{"id":134596,"date":"2017-09-07T18:58:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T00:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=134596"},"modified":"2017-09-07T22:56:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T04:56:57","slug":"just-case-missed-gop-trying-repeal-aca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/07\/just-case-missed-gop-trying-repeal-aca.html","title":{"rendered":"Just in case you missed it, the GOP is trying to repeal the ACA again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a very long post that a computer crash ate, so I&#8217;ll just throw this out there &#8212; a cynical attempt to do all the worst things that the previous repeal-and-not-really-replace effort had, but tweak the transition numbers so that key GOP Senators don&#8217;t face as much heat over it (before it all goes away), and they can eke out the 50 votes (plus Pence) that they need.<\/p>\n<p>All under the cover of a couple of hurricanes, and another high-publicity policy diktat from Trump, and concerns over nuclear war with North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>True leadership that all Americans should take note of.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2017\/09\/06\/health-care-smackdown-last-ditch-aca-repeal-drive-threatens-bipartisan-fixes-andy-slavitt-column\/634207001\/\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 650px;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/P2zQkw8jpieuEvTvKSATX1r1cL2Nrxsw-8BdazVHsHVpUnjkGm-rIxxtFgE1dn_JWXQTRpTeyiMjNQVLwdbIuEfgPzA8Czf2NhJYiKD4w2h9BmzQExq2s_Sa7gCCAbAkijad3lXMtp8XK7_jqXA1T3EyVbsyLH9XY0x8L2PGPfgbdC2d_DpPeKo2NqCsd2QTdTQt01lT8Wuowm0md7UvKEGJEun-iTZo_BzXOIUFb0-gz3EqHDeBE8b1oz-4Su-4eOT8h4I=w506-h910\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2017\/09\/06\/health-care-smackdown-last-ditch-aca-repeal-drive-threatens-bipartisan-fixes-andy-slavitt-column\/634207001\/\">Health care smackdown: Last-ditch repeal drive threatens bipartisan fixes<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nFor seven years the GOP has neglected and exploited Obamacare&#8217;s flaws. But a serious bipartisan effort will show most are easily remedied.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/GqzjBPaKsAz\">View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a very long post that a computer crash ate, so I&#8217;ll just throw this out there &#8212; a cynical attempt to do all the worst things that the previous repeal-and-not-really-replace effort had, but tweak the transition numbers so that key GOP Senators don&#8217;t face as much heat over it (before it all goes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/07\/just-case-missed-gop-trying-repeal-aca.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Just in case you missed it, the GOP is trying to repeal the ACA again&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,134,9,358],"tags":[1171,488],"class_list":["post-134596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-health-care","category-politics-law","category-poor-citizenship","tag-aca","tag-obamacare"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unnamed-17.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132531,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/09\/gop-governors-arent-all-thrilled-about-aca-repeal.html","url_meta":{"origin":134596,"position":0},"title":"GOP Governors aren&#039;t all thrilled about ACA repeal","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 9-Jan-17 9:03am","format":false,"excerpt":"A number of them, in fact, have seen their uninsured rate go way down, due to the ACA. 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But despite an actual bipartisan effort to fix ACA problems, a key group of GOP Senators is back at it, pushing a bill forward as fast as they can so that they can get\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/unnamed-21.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":136910,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/05\/in-case-you-thought-all-that-aca-repeal-stuff-was-dead-and-gone.html","url_meta":{"origin":134596,"position":2},"title":"In case you thought all that ACA Repeal stuff was dead and gone","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 5-Sep-18 3:11pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's not. The GOP are just waiting for a November win to get rid of the ACA, including pre-existing medical conditions (vague promises to the contrary notwithstanding). They've actually said that. Again, remember why the ACA was passed: 1. 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The reasons are many, but it comes down to too many conservative Senators don't think the AHCA goes far enough in throwing people off Medicaid and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":134792,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/09\/20\/gobsmacking-senatorial-defenses-graham-cassidy-aca-repeal.html","url_meta":{"origin":134596,"position":4},"title":"The gobsmacking Senatorial defenses of the Graham-Cassidy ACA Repeal","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 20-Sep-17 3:33pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Which boil down to: 1. It will magically work! Puppies and unicorns for all! Don't ask for details! 2. It's not Obamacare! Obamacare bad! Not-Obamacare good! 3. It will hurt other states, but not mine, so I'm cool with it! 4. 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