As the energy and enthusiasm for "repealing and replacing" the Affordable Care Act gains momentum among congressional Republicans, it's worth pointing out as many times as possible that Republicans do not have a replacement plan. They are not close to having a replacement plan. And they can't even agree on the basics of what a replacement plan should look like.
This is not a new development. It has been the defining feature of the Republican health care policy discussion ever since the ACA was passed nearly seven years ago. Republican leaders in Congress have promised several times since 2010 that they were going to pull together and produce a consensus piece of health insurance legislation as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act. Every one of those promises has been broken....
http://www.salon.com/2017/01/09/mitch-mcconnells-obamacare-incoherence-the-gop-senate-leaders-absurd-case-for-quick-repeal/
This is not a new development. It has been the defining feature of the Republican health care policy discussion ever since the ACA was passed nearly seven years ago. Republican leaders in Congress have promised several times since 2010 that they were going to pull together and produce a consensus piece of health insurance legislation as an alternative to the Affordable Care Act. Every one of those promises has been broken....
http://www.salon.com/2017/01/09/mitch-mcconnells-obamacare-incoherence-the-gop-senate-leaders-absurd-case-for-quick-repeal/
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