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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 11:07 AM Sep 2017

GOP senator: Repealing ObamaCare 'has nothing to do with politics'

Source: The Hill




BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 09/24/17 10:53 AM EDT

Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) said Sunday the GOP push to get an ObamaCare repeal bill passed has nothing to do with politics.

"This has nothing to do with politics. It has nothing to do with donors." Gardner said on CBS's "Face The Nation," when asked about whether there was a rush to pass the ObamaCare repeal bill for political and not substantive reasons.

"It has everything to do with the people of this country who are suffering each and every day under a health care bill that is failing to meet their needs, that's bankrupting them."

Gardner said the U.S. has a healthcare system right now that has led to higher costs and fewer choices. "It's not working. That's the reason why we need new policy. That's what this fight is about," he said. "It's to make sure that the American people are better off." .

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/352131-gop-senator-on-obamacare-repeal-bill-this-isnt-about-politics

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GOP senator: Repealing ObamaCare 'has nothing to do with politics' (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2017 OP
Maybe he ought to mention that to Grassley........... Old Vet Sep 2017 #1
Take it one step further; Gardner reportedly said it was politics... DonViejo Sep 2017 #3
+1000! KPN Sep 2017 #7
The Rethugs think they can just lie like they used to VA4progress Sep 2017 #15
Thank You! That was my first thought too. bitterross Sep 2017 #4
Nothing to do with politics, nothing to do with healthcare of Americans Freethinker65 Sep 2017 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Sep 2017 #5
It has to do with the belief health care is a commodity LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2017 #11
Meanwhile, in the actual world of bankruptcy, rather than Gardner's fantasy: muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 #6
To borrow from US Rep Ted Lieu... TryLogic Sep 2017 #8
Everything to do with politics. Man_Bear_Pig Sep 2017 #9
IT IS 100% about politics, bribes, donors, buying votes, tax cuts for the 1%. BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #14
Wow, another lying pos Repuke senator wolfie001 Sep 2017 #10
What a lying tool not fooled Sep 2017 #12
has everything to do with Republicans congress refusing to tweak ACA! like medicare/social security/ Sunlei Sep 2017 #13
Obamacare is the law Blues Heron Sep 2017 #16
Fewer choices are better than no choices. rickford66 Sep 2017 #17
You fucking liar!!! paleotn Sep 2017 #18
It is not against the law BlueIdaho Sep 2017 #19
of course it does. because Obama got it passed, they MUST tear it down. Lil Missy Sep 2017 #20
It's a cry for help he needs a new rock to crawl under n/m bagelsforbreakfast Sep 2017 #21
Maybe dumbs**t Cory Gardner should read the bill davekriss Sep 2017 #22
They want to erase ALL history, memory and legacy of the black man who was POTUS. nt King_Klonopin Sep 2017 #23

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
3. Take it one step further; Gardner reportedly said it was politics...
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 11:44 AM
Sep 2017

just a few days ago:

Behind New Obamacare Repeal Vote: Furious G.O.P. Donors

WASHINGTON — As more than 40 subdued Republican senators lunched on Chick-fil-A at a closed-door session last week, Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado painted a dire picture for his colleagues. Campaign fund-raising was drying up, he said, because of widespread disappointment among donors over the inability of the Republican Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act or do much of anything else.

Mr. Gardner is in charge of his party’s midterm re-election push, and he warned that donors of all stripes were refusing to contribute another penny until the struggling majority produced some concrete results.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029626281



VA4progress

(3 posts)
15. The Rethugs think they can just lie like they used to
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 04:31 PM
Sep 2017

Thanks to the series of tubes, however, we can fact check them in real time!

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
4. Thank You! That was my first thought too.
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 11:53 AM
Sep 2017

One of the two of them has to be correct. The two opinions are mutually exclusive though.

Freethinker65

(9,932 posts)
2. Nothing to do with politics, nothing to do with healthcare of Americans
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 11:11 AM
Sep 2017

Everything to do with hatred of Obama and tax breaks for GOP donors

Response to Freethinker65 (Reply #2)

muriel_volestrangler

(101,153 posts)
6. Meanwhile, in the actual world of bankruptcy, rather than Gardner's fantasy:
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 11:59 AM
Sep 2017

How the Affordable Care Act Drove Down Personal Bankruptcy

Expanded health insurance helped cut the number of filings by half

https://www.consumerreports.org/personal-bankruptcy/how-the-aca-drove-down-personal-bankruptcy/

TryLogic

(1,721 posts)
8. To borrow from US Rep Ted Lieu...
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 12:22 PM
Sep 2017

When it comes to health care policy, Republicans are stupid as a rock.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
14. IT IS 100% about politics, bribes, donors, buying votes, tax cuts for the 1%.
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 04:00 PM
Sep 2017

It has 0% to do with people, health, affordability, justice, patriotism....

not fooled

(5,791 posts)
12. What a lying tool
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 02:31 PM
Sep 2017

Of course it's all about the donors. Maybe he is playing word games in order to classify "fellating donors" as non-political.



The U.S. is immensely better under the ACA, as demonstrated not only by studies showing all the benefits that have accrued to the insured, but also by the numerous drastic negative consequences to health care that would result from the GOPee bill. Even dimwits who watch faux state, if polled on the actual policy without the name attached, that they support many of the provisions.

If pukes had properly implemented the ACA in red states, and if faux hadn't lied to millions, the ACA would be sailing along with massive support. As it is, despite all the negative propaganda thrown at it, support is growing. And I'm for Medicare for all but don't want to wreck what we have now, when so many 'Muricans are propagandized to resist single payer. More and more are coming on board as the predatory behavior of insurers and drug companies becomes increasingly apparent.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
13. has everything to do with Republicans congress refusing to tweak ACA! like medicare/social security/
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 02:36 PM
Sep 2017

all took years to tweak.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
19. It is not against the law
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 08:05 PM
Sep 2017

For our elected representative to lie to us. They are well practiced at it. I don’t know why anyone would believe anything these braying jackasses on the right have to say.

davekriss

(4,608 posts)
22. Maybe dumbs**t Cory Gardner should read the bill
Sun Sep 24, 2017, 11:41 PM
Sep 2017

He either is wholly delusional and lives in a different universe, lying through his teeth, or he forgot to actually read the bill and understand its consequences for the rank and file. States can opt out of pre-existing protections. States can allow insurance companies to jack up premiums after you get sick (metastatic cancer? You will be free to pay $146,000 per year in premiums). It takes away subsidies, leaving everyone in the individual market to make a "choice" to pay huge monthly premiums or get sick and die quietly. It instantly ends Medicaid as we know. This bill, and those that support it, are abominations to human kind.

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