Re: The PPACA Thread Part V: Doctor! Doctor! Give me the news!
We'll see.
The thing is, once the reality of what it meat to appeal the ACA hit the public, they demanded that it does not get full repeal. Otherwise, all of those super angry people demanding to have health care would have been the original ones accusing the government of having death conferences. Now that we see how the public likes it, it's now safe for Democrats to run WITH the ACA instead of hiding from it. To the point that they can accuse republicans of hijacking it and making it fail. Again, who is in charge, now, matters.
If enough R's finally reach across the chamber, and work the problem- that could all be turned on it's head.
It's easy to have hearings to figure out what in the ACA doesn't work or isn't working as intended and just fix it. That, for sure, would get both sides talking. Then you can have a 55-45 win with the 45 no's evenly split between the super conservatives who want no public assistance and the super liberal democrats who want 100% single payer. That would be progress. Even if it's 51-49 but with a decent distribution of votes.
But I don't see that happening soon, with republicans blaming democrats for them being excluded from private and closed meetings.
Originally posted by ScoobyDoo
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The thing is, once the reality of what it meat to appeal the ACA hit the public, they demanded that it does not get full repeal. Otherwise, all of those super angry people demanding to have health care would have been the original ones accusing the government of having death conferences. Now that we see how the public likes it, it's now safe for Democrats to run WITH the ACA instead of hiding from it. To the point that they can accuse republicans of hijacking it and making it fail. Again, who is in charge, now, matters.
If enough R's finally reach across the chamber, and work the problem- that could all be turned on it's head.
It's easy to have hearings to figure out what in the ACA doesn't work or isn't working as intended and just fix it. That, for sure, would get both sides talking. Then you can have a 55-45 win with the 45 no's evenly split between the super conservatives who want no public assistance and the super liberal democrats who want 100% single payer. That would be progress. Even if it's 51-49 but with a decent distribution of votes.
But I don't see that happening soon, with republicans blaming democrats for them being excluded from private and closed meetings.
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