{"id":21450,"date":"2017-05-04T01:37:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T01:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=21450"},"modified":"2017-05-04T01:37:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T01:37:16","slug":"who-needs-analysis-of-aca-repeal-bill-not-the-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=21450","title":{"rendered":"Who needs analysis of ACA repeal bill? Not the GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/health-care.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19205\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/health-care-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/health-care-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/health-care-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/health-care-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did I hear this correctly?<\/p>\n<p>Congressional Republicans are pushing a vote on a measure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act without knowing the &#8220;score.&#8221; Is that right? I guess it is. That&#8217;s what the &#8220;enemy of the American people&#8221; media are reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans got themselves into a jam the first time they tried to repeal the ACA when the Congressional Budget Office delivered some bad news about the American Health Care Act: The AHCA, according to the CBO, would toss about 24 million Americans off their health insurance programs.<\/p>\n<p>That frightened enough Republican congressmen and women to forestall a vote on a repeal\/replace measure.<\/p>\n<p>So, the GOP leadership found a way around that. They made the new repeal\/replace law more drastic than the previous one and have scheduled a House vote before the CBO has a chance to &#8220;score&#8221; it.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative Freedom Caucus, which bucked the original bill, is now on board. Moderate Republicans, meanwhile, are the wild card in the vote that&#8217;s coming up.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats? They hate this bill even more than the first one. They&#8217;re out. Forget about the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Memo to GOP leaders: This is <em>not<\/em> how you build a &#8220;good government&#8221; environment.<\/p>\n<p>To think, too, that Republicans were just <em>furious<\/em> that Democrats allegedly tried in 2010 to shove the Affordable Care Act down Republicans&#8217; throats.<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s angry now?<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did I hear this correctly? Congressional Republicans are pushing a vote on a measure to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act without knowing the &#8220;score.&#8221; Is that right? I guess it is. That&#8217;s what the &#8220;enemy of the American people&#8221; media are reporting. Republicans got themselves into a jam the first time they tried &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=21450\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Who needs analysis of ACA repeal bill? 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