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McConnell Wants to Move on From Obamacare. House GOP Says “Hell No.”
Posted On 26 Dec 2017
In an interview with National Public Radio this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed doubts about his party returning to the repeal and replacement of Obamacare in 2018. Noting that Senate Republicans were now a seat shorter than they were when they tried to repeal the bill this year, McConnell said it was probably time to “move on to other issues.” This puts him at odds with the White House and several members of the House of Representatives, to say nothing of conservatives in the Senate, all of whom still want to make good on the party’s promise to voters.
In a tweet the day after Christmas, President Trump said that the repeal of the individual mandate, made possible by the tax reform bill, would likely lead the way for repeal and replace legislation. He predicted that the Affordable Care Act would not be able to survive without the mandate, thus forcing Republicans and Democrats to come together around a new healthcare bill.
But McConnell says that he’s uncertain how, with the loss of the Alabama Senate seat, the party will be able to pass legislation they weren’t able to pass with a stronger majority.
“We’ll have to take a look at what that looks like with a 51-49 Senate,” he told NPR. “But I think we’ll probably move on to other issues.”
According to the Washington Examiner, there is still plenty of appetite in the House for taking another shot at the unpopular healthcare law:
“I still think there is enough bandwidth on the House side to get it done,” said Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., leader of the 170-member conservative Republican Study Committee.
The House was able to pass its own Obamacare repeal and replace bill in May, but the Senate couldn’t pass its own version in late July.
“Sen. McConnell didn’t want to do a lot of things but we still got a lot of things done,” Walker said in a dig at the majority leader.
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., also said Obamacare repeal was “still on the table.” He said President Trump and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. — who helped spearhead his own repeal bill with Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. — are still on board for repealing the healthcare law.
But Meadows said that Republicans can’t abandon going after Obamacare repeal.
“To accept defeat when we have health insurance premiums going up each and every day, and I get more complaints about insurance premiums than anything else, inaction is not an option,” he said.
It’s understandable that Republicans don’t want to immediately follow up their huge tax bill victory with another Obamacare quagmire, and McConnell’s pragmatic note about the party’s shrinking Senate majority it well taken. At the same time, there are still millions of voters – some of whom are small business owners suffering under the Obamacare mandates that WEREN’T repealed – who want to see the relief they were promised. Getting rid of the individual mandate was a crucial step forward, but we’d love to see the GOP and Trump find some way to finish the job.
Oh yea and I still believe in the Easter Bunny
McConnell, do us all a big favor – RETIRE!!!!!!!!
Please replace McConnell and get someone in there to get the job done. All he did was talk about getting rid of Obamacare for the last 9 years and has not done one thing to make it happen. He is totally useless and ineffective.
This old bastard needs his ass kicked!!! He is USELESS!!!!
Along with McQueen the song bird . Them 2 along with Pelosi and Schumer need to go out to pasture .
McQueen [ I’m guessing you mean McCain ] As for the other two mutts! They should have been gone a long time ago!!!
You got IT .
Happy New Year!!!
Thank you , and lets hope next year improves more . Happy new year to one and all .
McConnell’s opinion may not matter as his chances of remaining as Leader may be nil.
If only that were true! Do you have any inside information?
He was essential in getting a democrat elected in AL so I really don’t think he wants the republicans to win at anything…let remove all
the RINO’s
Actually, The Dems are a little ‘shaky’ about that AL candidate they were so ‘delighted’ getting elected!! It may not be the ‘victory’ they had anticipated!! As often happens in ‘life’–he may be a ‘DINO’!! He tends to support Pres Trump in several issues, much to the dismay of other Dems!! He has stated that he doesn’t vote ‘party’—he votes what he believes is ‘right’!! They may have a ‘ringer’ in there!! Serves them right! LOL!!! I can respect a man like that! We’ll see how this all ‘plays out’.
People like that in either party are so rare these days.
