GOP memo urges purity on (healthcare law) repeal

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Source: The Hill

Republicans should refuse to “reward collaborators” by not helping industry groups that supported the healthcare law unless they advocate its full repeal, the nonprofit FreedomWorks told House leaders in a confidential memo sent Monday.

“We think the Republicans would be foolish to go along with their requests for changes absent their support for repeal,” said Dean Clancy, the memo’s co-author.

“The repeal votes were supported by only three forces: employers, the Tea Party and the truth. The K Street healthcare lobbies were AWOL,” said Clancy, a former top healthcare policy official at the Office of Management and Budget under President George W. Bush.

“And we’re telling Republicans, don’t reward the folks who brought you ObamaCare unless they help you repeal it.”

The memo from Clancy and FreedomWorks leaders Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe outlines a seven-point repeal strategy that includes making repeal unavoidable by passing a balanced-budget amendment, and not reducing any taxes from the healthcare law unless the affected industries endorse full repeal.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/144687-gop-memo-urges-purity-on-repeal

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1. Bunch of mean SOBs aren't they?

Are they wearing brown shirts?

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2. Good

The insurance industry favored the axing of the Clinton plan, and guess what? It got the axe. Now the GOP thinks it can get them to get rid of a reform that will not only cut costs and cover more, but also make the health insurers more money.

Good luck with that, GOP.