A headline in today's Politico:
So the healthcare situation in Congress is getting increasingly bonkers and may come to a head in the next day or two.
After failing to pass the House's original "gut Medicaid for billionaire tax cuts" AHCA bill and Rand Paul's delayed full repeal bill, the last option on the table is a so-called "skinny" repeal bill that targets the individual mandate (and Planned Parenthood), which would wreak havoc in the individual insurance markets if it became law. Virtually every industry and advocacy group is warning of looming disaster, from AARP to GOP governors to leaders of the insurance, actuarial, and medical fields.
Many Republican senators claim to oppose the "skinny" plan, but say they're open to voting for it purely on procedural grounds, in order to get the bill into conference with the House where they can hammer out something acceptable to both chambers.
But it's just broken now that House leadership is telling members to "remain flexible in their travel plans over the next few days" -- Friday is supposed to be their last day before the August recess -- and chatter from the hill suggests the House may be prepared to enact "martial law" levels of pressure to quickly pass the Senate's alleged placeholder outright, skipping the conference with the Senate and sending this shitburger everyone hates straight to Trump's desk.
The Senate vote on this bill should take place sometime late tonight or early Friday morning after a "vote-a-rama" of symbolic amendments that will be overwritten by the final bill.
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So the healthcare situation in Congress is getting increasingly bonkers and may come to a head in the next day or two.
After failing to pass the House's original "gut Medicaid for billionaire tax cuts" AHCA bill and Rand Paul's delayed full repeal bill, the last option on the table is a so-called "skinny" repeal bill that targets the individual mandate (and Planned Parenthood), which would wreak havoc in the individual insurance markets if it became law. Virtually every industry and advocacy group is warning of looming disaster, from AARP to GOP governors to leaders of the insurance, actuarial, and medical fields.
Many Republican senators claim to oppose the "skinny" plan, but say they're open to voting for it purely on procedural grounds, in order to get the bill into conference with the House where they can hammer out something acceptable to both chambers.
But it's just broken now that House leadership is telling members to "remain flexible in their travel plans over the next few days" -- Friday is supposed to be their last day before the August recess -- and chatter from the hill suggests the House may be prepared to enact "martial law" levels of pressure to quickly pass the Senate's alleged placeholder outright, skipping the conference with the Senate and sending this shitburger everyone hates straight to Trump's desk.
The Senate vote on this bill should take place sometime late tonight or early Friday morning after a "vote-a-rama" of symbolic amendments that will be overwritten by the final bill.
CALL YOUR SENATORS
CALL YOUR SENATORS
CALL YOUR SENATORS
