Senate Republicans Signal Big Shift On ‘Obamacare’
With a Supreme Court decision looming next month, House Republicans are privately weighing a plan to reinstate three popular elements of the law if it’s struck down — guaranteeing coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions, allowing young adults up to 26 years old to remain on a parent’s insurance policy, and closing the Medicare prescription drug coverage gap known as the “doughnut hole.”Sen. Roy Blunt (MO), vice chair of the Senate GOP Conference, offered a ringing defense of the “Obamacare” under-26 provision, and said he wouldn’t oppose ideas he previously supported simply because President Obama adopted them. “I believe that’s one of the things that the Congress would surely reinstate,” Blunt told the St. Louis radio station KTRS in an interview last Thursday, pointing out that he has offered similar legislation in the past. “It’s a way to get a significant number of the uninsured into an insurance group without much cost. … It’s one of the things I think should continue.”
“I’ve been in a couple meetings lately and there’s some general understanding that that’s one of the things … and there are other things like that as well,” the senator added.
Yet they are against a mandate. So how are they going to pay for this again?
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LOL, now that is an excellent question - how are they going to pay for it. Maybe that should be asked about every piece of spending legislation.
See how easy it is to buy the votes of citizens. It is pure pandering (hint: alluding to the David Brooks article I linked) and the only surprise here is that you are questioning it. Even that isn't a surprise as it is obvious that your concern is solely based on partisanship.
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