Republicans have no real plan to establish a new health care system if the courts strike down the Affordable Care Act before the 2020 election. But plenty of them are rooting for its demise anyway — even if it means plunging the GOP into a debate that splits the party and leaves them politically vulnerable.
“I have a plan that I would be delighted to have Congress pick up and go forward with,” added Sen. Mitt Romney of a proposal to protect pieces of the law. “Necessity is the mother of acceptance. I hope that we reach that necessity and that would propel my proposal to see a good deal of support.” Democrats are ready to hammer Republicans if the law gets taken down because of the GOP lawsuit. Democrats took back the House last year in large part because of their focus on health care.“Every plan Republicans have put forward has failed to maintain the protections offered under the current law,” he said. “It's pretty simple: If you care about maintaining protections for people with preexisting conditions, you don’t demand they be taken away.
It’s difficult, if not impossible, to see how the parties would compromise a year from now. McConnell quickly shied away from President Donald Trump’s talk of restarting efforts to replace the law earlier this year, and in May said, “It’s not possible” to reconcile the GOP’s priorities with Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s on a major replacement bill.
“I can’t say that I hope it succeeds,” she said of the lawsuit. “I think the strategy from here on that I’ve adopted in my own mind is repair. Repair what we’ve got.” She then pivoted into a GOP line that will be heard for months: “You know, you see the Democrat presidential candidates. They want to scrap it, their own creation.”
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.For Sen. Ron Johnson , the collapse of Obamacare in the courts “would be a relief.”
There won’t be chaos. Things will get worked out. This ACA alarmism has been going on for years.
Susan Collins : Grande Dame of Concern .
Bizarre Republicans have a problem with people purchasing private insurance.
Um, why? Do they see this as a winning strategy, to deny people health care? GOP Health Plan: GetSickAndDieAlreadyWhyDontcha
It was dying anyway
Get rid of it. It's horrible
It’s been chaos all along, nothing new
Party over country. Ok then vote them out. Every last one.
Can't wait for no insurance after ACA is gone..good thing realDonaldTrump has a beautiful health care plan ready to roll out immediately...
Oh, they have a plan alright: bump off as many old and sick people as possible before they vote for universal health care and put a dem in office again.
Hateful just for the fun of it.
Too much ‘legislation’ being handled by the courts...everything ends up in court
If Dems don’t laser focus on health care they are missing the biggest opportunity to win the Senate. People don’t understand significance of judge appointments and apparently don’t care about criminal behavior but they do care about health insurance and medical care.
with no backbone, you'd think they'd wanna save the ACA...
GoP doesn't care about people. They only care about lobbyists filling their pockets. Republican MAGAts are the most disgusting people in our country and should be culled.
Of course. All they care about is victory, cruelty, and undoing anything good or bad that Obama did.
If this occurs, the same thought that enters a dog's mind, when he finally catches up to a car, will enter Republican minds; 'What do we do now?'
Wishing them all an incurable painful CANCER.
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Now how cwn America afford carec ?
Blood on all your hands. I am especially disappointed in you Romney
Dictatorship, impeachment the only answer to protect the rights of all people.
With no backup plan.
Trump & All Republicans will be voted Out if he gets rid of Obamacare
This is just absolutely insane. Repeal and there is nothing to replace it with except chaos.
TeeTweetsHere My big laugh about the clown, Mitt Romney and the GOP is the fact that your planning to knockoff over 22 million people off healthcare. Plus, students and children who depend on it till 26yrs old. How can people be that stupid and ignorant to vote for you all again?
'Let's kill your healthcare!' Sounds like a great campaign strategy and slogan.
And no real replacement plan.
“dive off a cliff”. Days ago a ‘real journalist’ threatens to assault a trump supporter at the White House. Now cnn is using violent rhetoric against republicans. The left already got one of their own killed, how many will satisfy their bloodlust?
Solutions? The GOP has NONE. They are good at clogging things up, however.
Trump administration wants to erase the first Black President's legacy. Trump abrogated Iran deal because it was concluded by a Black President.....nothing more than that.
No Republican has back bone!!
Peace of Shit Mitt The dead Maverick McCain Fake Flake Corker all opposed Obamacare but had no Balls to actually end it why ? Because they had no Balls
hmmmm wonder how many of those VOTERS who will lose their insurance and/or pre-existing protections will remember that when they VOTE on Nov 3, 2020...I noticed of course GOP has announced NOTHING as far as a quality replacement. New rallying cry - REMEMBER NEXT NOVEMBER 2020!!
IDIOTS!
Reminder that Obamacare passed with ZERO Republican votes. Dems own this failed attempt at gov run health care
Obamacare sux! It always did.
Then what?
Republicans, your not that Stupid, but yes you are!
For those of us forced to actually use Obamacare, it's a disaster. The 'insurance' is useless, as the nytimes reported in 2015. You don't pay for your own ACA policy? Sit down and shut up. You're clueless.
It's not politically smart for Trump or the GOP to start an obamacare war just before a GE. Wait until the second term and then do what you gotta do.
