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In reply to the discussion: Boehner: Republicans won't repeal and replace Obamacare [View all]Rollo
(2,559 posts)31. It was a Republican design from the start...
Crafted in the 1990's in response to Hillary's universal health care proposal, which was still-born...
Planned by the Heritage Foundation...
Put into practice on the state level by Mitt Romney...
The ONLY reason why the Republicans didn't like it when Obama pushed it through was because they couldn't abide the thought that a black president would be eating their lunch. Taking their plan, dusting it off, making it workable.
And while the ACA has its flaws, for the most part they haven't yet been fixed because of Republican intransigence.
Let's hope the 2018 mid-term elections show enough R's the door and the D's can take back Congress.
At this rate, with R's facing humiliation in Town Hall meetings, it might just happen.
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There are ways for them to bring it back - that's what the Cassidy-Collins plan does
kiranerys
Feb 2017
#12
I wish he was right, but he isnt. Fuckface hates Obama for making fun of him at a dinner, period.
Eliot Rosewater
Feb 2017
#5
As bad as Boehner was, he wasn't as diabolical as those in control of the House and
still_one
Feb 2017
#7
"As bad as Boehner was,..." Yeah, he was a weasel. And compared to what's there now
mpcamb
Feb 2017
#16
If they screw up their base's health care, those in office are screwed themselves.
Ligyron
Feb 2017
#18
20 Million people got health care under ACA, if as many as 5 million were republican voters
Hamlette
Feb 2017
#25
"Fix"? They will try to sabotage, ... and then point "oh, look it failed." . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2017
#36