PB: Chime in if you support GOP's Cuckcare

this bill is not a nothingburger. it is a very large, impact full bill.

I can see why no one likes it though.

Democrats should love it.... I hate it

You are never going to get a full blown cannonball shot to the head. Your voice does not count more than the moderates voice do.

Pass this bill with some amendments for Cruz and Lee and then start there, win some more seats in the midterms and then keep chipping away at it to keep perfecting it. It's what democrats would've done and they've made an art out of that.

ObamaCare will be repealed by a thousand cuts, not a single stab in the gut.

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Or if you this this bill is a big nothing burger like I do.

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Its a step in the right direction. This release is a draft, not the final bill. There needs to be some deliberation and some compromises made, but in the end this moves the ball forward.

Remember, this bill can only pass under reconciliation

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You are never going to get a full blown cannonball shot to the head. Your voice does not count more than the moderates voice do.

Pass this bill with some amendments for Cruz and Lee and then start there, win some more seats in the midterms and then keep chipping away at it to keep perfecting it. It's what democrats would've done and they've made an art out of that.

ObamaCare will be repealed by a thousand cuts, not a single stab in the gut.

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This

In order to get full repeal you have to first pass this bill perhaps with amendments. Otherwise it will never happen. A full repeal will take 60 votes and that just isn't happening right now. This bill is pretty much the first step to full repeal.

I still think a lot of the conservative opposition to this bill is bought & paid for by interests who want Obamacare to stay in place. Like I said controlled opposition. These politicians will fold like a cheap suit on issues like the debt ceiling, spending increases, omnibus bills, Paul Ryan for Speaker, etc. and only seem to take a conservative stand when it doesn't make sense.

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Democrats should love it.... I hate it

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No one likes it, that is what is so impressive about this.

Industry, liberals, Democrats, Republicans, conservatives, pretty much no one. Except rich people, rich people are probably pretty damn happy about it.

And as long as their donor class is happy, that is incentivize enough to try and get this through.

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This

In order to get full repeal you have to first pass this bill perhaps with amendments. Otherwise it will never happen. A full repeal will take 60 votes and that just isn't happening right now. This bill is pretty much the first step to full repeal.

I still think a lot of the conservative opposition to this bill is bought & paid for by interests who want Obamacare to stay in place. Like I said controlled opposition. These politicians will fold like a cheap suit on issues like the debt ceiling, spending increases, omnibus bills, Paul Ryan for Speaker, etc. and only seem to take a conservative stand when it doesn't make sense.

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They could repeal this very simply if that was what they really wanted. They don't.

You all should stop fooling yourself. Repeal was never a reality and repeal was never goona solve all the problems people bitched about.

Catshit sammich!

I heard that McConnell let K-street see the draft before it was shared with conservative republicans.

That's total bullshite if true, no one elected K-street.

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They are the instant gratification kids or the Rand Paul is god crowd.

If this bill could include everything that would fail the "Byrd Bath" rule, this bill would be a fantastic improvement from Obamacare.

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It's funny how the "this isn't the hill to die on, we need to live to fight another day, we will get them on the next issue crowd" that plagued us during the Obama administration is all of a sudden taking a hard line on these things.

Like I said, controlled opposition