Lyin gop- steals our tax $ 2line own pockets-declaring selves racist white nationalists w/supporting Lyin trump/stopping OUR HEALTHCARE w/ sabotage/ MANUFACTURING border crisis & refuses to use allocated $ 2help LEGAL ASYLUM SEEKERS TheDemocrats realDonaldTrump SpeakerPelosi
Well america want it wish for the racist fake president to step down after he tweet racist hatred today
Hahahahaha
You mean the Affordable Care Act? The one the Republicans, Trump, and his corrupt administration have all been sabotaging, which has harmed the American people?
Strap an anvil around their necks so the dive is better.
Too bad the Republicans can’t gut themselves, but cowards are gutless!
Republicans think that if you can't afford to pay for your health care, you should die in the gutter. No more Republicans. Ever.
Trump is only undoing Obama’s accomplishments just to spite him. He has no plan to fix anything, a complete joke
Why don’t some people get it! Years from now they’ll be a term called a “trump lawsuit “cause that’s all he knows!
Do it! Bring back the chaos that reigned for so many people with pre-existing conditions and ongoing health care needs. Maybe then people will realize “damn, maybe it wasn’t such a bad idea”. Do it!
No chaos for low income workers. The $6,000 deductible on affordable insurance makes the insurance useless to them. It just subsidizes the monthly premiums of the middle class. But when the middle class loses that subsidy they're going to vote blue.
The GOP might have to finally release that replacement plan they’ve had under wraps for 10 years.
The answer to this is MedicareForAll That can't be stripped away PresidentBernieSanders
The GOP might have to finally release that replacement plan they’ve had under wraps for 1 years.
'“If it did succeed, I would be very concerned,” said Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) of the lawsuit.' How pathetic. Get out the vote for Sara Gideon for Senate! SaraGideonME
How high is the cliff?
Laughable ! Click bait
GOP what the hell is wrong with you?! You will sacrifice millions of people, and for what? You’ve had 10 f’n years to come up with your own healthcare plan and you have NOTHING! Party over country...it’s the Republican way.
Dickinsonia4 Republicans added 166 amendments to Obamacare right out of the gate. They have been sabotaging it from the beginning.
Wonder who those 20 plus million voters who either lose their health ins and/or pre-existing protections will vote for on 11/3/20 That's a LOT of potential votes in play......just sayin'
Get it done!!!
New bill: Resend, remove and delete the ACA in its entirety including all subsequent laws, regulations, guidelines and rules. All laws, regulations, guidelines and rules that were in place one day prior to the ACA being enacted are reinstated.
Trump’s political platform. Make the top 1% even richer. Put brown people in cages. Increase the deficit at a rate higher than any president. Take healthcare away from millions. Decrease agricultural exports by 30% per year. No infrastructure. Accept Russian help.
About time..what a disaster for small business
Cut of healthcare to millions and millions for what. We pay for them regardless this is stupid. Cant wait to vote.
My mother fell through the 'Affordable Care Act'. She earned too much working part time to qualify for Medicaid and not enough to qualify for healthcare subsidy on the exchanges. In the end she just paid a cash discount rate (which was a fraction of normal cost).
That's the Republican modus operandi, act without thinking of the consequences.
Health Care Vandalism.
😞 Well I'd still like to thank SenJohnMcCain for keeping my insurance this long by leaving a part of the law intact that forced the nation wide company I worked for to offer me insurance even though they called me a 40 hour a week part-time employee.
Romney says he has a plan which probably looks just like the Massachusetts initiative which actually worked much better that Obamacare. When Massachusetts opted in to expanded Medicare eligibility and federal funding the attached restrictions wrecked what was a good plan.
Health Care Vandalism.
Amazes me how R’s try to gut ObamaCare with no replacement.......
Before the election,please ?
What lies will Trump tell his base for taking away their health care... how will he blame Democrats. A centrist Democratic nominee could win
ACA gets in the way of their unlimited GREED!... because one thing's for sure, they don't care about the well being of common people!...white people will be hurt more than any group, the ACA keeps your house from being used as collateral...gut ACA,that goes away! and 'pre'also!.
People will die but a lot will be there party. Rural areas will lose hospitals. That’s where their voters are. Sometimes when God says no he’s saying yes.
But fear not. The Republicans have the replacement plan ready
So, then we Dems should push for a true National Healthcare System.
SenatorRomney , we all knew you were in over your head. the look on your face proves it.
Oh man. This isn’t gonna be pretty
Let Republicans deal with what I have to deal with. Take away their insurance, screw them.
BarackObama
Never underestimate the depth of Republicans' desire to fuck the American people.
So they finally have a good replacement plan in place?
There are people that rely on Obamacare even if these moronic Republican senators can't grasp that. Some of us have pre existing conditions which threatens are very existence. These idiot Republicans need to have a pre existing condition for a week to see just what it's like.
Finally! An end to another drain on working Citizens.
The only time Politico really shows their disdain is when writing something about Bernie. This tweet should read, “Republicans ready to finally enact their plan to commit silent genocide.” But Politico sold out a long time ago. Tomorrow’s story: Joe Biden loves instant oatmeal.
Mitch McDonnell better have a plan to help All Americans have an affordable health care plan while also requiring them to pay for it otherwise he is about to show his swampy ass.
Hope so.Needs fixed. my premiums have quadrupled after Obama care kicked in. gotta be a better solution. why not open health insurance so that you can buy across state lines. open competition. get government out of the way.
Thought republicans said not after your healthcare
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