McConnell wants "Democratic cooperation" on repealing Obamacare

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54. They will repeal and delay, then replace.

He is saying he wants help on the replace part. Frankly they have us by the throat here.

They will repeal and delay, which means the effective end date to Obamacare won't be until a couple years from now, probably right after the 2018 elections. Then as they try to replace it with various proposals (there are quite a few republican replacement plans to choose from) Dems will have to choose whether or not filibuster. Also, as soon as they repeal the existing marketplaces will go into meltdown mode. What insurer wants to participate in a marketplace that is going away in two years?

If we block everything they try to replace it with they will run on that in 2018 while pointing to the melting down marketplaces as proof the law needed to be repealed in the first place.

We are fucked.

Edited to add: I'm assuming they use "reconciliation" to repeal where they won't need to break a filibuster. I think it's already been established that's how they are doing the repeal part.