Morning Jolt: The Obamacare Repeal Can, Kicked Down the Road, One More Time

After all this time, it increasingly appears impossible to get 50 Republican senators to agree on legislation to replace Obamacare.

Last night brought genuinely shocking news as two GOP senators, who up until now hadn't appeared to be likely "no" votes, announced their opposition: Jerry Moran of Kansas and Mike Lee of Utah.
Moran:

There are serious problems with Obamacare, and my goal remains what it has been for a long time: to repeal and replace it. This closed-door process has yielded the BCRA [Better Care Reconciliation Act], which fails to repeal the Affordable Care Act or address healthcare's rising costs. For the same reasons I could not support the previous version of this bill, I cannot support this one.

We should not put our stamp of approval on bad policy. Furthermore, if we leave the federal government in control of everyday healthcare decisions, it is more likely that our healthcare system will devolve into a single-payer system, which would require a massive federal spending ...

July 18 2017

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The Obamacare Repeal Can, Kicked Down the Road, One More Time Jim Geraghty After all this time, it increasingly appears impossible to get 50 Republican senators to agree on legislation to replace Obamacare. Last night brought genuinely shocking news as two GOP senators, who up until now hadn't appeared to be likely "no" votes, announced their opposition: Jerry Moran of Kansas and Mike Lee of Utah. Moran: There are serious problems with Obamacare, and my goal remains what it has been for a long time: to repeal and replace it. This closed-door process has yielded the BCRA [Better Care Reconciliation Act], which fails to repeal the Affordable Care Act or address healthcare's rising costs. For the same reasons I could not support the previous version of this bill, I cannot support this one. We should not put our stamp of approval on bad policy. Furthermore, if we leave the federal government in control of everyday healthcare decisions, it is more likely that our healthcare system will devolve into a single-payer system, which would require a massive federal spending ... READ MORE U.S. Defense Spending and False Comparisons Jim Talent Rachel Zissimos and Thomas Spoehr over at the Heritage Foundation have done a service to American national security. They recently published a paper debunking, one hopes finally and forever, the... Canada and Sweden's Misguided Abortion Crusade Jeff Cimmino Canada and Sweden's Misguided Abortion Crusade ADVERTISEMENT Ted Lieu's Conspiracy Theories Ian Tuttle In politics, as in physics, certain laws seem to obtain. Exempli gratia: For every stupid thing said or done by someone on the right, an equal and opposite stupid thing is done by someone on the... Apartment Fires and Health Insurance Kevin D. Williamson Three people have died in a condominium fire in Honolulu. It was their fault. The fire almost certainly would have been contained with no loss of life and minimal damage to property if the... Climate Lawsuit Brewing? Robert Bryce Mark Jacobson, the Stanford engineering professor who became the darling of the green Left by repeatedly claiming the U.S. economy can run solely on renewable energy, has threatened to take... The Party of Bad Faith? Rich Lowry If the Republican attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare ultimately fails, it will be a lesson in the wages of political bad faith. The bill has plenty of obstacles, including the sheer... ADVERTISEMENT The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, and Endurance in Early America Scott Weidensaul 'With a novelist's flair . . Mr. Weidensaul invites readers to imagine the bloody ground beneath modern America's apparently tame landscape.' - The Wall Street Journal LEARN MORE B-1B Lancer Photos of the Week ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.