Democrats criticize GOP for moving forward on repeal of Obamacare

Just get rid of it and get out of the way of the market already.

If the bill is undoubtedly harming more people than repealing it would, repeal it without delay.

If you have a better option (that you can pass), go ahead and pass it.

But repealing and delaying the repeal is cowardly. Let's hope this election doesn't have the consequences of denying millions of Americans access to healthcare, and subsequently killing thousands - all because Republicans are cowards.

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Just get rid of it and get out of the way of the market already.

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How would "the market" effectively shape healthcare when it's completely full of upstream regulation already?

There is no health care free market. It ceased to exist with the implementation of medicare/medicaid and has only gotten worse. And the status quo pre-ACA was not great. It just seems that way compared to the shite we've been exposed to lately.

We've got to repeal it to find out what replaces it

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Let's hope this election doesn't have the consequences of denying millions of Americans access to healthcare, and subsequently killing thousands -

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Healthcare and health insurance are not the same things.

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And the status quo pre-ACA was not great. It just seems that way compared to the shite we've been exposed to lately.

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there are actually a ton of winners under ACA. The thing is they probably don't realize how much ACA helps them. And the losers realize how much ACA hurts them.

This lends itself to the notion that ACA sucks balls being wildly accepted. But if it were to go away, there could a lot of people holding the bag, especially people ages 50-65. Who can't get coverage on the open market, and would pay higher premiums without ACA limits.

They were more likely to vote for trump.

Politically, this is a landmine for both sides.

First, Republicans don't want to have to suddenly revoke 11.3 million American citizens of healthcare without an alternative; but on the flip side, any delay will be seen by hard-line Republicans are backing away from a core election statement.

Democrats need to either fully let go of Obamacare (acknowledging it to the rest of the country that it was a failure), offer up a legitimate fix (that, as highly unlikely as it is, could take care of points from both sides), or staunchly defend it, for all it's warts and scars.

The BEST solution is to come up with either a transitory period, giving those who signed up for the ACA to find an alternative, OR a bipartisan solution to keep something akin to the ACA that is mutually acceptable to both sides.

Considering the current climate in Washington, ANYTHING being bipartisan, no matter what is best for the actual country, is highly unlikely.

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Healthcare and health insurance are not the same things.

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He's a "BamaAtl"; that kind of intellectual nuance is beyond his capabilities

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there are actually a ton of winners under ACA

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You are greatly exaggerating. Patients with pre-existing conditions are winners, kids under 26 are winners, and the highest utilizers under the poverty line are winners.

The younger, healthier below poverty are now paying for a product they didn't previously desire. The middle class young and healthy are getting screwed like no one else. And the adult middle class is now paying more toward the cost of care than at any point in their lifetime.

You could scrap the entire damn thing with the exception of the "no denial for pre-existing conditions" and realize across the board improvement in every category but overall national coverage. I realize that is the "end all, be all" (i.e. access) according to certain people, but it's being gained at the expense of improved cost and lower quality. ANd the people actually paying for it think that's a flawed ideology.