But when Soros or Clinton step in and offer them the big bucks they cave
True. With Soros, all he has to do is dangle ‘dreams’ of a huge bank account and they’re all ‘done’!! No future vision of a nation taken over by ‘hostile entities’ where their ‘bank account’ will be non-existant and of no use to them. As for Hillary–she ‘owns’ them!! Remember how she became a candidate in the first place. The Dem party was on the edge of financial collapse. Hillary stepped in with ‘big bucks’ and the ‘string attached’ that they elect her as their presidential candidate!! They grabbed it like a ‘trout to a fly’ and now she has them ‘on the hook’!! It would be good if they realized the one way to get ‘off’ that hook would be to turn ‘state evidence’ against her and have her incarcerated! On the other hand, perhaps they still fear the Clinton Mafia and retaliation. I’d say they’re between a ‘rock and a hard spot’, wouldn’t you??
Yes they are definately afraid of the Clintons. Let’s just hope her health problems take care of her, too many people have died going against her, now it’s her turn to go. Either to prison or by health, Or maybe she’ll commit suicide like the people who had incriminating evidence against her
Works for me!! Lets hope & pray The People see the same as you do!! McConnell has been Anti- Trump right from the beginning!!! Nothing changed with him!!!!
I’ll only defend the old prune face this once, but Mitch had a single shining moment. He alone stopped the nomination of the leftist pervert Garland to the Supreme court, and we owe him a thanks for Gorsuch…..So I say thanks Mitch, now GET OUT!
McConnell could do everyone a big favor and in line of truth in advertising just start wearing a blue suit with the Democrat logo of the jack@ass on it. For one it would demonstrate his true party and lobbyist donor affiliation and allegiance, and it would make a statement about himself. Let’s hope he’ll retire soon to the rock from under whence he came.
Don’t count on it!! McConnell job is to get RID of President Trump anyway he is can!!! The old Bastard!!!
Joan,
He , like the “other elites” in “government” are TERRIFIED that PRESIDENT TRUMP is curbing their STOLEN… POWER, CONTROL and those all-precious TAXPAYER DOLLARS that fund their cushy lifestyle, and returning the POWER and CONTROL back where it belongs with “WE the PEOPLE”.
It is long past DUE for the “representatives”, to live under the same “rules” THEY MAKE, that WE have to live under.
may be it is TIME for the GOP to Usher him to the Sidelines!!! and let REAL Repubs like SEN COTTON take the LEAD!
Time for the old goat to retire.
Your being too damn kind He;s an old BASTARD!!!
Thanks for the correction Joan.
ROFLMDAO!!! Thanks for the laugh!!! Happy New Year!!!
Good CALL!
Combatvet52. Thank you. The “old goat McConnell” is WAY overdue to get his rotten butt out of office. He is NOW USELESS. Time for that imbecilic idiot to pack his bags and GET OUT or be impeached out for his treasonous actions against our President AND we the people of the United States of America.
Way PAST time for him to retire. Few people have done more harm to our country.
McConnell is just one example of why term limits must now be imposed on federal legislative seats. I encourage people to support the Convention of States movement to further this effort. Professional politicians will not self-limit.
Obamacare is as good as dead now that the working man don’t have to pay a fine for not having insurance. And without the working man footing the bill for the lazy that want to ride the government grave train obamacare is dead they just don’t know it yet. You see the liberal media bragging about how many signed up. But they signed b4 they knew there would be no fine. And let’s see if the lying media will tell how many drop out now that they know there will be no fine to pay.
Wait until the next recession. Half of the country won’t have health care.
Ready for single payer??
Democrats only wanted healthcare because other countries had it and they were getting showed up. All these other countries are government ran Healthcare. While we pay insurance companies billions in profit every year to run ours.
I don’t think we are paying the insurance companies billions every year, they are stealing billions every year. I have been fighting with my insurance company for 12 years over injuries that were fully documented with MRI’s right from the beginning.
Are you????
McConnell , you should represent voters who are eager to abolish Obamacare . You think that you are king and do what you want ? You represent us, American Citizens and better listen to their opinions.
As long as McConnell has his little click that keep voting him into office he will keep doing what ever he wants. The only way to stop him is turm limits
Another way to get our ‘point’ across concerning health care–abolish ‘government’ health care and have them buy the same insurance the rest of the nation has to buy!! No ‘special’ health care offers!! What’s ‘good for the Goose–is good for the Gander’!!!
AMEN! They need to have the same insurance as we the people have.
