Meanwhile, there’s the Obamacare repeal effort
The report is that there’s encouraging news on that front:
“Now I say promising, but I don’t know what it looks like legislatively ”¦ the key word is promising,” Graham said. “There better be [a vote this month], because this is not like fine wine, it does not get better with age.”
Ditto Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who has been outspoken about his concerns on the direction the party has taken, but now says he is feeling increasingly comfortable and “very encouraged” by Republicans’ plans…
At the party lunch, McConnell told his colleagues that “failure is not an option” and that the Senate has “to lead,” senators said…
“There’s a general agreement that we cannot still let a failed program stay in place,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). “The key here is we have so many other things that we have to do. We’ve got tax issues to work, we’ve got infrastructure. We’ve got to continue to move forward.”
Lately the legislature has been so quiet I almost forgot they were there. Some people would consider that a feature, not a bug.
It’s hard to know what sort of bill they’re actually going to pass, if any. But it doesn’t sound like they’re considering an especially conservative solution, although it’s almost certainly more conservative than Obamacare was.
Wish I could believe Lindsey Graham; but I can’t, and don’t.
To be fair, I don’t put much stock in what any of them say.
As far as getting something done; that would be a pleasant surprise. They are very fortunate that they are not paid based on their effectiveness. But, of course they design their own work rules and compensation.
We’ll see or we won’t.
They’ll pass Obamacare-lite costing about as much, possibly more, but with more choices. My guess.
Plus do a few other things, while the Dems rant about Trump tweets and Russia.
Neo, I assume your title to this post was sarcasm.
As expected, the house included some conservative elements to their bill, which the senate promptly rejected. There were certainly good ideas out there. Whether or not politics will get in the way of their implementation is to be seen, since the MSM’s obsession with Trump dominates the news and the dull, mundane job of crafting legislation that affects a large portion of the economy doesn’t seem worth covering.
While I’m not as conservative as others regarding health insurance and access to care, I don’t quite know what to make of the Republicans effort.
Did they assume Republicans would never have the presidency again, all those times they bravely voted to repeal Obamacare?