Mark It Down: GOPers Claim No One Will Lose Coverage With O'care Replacement

[DonViejo]

By DANIELLE KEETON-OLSEN Published JANUARY 6, 2017, 1:12 PM EDT

As Republicans gear up to repeal Obamacare, a few top leaders have laid down a marker that will almost certainly be impossible to achieve: They claims their Obamacare replacement plan will cover everyone Obamacare currently covers.

It's an ambitious promise to make and one they may come to regret.

Replicating the coverage gains of Obamacare is difficult if not impossible with lower levels of government spending, and most experts anticipate the GOP Obamacare replacement will be less expensive and less robust than Obamacare.

With some 20 million people's health insurance coverage in jeopardy, the temptation to promise no one will be harmed by repeal is strong. And some key high-ranking Republicans have already succumbed.

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[no_hypocrisy]

1. And Trump promised that Mexico would pay for his wall.

Promises are made to be broken.

[Vinca]

2. There's coverage and there's "coverage."

The GOP is more likely than not to offer junk insurance for a few bucks less.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. You will be told good luck.

Just call a Insurance Agent and good luck. Back to the fifties.

[atreides1]

4. Liars!!!!

This is all about the midterms...the Repubofacists will say anything!!!

[Orangepeel]

5. Everyone will be given the opportunity to "invest" in a health savings account.

See? Everyone is "covered." Bet on it.

[tritsofme]

6. I disagree, they will explicitly not promise this. They will tout "access" not coverage.

Millions less will be covered, but they will claim they all have "access" to coverage.

[Ohioblue22]

7. but they also said

Top Republicans in Congress are refusing to promise that their plans to replace Obamacare won’t result in more uninsured Americans, putting them on a possible collision course with President-elect Donald Trump.