McConnell doesn’t want Pres.Trump to succeed ! That would mess-up (POLITICIANS PLAY-HOUSE) in W.H. when they retire and become LOBBYIST ! And WHEN PRES.TRUMP SUCCEEDS HUGE that opens a door for other “DOWN-TO-EARTH” SMART+COMMON-SENSE PEOPLE WOULD RUN ! THAT WOULD BE END OF “SWAMP”SURVIVING ! Then they would just be where we are ( SO SO SAD ) !
McConnell is a RINO, plain and simple. Draining the swamp starts with him going down the drain.
It’s time to move on from McConnell.he is a detrament to the US and doesn’t work for the people.
OMG!! Health care is such a difficult thing for our brain dead politicians. [1] We go to the doctor. [2] The doctor treats our condition. [3] The doctor remits the bill for payment, either to private insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid.
Why does Congress have so much trouble paying a medical bill?
McConnell is a POS wimp rino who should be drained from the cesspool called congress.
These RINOs ran on full repeal of Obamacare. They said give us the House, then give us the Senate, and then they said we need the all three and we gave it to them. Their pathological liers.
Of course the scumbag rino Mitch McConnell do not really want to repeal Obamacare. That is why he wants to move on after mess up Roy Moore chance to the Senate so that they have now one less vote. Hold Scumbag McConnell responsible. When time comes kick this bastard out of the Senate.
McConnell hasn’t changed – part of the old stagnant congress that is just serving, themselves, as they have been.
But Obamacare and the ACA – just REPEAL!!!!! Don’t replace – the feds CANNOT POSSIBLY put together a one size fits all program…..IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME!!!!!
Send it back to the states…let them sort out the mess…the states employees are paid well enough to finally have enough to do. So insurance is weird for a year, deal with it. BUT your health care is a COMPLETELY different subject – start taking care of yourselves, think about it before you ELECT surgery or take a pill for a quick fix. Get plenty of rest and exercise, chicken soup for a cold, etc…the basics still work. If everyone is responsible to take care of themselves for a couple of years – we will find that replacement is not necessary.
Why not one size fits all? The only thing we need insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid for is to pay for our medical bills. What is so difficult about paying a medical bill?
Not everyone has medical bills to pay. Not everyone has the same issues. I, for one, don’t care about birth control pills because I am beyond that. I also don’t care about prescription drug plans because I don’t take any. If I need [that is the most important word here] actually NEED to go to the doctors, I pay the bill. Did you know they ALSO accept cash?
Build your immune system with proper nutrition and activity, don’t drink, don’t smoke and chicken soup when you think you may be getting a cold. You will find that you don’t NEED to go to the doctor regularly.
But if you NEED to maintain a drug habit – you probably feel compelled.
Most importantly – Pursuit of happiness – means different things to different people – I appreciate the diversity and the freedom of personal choices. People in their 20’s are more likely to need medical attention for an accident, if they don’t exercise caution, while people in their 30’s may prefer spending their money on activities for their kids that require basic physicals for participation. In their 40’s kids are grown but health issues aren’t a problem, may prefer vaccinations for foreign travel.
Medical care is DIFFERENT for everyone – a one size fits all plan is based on the assumption that we are all the same…. WE ARE NOT…and we should be allowed to make our own choices, ESPECIALLY since the ACA is for shared responsibility, I also agree with that – I disagree with mandating personal choices. I think they hit the nail on the head when they left the pursuit of happiness as a broad description and we are free to fill in the blank.
Excellent job of describing the different age groups, but one size fits all applies to “all” of every group who “MAY” need medical services for any of the variety of reason that you described. [MEDICARE SINGLE PAYER WILL FILL IN TH GAPS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT]
There are flaws with single payer – look at the other countries that use it. The SELLING POINT on single payer is let the government controlled program pay for all of your medical needs. I see this as a monopoly and it is as bad for government programs as it is in private markets. The consumer, end user or taxpayer HAS NO VOICE.
The government, who would ultimately be in control of your health care payments [third party] will do so by being in control of what THEY will allow or deny you to get treatment for. Doctors will only do what “will be covered” and, we saw in the UK, when they refused treatment to a baby, they ALSO disallowed privately paid treatment. This is NOT simply a matter of government payer, this IS SOCIALIZED MEDICINE. I COMPLETELY disagree with the socialist system and this is THE move towards that.
