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politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 04:03 PM Mar 2017

Would someone please tell Sean Spicer, if the GOP had a better health plan than the ACA

that provided better coverage to more people, at more affordable costs, and allowed people more choices, and they could keep their current doctor, why didn't Paul Ryan present that plan to the public first instead of wasting our time with the crap they rolled out? Why are they keeping it a secret?

Perhaps he knew that the Dems would reject the first plan outright, regardless; so they are saving their best for last.

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Would someone please tell Sean Spicer, if the GOP had a better health plan than the ACA (Original Post) politicaljunkie41910 Mar 2017 OP
He said it was unfair of the CBO to ignore Phase 2 and 3- when currently there IS no Phase 2 or 3! randome Mar 2017 #1
Seven years to work on it and all they have is a tax cut for millionaires NightWatcher Mar 2017 #2
answer: when you are idiots, you come out with idiot plans Angry Dragon Mar 2017 #3
They've never had anything better GallopingGhost Mar 2017 #4
The Dems have stated that they know that there are things in the ACA which can be improved upon, politicaljunkie41910 Mar 2017 #5
This is true, and after re-reading that statement GallopingGhost Mar 2017 #7
Paul Ryan has a healthcare plan. dubyadiprecession Mar 2017 #6
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
1. He said it was unfair of the CBO to ignore Phase 2 and 3- when currently there IS no Phase 2 or 3!
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 04:04 PM
Mar 2017

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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
2. Seven years to work on it and all they have is a tax cut for millionaires
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 04:05 PM
Mar 2017

There is no "health" in their healthcare bill.

GallopingGhost

(2,404 posts)
4. They've never had anything better
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 04:12 PM
Mar 2017

or even comparable. The whole repeal/replace fiasco all boils down to one thing- a big eff u to President Obama, because it helped millions of people and is his signature legislation.

If there were any way to improve it, Dems would have done it while it was being crafted.

All the foaming at the mouth over healthcare by Comrade Cornsilk & Co. is just that. None of them have any idea what they're doing.

Well, except tax cuts for the filthy rich. That they're familiar with.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
5. The Dems have stated that they know that there are things in the ACA which can be improved upon,
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 04:36 PM
Mar 2017

but they lost control of the House after passing it, and ultimately the Senate. I'm sure that they didn't want to keep acknowledging the ACA's faults for fear that the GOP would use their words in campaign commercials over the past 6 years while they have been voting to repeal it 60 or more times.

GallopingGhost

(2,404 posts)
7. This is true, and after re-reading that statement
Tue Mar 14, 2017, 07:10 PM
Mar 2017

I didn't express myself well.

Of course there are things that can be improved, and as you say, President Obama has acknowledged that.

It just enrages me that rather than work with Dems to tweak and improve it, their only goal is to destroy it.

None of them can stand that it has been, in large part, a huge success. They're vindictive weasels.

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