Ryan: This is Our Last Chance to Repeal Obamacare

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Interesting -so if the repeal effort fails this year, Obamacare will become as entrenched as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid:

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/paul-ryan-obamacare-repeal-last-chance-235877

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Tbh 2012 was their last chance to repeal Obamacare.

2012 was their last best chance, as that program was then too new to have acquired a constituency of its own to defend it.

2017 is their last chance, period. 

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This thread is a classic example of why the Right in Europe is not comparable to the Right in the United States. The European Right is far more big government than we are and find the American right baffling in their opposition to single payer. They are far more open to the welfare state than we are.

I, myself, don't back favor universal healthcare, Medicare for all, or single payer & and would prefer to restructure healthcare along the lines of guaranteeing more competition, restricting Medicare benefits to the truly needy, etc. while mandating a floor of coverage and care that would be of a quality nature. It's funny, because my position is to the right of Farage.

Something like Switzerland, perhaps?

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The Swiss franc (CHF) has nearly the same value as the US dollar, so CHF 400 works out to nearly $400.00.

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As an addendum, Speaker Ryan mentioned that should the GOP effort to repeal and replace Obamacare fail, it will be a 'momentum-killer' for the rest of their agenda.

If that doesn't motivate you to ensure they fail (and fail miserably) by calling and/or writing your congressman and senators, I don't know what will.  

^Is that $400 a month or a year?

Monthly. 

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All we have to worry about now is whether the Man Child-in-Chief will lash out for his failures by actively sabotaging Obamacare in a temper tantrum.