Want to blame someone - see Paul Ryan FIRST

Trumpcare failed, Donnie put his name to it. It's his disaster too.

The Chumpcare failure is squarely on trump AND Ryan's shoulders.

I'm not sure how you can separate the two on this issue. Trump literally called it "our" bill.

I don't think too many conservatives will hold it against Ryan for failing to pass a more expensive version of Obamacare that covered fewer people.

A few may hold it against him for throwing that bullshite out there in the first place but Trump bears equal responsibility for that.

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Cuck Ryan will lose the speakership over this.

The reign of Gowdy will begin

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Trump would never let amnesty Gowdy in as speaker

There is a reason Trump didn't pick him for any cabinet positions. He went full NeverTrump before the New Hampshire primary

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Here it comes. Trumpkins throwing their boy Ryan ten feet under the bus to try and save face for the Cheeto king.

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Please find any post I have made here in support of Paul Ryan

I have hated the guy since he teamed up with Karl Rove in 2013 to try and shove amnesty down our throats

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Want to blame someone - see Paul Ryan FIRST

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There is plenty of blame to go around. This was a poorly explained, disorganized, feckless effort all around.

Ryan played the most significant role. Healthcare first was his idea. He failed to count votes. He failed to include key leaders. He compiled what was aptly termed "obamacare lite" in secrecy. He failed to explain why preservation of many of the costliest aspects of obamacare was required under reconciliation. All that is on Ryan. All that is inexcusable.

But Pence and Price are both creatures of the House. They knew or should have known resistance points as well. They should have beaten the everloving snot out of Freedom Caucus obstructionists who were, in essence, being paid to preserve obamacare.

But of course, like it or not, responsibility normally extends to the POTUS, as it certainly does here

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But Pence and Price are both creatures of the House. They knew or should have known resistance points as well. They should have beaten the everloving snot out of Freedom Caucus obstructionists who were, in essence, being paid to preserve obamacare.

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My problem with this bill was the fact that we had to pass this, then issue some regulatory reform, then make another change. Most people saw the multi pronged attack as a problem. What if step 2 or 3 was not done, then we are stuck with a bigger screwup.

The best option is to use the nuclear option, issue a full repeal. Then when it is dead both sides will have to work together to get a new plan that will work without being too burdensome.

My idea would be to change the requirements for medicare to cover anyone who did not have insurance. This covers the poor and the young who think they dont need insurance. However it should only cover basic things and not specialists or cutting edge treatments. Just basic healthcare.

Then make a requirement that purchased coverage must include the same coverage as the basic things in medicare PLUS pre-existing conditions, children left on policy until age 25, access to policy's across state lines.

Make the law a couple of pages long. Not 1500 pages of lawyer speak. Simple, concise, and to the point. If most of the things that people want are in there they will support it. It should not be a requirement that every policy covers everything and is a platinum Cadillac plan. Life is not fair. We do not all live in the best homes, drive the safest cars, eat the healthiest foods. Why should our coverage for this cover everything? If the government is going to offer some form of coverage to everyone it should be only basic coverage.

Thank God for the Freedom Caucus obstructionists. They saved us from a shite Obamacare Lite Bill that would have exploded on Trump in the middle of his reelection bid.

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The best option is to use the nuclear option, issue a full repeal. Then when it is dead . . . .

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That was not politically feasible until 'replace' was shut down by the Dem bloc, and until obamacare collapse moves from realm of prediction to that of stark public reality.