It Took the Republicunts 8 Years To Come Up With This?

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It sure as hell is a lot more complicated than any of the bastards thought.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/us/po...-news&te=1

House Republicans Unveil Plan to Replace Health Law

The House Republican bill would roll back the expansion of Medicaid that has provided coverage to more than 10 million people in 31 states, reducing federal payments for many new beneficiaries. It also would effectively scrap the unpopular requirement that people have insurance and eliminate tax penalties for those who go without. The requirement for larger employers to offer coverage to their full-time employees would also be eliminated.

Yes.  Tax Credits.  Useful for the rich and meaningless for the poor.  But then, these scumbags never care about the poor.

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And almost predictably from the "Fuck "em, Let Them Die In The Streets" wing of the republicunt party comes this:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/po...ss&emc=rss

G.O.P. Health Bill Faces Revolt From Conservative Forces

“This is not the Obamacare repeal bill we’ve been waiting for. It is a missed opportunity and a step in the wrong direction,” said Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, who was joined by a constellation of conservative groups, including the Club for Growth, Heritage Action for America and Charles G. and David H. Koch’s Americans for Prosperity. “We promised the American people we would drain the swamp and end business as usual in Washington. This bill does not do that.”

"If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."

-Ebenezer Scrooge