 2016: What are we going to do? :confused:
December 2016: Starts working on plan, it's gonna be great! :thumbs:
January 2017: Trust us, it's gonna be great.
February 2017: Damn, this is hard. :confused:
March 2017: Oh... my... God... WTF are we doing??? It's not working!!! What are we gonna do?!? :eek:

In a nutshell, of course.

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You left out the last part: March 24, 2017: "Aw, screw it, we don't know how to create policy or how to govern. Who were we kidding? On to transferring the entire tax burden to the poor and the middle class!"
 
Cardinal said:
You left out the last part: March 24, 2017: "Aw, screw it, we don't know how to create policy or how to govern. Who were we kidding? On to transferring the entire tax burden to the poor and the middle class!"
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I just might add something like that.
 
radcen said:
Simple repeal would only bring us back to what we had before, which sucked as well. Repealing back to something that could truly possibly be cost effective would also have to include tort reform and removing the protectionist market on pharmaceuticals.

Tort reform was the big deal 20 years ago, and has since died. Did we realize it was truly politically impossible?
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Exactly - before we had federal control over all "private" medical care insurance and a mandate to buy that "private" product/service. Using only politically correct actuarial risk factors is a major cause of the premium price increase for most to give a few a break as was mandating many "no added out of pocket cost" perks.
 
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