The bill no one wants to own
This tells you a lot about just how ridiculous this bill really is in the end. IF it was desirable or good in any way someone would be proud enough to put their name on it. This shows they know it's SHIT just like every health related company or organization saying it's no good.
To compare this to Obamacare it would be like comparing an Ambulance to one that wasn't built yet that you wanted to put a patient into.
In other words: "The patient dies long before he or she ever gets to a hospital and help.
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Nobody wants their name on the GOP health care bill
Nobody wants their name on the Republican health care bill
Story highlights
- What's in a name? Republicans don't want their Obamacare repeal to be labeled "Trumpcare" or "Ryancare"
- "The minute you call it by a politician's name, it becomes vulnerable," said Newt Gingrich
- "Obamacare" started out as a derisive name from Republicans to Obama's health care effort
Washington (CNN)The
White House says don't call it "Trumpcare." Critics are labeling it
"Ryancare" and "Obamacare lite." Hospitals hate it and insurers are
pushing the panic button.
The House GOP bill to repeal Obamacare is quickly becoming a bill that nobody wants to own.
Since
its introduction this week, legislation from top House Republicans to
repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has drawn a flood of
opposition from lawmakers and a range of health care leaders and
industry stakeholders, including major doctors and hospital groups.
While the bill's writers and the White House confidently insist that the
plan will pass, they have been far less eager to put their names on it.
GOP
Rep. Kevin Brady, the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and a
key author of the Obamacare bill along with House Speaker Paul Ryan and
Rep. Greg Walden, smiled and paused Thursday afternoon when asked by CNN
about the nicknames "Trumpcare" and "Ryancare."
When
another reporter suggested "Bradycare," the congressman chuckled and
joked: "You know, you'll never get invited back to this, OK?"
"I
don't care what it's called -- I just want to give Americans affordable
health care that they choose," Brady said before walking away.
Earlier in the week, senior White House adviser Kellyanne Conway resisted calling the bill "Trumpcare."
"I
didn't hear President Trump say to any of us, 'Hey, I want my name on
that,'" Conway said on Fox News. "This is serious stuff. It's not about
branding according to someone's name."
Health
and Human Services Secretary Tom Price suggested an alternative. "I
prefer to call it Patient Care. This is about patients, at the end of
the day," the former congressman and physician told reporters at the
White House this week.
Former
House Speaker Newt Gingrich, an adviser to Trump, told CNN that the
White House is "exactly right" to reject the name "Trumpcare."
"The
minute you call it by a politician's name, it becomes vulnerable. ...
If it refers to you, then they oppose the bill," Gingrich said. "What
they want to do is find a way to get something out in the open where
you're arguing over the ideas and not the personalities."
When
former President Barack Obama began to craft a major health care
overhaul legislation soon after taking the office, Republicans and
critics began negatively referring to the bill as "Obamacare," a name
that has stuck to this day. (Obama eventually came around to the
nickname, saying: "I do care").
The
widespread wariness about having the Obamacare repeal bill named after
any one person in the party comes amid mounting criticism of the
legislation. It's a clear sign of the grave political ramifications of
the GOP efforts to overhaul a health care system that has provided
coverage to some 20 million people -- and how much will be at stake in
upcoming elections if Republicans' plan leads to millions of people
losing their insurance.
Similarly, critics of the new GOP legislation are determined to make names like "Trumpcare" and "Ryancare" stick.
The
conservative Club for Growth released a statement this week opposing
the GOP bill and referring to it as "Ryancare," while Democratic
lawmakers have long since taken to calling it "Trumpcare."
"Trumpcare,
simply put, is a mess that gives you less for more. And Trumpcare
doesn't discriminate against which Americans it hurts," Senate Minority
Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday. "Trumpcare means higher costs and
less coverage. Are you a woman? Trumpcare means higher costs and less
coverage."
Bill moving forward quickly, but not without opposition
The
House bill has met fierce resistance from conservatives in the lower
chamber. They are urging the party to take a vote on a "clean repeal"
bill rather than attempt to include replacement measures in one package.
After sessions that totaled 45
hours Wednesday and Thursday, two House committees approved the Ryan-led
bill, and the House Budget panel is expected to take it up next week.
But Monday, the Congressional Budget Office is set to deliver its
report, which is likely to show the bill will cut health insurances from
millions of people.
And even if
the legislation makes it through the House, its prospects are shaky in
the Senate,-- where Republicans have a razor-thin majority.
GOP
Sen. Tom Cotton tweeted Thursday morning: "House health-care bill can't
pass Senate w/o major changes. To my friends in House: pause, start
over. Get it right, don't get it fast."
Sen. John Thune told CNN that there are "lots of ways to fix and amend" the House bill in the Senate.
"I just think you have to have an opportunity for members of the Senate to have their input," Thune said.
Sen.
John McCain, who has long urged his fellow GOP colleagues to take
things slow on health care reform, said this week that the two chambers
are fundamentally different.
"I
think (the House Obamacare bill) is a good blueprint but we have a lot
of examination to do," McCain said. "And that's why we're the Senate and
they're the House."
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