03-16-2017, 11:06 AM
(03-16-2017, 09:54 AM)Duchess Wrote: This "tryan" healthcare is never going to pass, no way, no how. I firmly believe that but if I have to come back and eat crow, I will.
I won't be surprised if the current healthcare bill/proposal is pulled either. It should be.
It seems clear to me that Trump's team is trying to put the shitty bill all on Ryan (and it is Ryan's baby, but it's Trump who promised to repeal and replace Obamacare and provide something much better stat -- so he owns it too).
In turn, I saw Ryan interviewed yesterday; he made it clear that he'd worked with Trump and the White House in developing the proposed legislation.
While most congresspersons don't use Obamacare, a sizable portion of their voters do. That's a more powerful incentive to oppose the legislation than anything else; they don't want to lose their seats in re-elections -- that's something almost all of them care a whole lot about.