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hue

(4,949 posts)
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 11:40 AM Jun 2015

2016 GOP Presidential Hopefuls: Now It's Up To Us To Repeal Obamacare

Source: HUFFPOST

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopefuls on Thursday denounced a Supreme Court decision that upheld subsidies provided by the Affordable Care Act. The decision neutralizes what was likely the last serious effort to cripple the law through the courts and represents a major victory for President Barack Obama.

A decision against the health care law would have put the Republicans eyeing the presidency in a bind by forcing them to spell out what they proposed to do for millions of Americans without crucial subsidies. Now, however, they can continue to rail against the law rhetorically, promising to deal with the matter once they are in the White House. The fate of the law now depends on whether one of the following Republicans makes it there:

Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.)

I disagree with the Court’s ruling and believe they have once again erred in trying to correct the mistakes made by President Obama and Congress in forcing Obamacare on the American people."

“Despite the Court’s decision, ObamaCare is still a bad law that is having a negative impact on our country and on millions of Americans. I remain committed to repealing this bad law and replacing it with my consumer-centered plan that puts patients and families back in control of their health care decisions. We need Consumer Care, not ObamaCare.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/25/gop-obamacare-reaction_n_7662928.html



OK Repukes, you get right on it...
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HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
1. This is good
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 11:42 AM
Jun 2015

Now the various and sundry Republican candidates can outdo each other with their proposals to repeal Obamacare.

apnu

(8,761 posts)
9. Yup and alienate millions who have insurance now
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 01:33 PM
Jun 2015

Many of whom are Republican voters.

Keep it up idiots! Don't forget to honk the clown car's horn!

randys1

(16,286 posts)
3. The adult cons are happy with the decision for political reasons, the stupid shit teaparty ASSHOLES
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 11:45 AM
Jun 2015

are happy because they can run on telling the staggeringly stupid constituents of theirs that they are going to somehow destroy the

mans

legacy

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
5. You know what? I hope they do run on repealing Obamacare.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 11:57 AM
Jun 2015

I hope they run on it every day. People by and large have come to accept Obamacare and even (gasp) LIKE the fact that it gives them access to health insurance. So by all means Republicans, run on an anti-Obamacare platform.

 

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)
6. The pre-existing condition exclusion probably has the biggest impact on people of all ages.
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 12:04 PM
Jun 2015

.... regardless of political leanings.

bucolic_frolic

(43,576 posts)
8. GOP candidates should be encouraged
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 01:26 PM
Jun 2015

to run against Obamacare, the GOP House too, they need to vote
to repeal it another 50 times so everyone knows where they stand.
I hope they make it their primary issue, and they might, because
what else do they have?

Oh right, they have vote suppression, that's their other big thing.
So they can tell America

"You have no right to vote and no right to health care!"

Populism, Paul/Christie/Kasich/Fiorina/Jindal/Jeb!/Perry/Graham/

my, there really are too many to list or remember.

Popular bunch.

No Vote No HealthCare No Social Security

Tell the world

Let's vote on it.

LongTomH

(8,636 posts)
11. Bloody Hell!!!!!! When will conservatives realize that health care is NOT a 'consumer choice'
Thu Jun 25, 2015, 03:59 PM
Jun 2015

It's literally a matter of life and death, and it is a right. To deny that access to decent healthcare is a right, is to deny that people have a right to life.

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