Some hope from TPM - "Time To Apply Pressure" - re ACA changes

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/time-to-apply-pressure

By JOSH MARSHALL Published MARCH 14, 2017, 7:53 PM EDT

One thing you learn watching legislative politics for a long time is that when a party has a huge amount staked on passing a piece of legislation, they usually find a way to do it, even if it seems all but impossible on the surface. A big counterexample to this rule of thumb was the failure of health care reform in 1994 when Democrats failed Even to hold a vote on a bill and were promptly crushed in the 1994 midterms. The success of reform in 2010 is a good example of the rule of thumb I'm talking about.

With all this said, on its face, things are looking pretty dicey at the moment for Obamacare repeal.

Let's consider the big picture. It is becoming increasingly clear that millions of people, actually tens of millions of people will lose health insurance under the bill supported by the House GOP leadership and the White House. This was obvious. But the CBO scoring, followed what is apparently an administration analysis showing even worse numbers, makes it all but impossible to deny.

That has led a growing number of Republican Senators to reject the bill, at least in its current form. The latest is that the Senate GOP leadership is actually putting together an amendment to make subsidies somewhat more generous. Clearly the current bill will be hard pressed to pass the Senate.

The problem is there's a mounting rebellion on the right in the House. Why? Basically, the current bill isn't ideologically pure enough. So it's not clear the current bill can pass in the House either.

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