I wish I had a dollar for every article I’ve read about the angst Republicans are feeling in their attempts to repeal and replace Obamacare. I might not be rich, but at least I’d have enough for a nice dinner out.
The latest of this genre comes from some folks at Politico. And you’ll never guess who the Republicans are starting to blame for their dilemma.
Republicans have reached a gut check moment: After spending more than six years vowing to fix the flagging patient that is Obamacare, it’s the GOP’s own repeal effort that’s on life support.
Undoing the health care law despised by conservatives seemed to be a straightforward proposition for the party after it won the White House and retained control of both chambers of Congress. Instead, Republicans are sniping over how much of the law to scrap, what to replace it with and when. At this moment, it’s far from a sure thing any plan could get through Congress…
It may take a direct intervention from Trump to get the party’s warring factions in line.
“It’s hard to see how this gets done unless the president says, ‘OK, let’s do it this way,’” said Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), a key committee chairman on Obamacare.
Yeah, the guy whose administration creates chaos out of everything it touches is going to save them. Puhleeze!
For six years now the Republicans have been promising to repeal and replace Obamacare. Once they finally had the opportunity to make good on that promise, they heard from anxious/angry constituents about the prospect of losing their coverage. In response, they made another promise: that their replacement plan would be great and not cause any problems for those who were covered by Obamacare.
I have some news for Republicans: you can’t keep both of those promises. It’s really that simple. The sooner you get that message, the better for all of us who are sick and tired of hearing about your angst.
Oh…and one more thing, Republicans. As a pre-emptive strike on your next round: you can’t claim to be fiscally responsible while promising huge tax cuts for the wealthy, a useless border wall fence that will cost tens of millions of dollars, a giant military build-up and a trillion dollar infrastructure package. Please spare us your angst on that one too.