This structure has been practiced over and over and it is ALWAYS doomed from the beginning because it simultaneously destroys the capitalism, economics and commerce that is required to fund government. Eventually, the government has all these bills to pay and no tax dollars to cover – the choice it is left with is prioritize the ones who get care.
The general population ALWAYS looses.
Once you destroy the PRIVATE insurance industry, this becomes social registration so the prioritized care becomes much easier to manage. After World War II – we REALLY can’t afford to flirt with this and SEE how it will turn out, because there have been enough lessons in the past to tell us not to even go there.
Freedom is about hard work, meeting challenges, beating obstacles, falling down and getting back up again. This builds character and inner strength and resolve. A utopian existence of EVERYONE being the governments dependents does NOT help us grow as individuals so we can become a significant contribution to humanity.
So you have to think for yourself and what is best for your health. So you have to work to pay a bill [any bill] to take care of your needs. So you have to be responsible for the choices you made and the impact they have on the security or safety of yourself. So you have to plan in advance a little, stick to a goal and make it happen. Sometimes you loose your money and have to start over. It is better in the long run than surrendering your free will and waiting for oppression before you realized how important that free will was for your own development. Maintaining it does take some work but fighting to it get back kills the masses. I don’t want to leave my grandkids with that fight. Lesson Learned!!!
Repeal! Don’t replace!
We understand where McConnell is coming from. He’s been on the Obama team from day one and was crushed when Hillary lost. The problem he has now is moving on to single payer healthcare when we still have a Republican majority and a Republican President for him to get it through.
Of course, Ryan is antsy to get his version of healthcare passed, which he has already clearly demonstrated is nothing but wealthcare, while removing access to healthcare from ordinary people.
McConnell is a realist & someone for whom winning is everything. No one is better at cajoling, bribing & blackmailing fellow senators to make sure they fall in line, & the fact that he failed when Republicans had a 52-48 majority, which was a huge disappointment for him, means it will be even more difficult & harrowing with 1 less member. He’d rather rest on his laurels for passing Wealthcare Plan B, aka the tax “reform” bill.
MC TURTLE better MOVE ON and let Someone who actually MEANT to RUN against ODUMBOCARE take the LEAD … and GIT IT DONE one piece at a time.. or all at once and have a PLAN to GET HC the RIGHT way since after 6 Years of Promises NOTHING was DONE!!!!
Nothing was mentioned about REPLACING Obamacare during the 2016 PRES ELLECTION ! It was REPEAL,REPEAL, REPEAL ! WE THE PEOPLE VOTED TO REPEAL IT, NOT REPLACE WITH ANOTHER $ WASTING PROGRAM. REPEAL MEANS TO REVOKE,RESCIND,WITHDRAW,ANNUL! Get the Gov out of insurance.
Next time the repeal comes up President Trump should tell everyone that if it’s not repealed he will remove their exemption and they will have to live under it also
Somebody tell Mitch that many of us want to move on from Mitch….
McConnell needs to get rid of the 60 vote legislation filibuster rule then the ACA will fall or rino republicans like him will.
McConnell is a Rino for Sure!
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so does this mean we will no longer have to pay a tax/fine because we do not have health Insurance at tax time ? That is all I want to know.
Get rid of this asshole he has been up there way to long and we are paying huge amounts for our healthcare.
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In an interview with National Public Radio this week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed doubts about his party returning to the repeal and replacement of Obamacare in 2018. Noting that Senate Republicans were now a seat shorter than they were when they tried to repeal the bill this year, McConnell said it was probably time to “move on to other issues.” This puts him at odds with the White House and several members of the House of Representatives, to say nothing of conservatives in the Senate, all of whom still want to make good on the party’s promise to voters.” Sure it does not hurt him or his family for he has government healthcare at a lower price.
MITCH, PELOOSIE AND OF COURSE MY DESPICABLE ALL TIME ‘A—-LE, CHUCK THE SMUCK TUMOR, SHOULD BE SHOWN THE DOOR. TERM LIMITS NOW.
LET THEM GET A REAL JOB. THEY CAME OUT OF COLLEGE,INTO GOV.
Of course, all liberals/ traitors are expected to be loyal to the NWO and Obamalama Ding-Dong!