'The substance really doesn't matter'

[DonViejo]

The Sept. 30 deadline, rather than health care details, are driving the Senate to vote on Graham-Cassidy.

By PAUL DEMKO 09/21/2017 11:11 PM EDT

The last-ditch Obamacare repeal bill has almost every divisive proposal that doomed previous bills.

The big difference: a Sept. 30 deadline to use a rule that allows Senate Republicans to pass a measure with just 50 votes. Like earlier, failed plans, the Graham-Cassidy measure would allow states to dismantle rules that prevent older, sicker people from being charged higher insurance premiums.

It would cap the federal outlay for traditional Medicaid, which could jeopardize coverage for the most vulnerable. And it would almost certainly lead to millions more Americans lacking insurance, health care policy experts say.

“It has all of the worst elements of the House bill that was passed in May and the Senate bill that was defeated in August,” said John Baackes, CEO of L.A. Care Health Plan. But none of that may matter to Republican senators facing extreme pressure to finally pass something — anything — that scraps the health law and fulfills seven years of campaign promises.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/21/obamacare-repeal-division-earlier-bills-242997

[WhiteTara]

1. That pressure comes from the Koch piggy bank spigot

not their constituents. Funny how that works.

[world wide wally]

2. The Kochs ARE their constituents.

Maybe I should have said employers.