re: #94 calochortus
Since the GOP’s fingerprints are all over this, they will own the fact there will be no individual insurance market. I’m guessing a few of them are smart enough to see this. I don’t see how this bill will pass.
One word: “Reconciliation.” They’ll club enough of their Senators over the head to pass this via reconciliation, which has a 50 vote bar as opposed to the 60 vote bar of cloture, because the bulk of this bill involves taxation and budgetary measures. It’s not about “fixing” anything, it’s about getting a point on the midterms scoreboard. Going into reelection season next year saying they fulfilled their promise to “repeal and replace Obamacare.”