Paul Ryan surrenders on healthcare repeal: goal now is to repeal/replace 'concurrently'

[CousinIT]

That whole repeal immediately, replace later thing—not going so well for Republicans. Paul Ryan admitted as much Tuesday morning, writes The Hill:

“It is our goal to bring it all together concurrently,” Ryan told reporters after meeting with House Republicans behind closed doors.

“We’re going to use every tool at our disposal through legislation, through regulation, to bring replace concurrent along with repeal, so that we can save people from this mess.”

In the GOP conference meeting, Ryan told his colleagues he expects the House will press forward and vote Friday on a Senate-passed budget that will start the process to repeal the Affordable Care Act. That’s despite calls from Freedom Caucus members for more details about how the repeal and replacement process would unfold.

Right, so Obamacare is such a “mess” that Republicans now can’t repeal it without a replacement? Naturally, he offered no details about replacement and called it a “Senate question.”

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/1/10/1618919/-Paul-Ryan-surrenders-on-health-care-repeal-goal-now-is-to-repeal-replace-concurrently

[Angry Dragon]

1. and still after 6-7 years they still do not have a plan

[Squinch]

3. They're "work best under pressure" kinds of guys. Oh, wait. They suck then too. Nevermind.

[Squinch]

2. It's going to be a disaster and then hopefully they'll have to bring back a version

of Obamacare.

[BeyondGeography]

4. You're the puppet, Paul

[Girard442]

5. They won't repeal it until they've fully co-opted the MSM.

Then they can sing the praises of what passes for a replacement without fear of being contradicted.

[Jacob Boehme]

6. Crikey! Enough pointing fingers and making googly eyes at each other.

You two need to go get a room.

[malaise]

7. Opposing is much easier than governing

They can't repeal Obamacare - their own supporters with greet them with pitchforks.
The fugging idiots thought Obamacare was different from the ACA

[Freethinker65]

8. Once again I must ask, will whiplash be covered??

[guillaumeb]

9. The follow up question must be: Replace with what?

They have had 6 years to craft a plan.

Obviously they have none.

[drray23]

10. hopefully we can drag it to 2018

where we might retake the senate and make inroads in the house. At that point, we will be able to kill any attempt to actually repeal it.