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Dulcinea

(9,517 posts)
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 05:07 PM 14 hrs ago

GOP faces a familiar dilemma: What to do about Obamacare?

(Washington Post) Republican leaders have found themselves in a familiar place: pledging to make major changes to the Affordable Care Act, citing rising health care costs and a looming deadline - but far from agreeing on how to do it.

The White House last week privately floated a framework to extend billions of dollars in ACA subsidies that are set to expire Dec. 31, accompanied by other changes to the health care law long sought by conservatives. But a planned announcement was quickly nixed amid a rebellion from congressional Republicans who balked at the White House’s ideas and process, and it is unclear when - or whether - President Donald Trump will endorse a specific legislative path. Several Senate Republicans have offered their own proposals, though it is not clear whether they can achieve sufficient support to pass the chamber.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gop-faces-familiar-dilemma-obamacare-135640365.html

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GOP faces a familiar dilemma: What to do about Obamacare? (Original Post) Dulcinea 14 hrs ago OP
Well republicans are gung ho about ruining people's lives.................... Lovie777 14 hrs ago #1
What's the dilemma? BlueTsunami2018 12 hrs ago #2
They had almost the whole summer off to huddle with their constituents and come up with some ideas Deuxcents 12 hrs ago #3
their REAL dilemma is Skittles 9 hrs ago #4

Lovie777

(21,303 posts)
1. Well republicans are gung ho about ruining people's lives....................
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 05:14 PM
14 hrs ago

and truly despise any reasonable health care.

BlueTsunami2018

(4,792 posts)
2. What's the dilemma?
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 06:51 PM
12 hrs ago

They’ve hated it and wanted to get rid of it from the beginning. Why don’t they just do it?

Deuxcents

(25,066 posts)
3. They had almost the whole summer off to huddle with their constituents and come up with some ideas
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 07:17 PM
12 hrs ago

Or solutions the people need but they’ve wasted years kicking this can down the road into the drain of indifference.

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