GOP ACA Tarbaby

[Cheerful Charlie]

https://www.axios.com/tag/affordable-care-act/

Back when the ACA was passed, the GOP lined up against that. Thanks to right wing media hysteria and propaganda, ACA became rather unpopular. ACA had a populatity of only 35% vs 50% unfavorable at its peak in late 2014. But as the benefits of ACA began to trickle down into the consciousness of America this began to change. ACA's unfavorability rating is now down to 42% and it's favoritability rating is now 49%.

The GOP saw this as a great wedge issue and made ACA repeal a cornerstone of it's platform and as a major wedge issue to win elections. But now it is a rather smelly dead cat hung around the GOP's neck. Health care policy is now a major issue among American voters, and the GOP is on the wrong side of that issue. Prying themselves loose from the tar baby of repealing ACA, every word of it, is going to take quite some doing.

This issue is not going away and will almost surely play a big role in the 2020 election. So this issue is going to be interesting to watch.

 

[James Brown]

Donald Trump is ObamaCare's Best Spokesman

If Mitch McConnell makes good on his threat to try to repeal Obamacare yet again next year, I expect it will gain another five or ten points in popularity.

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

Wait until middle America realizes that with repeal of ACA, SS, Medicare and Medicaid, Grandma with her Alzheimers and failing health will be moving back in and that these people will be stuck with the medical bills for Grandma.

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

https://youtu.be/VsjI0tfYtaE

And the answer as to how the Republicans handle the health care question? Lie about it. Numerous GOP candidates have been trying to strip the provisions for pre-existing conditions from ACA etc. Now that it is becoming an issue with voters to protect that, they have to lie about it in their campaigns.

The link above is to a MSNBC Rachel Maddow clip mercilessly exposing the lies. The question is, if elected will these SOBs revert to trying to eliminate these provisions or will they have got religion on the issue. Probably the former as some of them are now currently involved in trying to eliminate these provisions even as they lie they want to preserve them.

 

[ZiprHead]

https://youtu.be/VsjI0tfYtaE

And the answer as to how the Republicans handle the health care question? Lie about it. Numerous GOP candidates have been trying to strip the provisions for pre-existing conditions from ACA etc. Now that it is becoming an issue with voters to protect that, they have to lie about it in their campaigns.

The link above is to a MSNBC Rachel Maddow clip mercilessly exposing the lies. The question is, if elected will these SOBs revert to trying to eliminate these provisions or will they have got religion on the issue. Probably the former as some of them are now currently involved in trying to eliminate these provisions even as they lie they want to preserve them.

I was just going to post that. She covered it very well.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

https://youtu.be/VsjI0tfYtaE

And the answer as to how the Republicans handle the health care question? Lie about it. Numerous GOP candidates have been trying to strip the provisions for pre-existing conditions from ACA etc. Now that it is becoming an issue with voters to protect that, they have to lie about it in their campaigns.

The link above is to a MSNBC Rachel Maddow clip mercilessly exposing the lies. The question is, if elected will these SOBs revert to trying to eliminate these provisions or will they have got religion on the issue. Probably the former as some of them are now currently involved in trying to eliminate these provisions even as they lie they want to preserve them.

I was just going to post that. She covered it very well.

If the Dems win the House, nothing is happening to ACA. The Repubs hold onto power, they will repeal ACA and let the "States decide" on pre-existing conditions. Of course, the States will have to promise to "give a fuck" in a piece of paper that can't be held against them.