The U.S. House of Representatives returns to session this week.
And its first scheduled order of business for the new year? Repealing Obamacare.
The House is expected to take up the measure, which also scraps Planned Parenthood funding, this week. The bill already passed the Senate under special rules protecting it from Democratic obstruction.
Despite dozens of past votes to repeal the health law in full or in part, Republicans never before have succeeded in sending a full repeal bill to the White House.
They insist that doing so will fulfill promises to their constituents while highlighting the clear choice facing voters in the November presidential election.
Every Republican presidential candidate has pledged to undo the health law. The Democrats running for president would keep it in place.
Obama will veto the health law repeal bill. But that’s the point for Republicans, who intend to schedule a veto override vote for Jan. 22, when anti-abortion activists hold their annual march in Washington to mark the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in 1973 that legalized abortion.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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The progressive left will stand with the right on the repeal of the Affordable Care Act if we can have a Medicare For All option.
After 3 visits to the local hospital emergency room by members of my family, the E-room staff has made it quite clear that Obummercare has created excessive regulations that hamper proper care of patients, especially seniors like myself. The smart- alec that wrote it and the dummycrats that passed it don’t care about the extent of harm to a once very good health system.
I hope everyone is aware that the obamacare health bill was the same one the hillary clinton tried to get passed while clinton was in office and obama made a deal with hillary that he would get it passed if she would step out of the race 8 years ago.
get rid of Obama care and him and clinton because she is OBAMAS LAP POODLE AND IMITATES HIM ,BOTH ARE USELESS PIECES OF CRAP ,,,,
Wish those who sit behind her at all her campaign stops would see she is all in it only for herself to line her pockets only! She cares less for them..only right now to get her in her White House which she misses so much since Billy Boy was in there..He can’t wait either…OH and lookey now..she can’t campaign for herself..she is losing steam..has to send out her Billy Boy to help! She left 4 guys to be killed and refused aide and then says What Difference Does It Make when we want the truth! OH does she even know HOW to tell the TRUTH?
IF YOU ARE FED UP WITH CAREER POLITICIANS…then vote for someone who is a real worker and is passionate to get America BACK for the Americans again! TRUMP CAN DO IT! No one else can! The new MOVEMENT for America..no more same ole same ole!
I have never voted for no Obuma care bill,I have insurance and some people can’t afford insurance and have to go to hospital emergency rooms for care,and the doctors there treat them like crap because they can’t afford to pay.Ever since this stupid Obuma care started,People don’t get treated the same and doctors don’t act like they care about the people their helping.Be rid of Obumacare and Obuma once and for all.”Impeach The Devil”
Well said
It’s the main reason why so few new FULL TIME jobs are available.
I’m a senior too and Obamacare was written by Ezekial Emanuel,Rahm;s brother.In it he has a provision that 75 years and older get the least amount of care,He said he doesn’t want to live past 75 because he;s done everything and will refuse care then.Well maybe he doesn’t want to live after 75.but why should others suffer because of him just so the government can save money??
it will be a minor miracle if Obama is overruled all he has done in the last 7 years is force hi policies on the citizens of this country long enough he got by with this because congress has been 435 pieces os useless wimps who contribute nothing but take vacations and order expensive coffee NICE WORK IF YOU CAN DO it especially at the expense of the people who voted and got them elected and the ones who are paying the price are seniors and veterans these people get nothing but crap and horrible treatment. however they are still funding planned parenthood and condoning legal murder this is partly the reason he is forcing his policies on our citizens he thinks that because he has the power of the pen he can do whatever he wants ant the rest of the country pays the price this is why he wants to close gitmo. all this will do is invite more terrorist aggression because those people will retaliate and once again the population will pay the price san bernadino will look like a walk in the park when they finally get done there will be more destruction, loss of lives and no way to stop it due to his lack of a plan to cause an end to their violence but he will never learn in his warped mind he thinks that because of this he is looking like the great savior of the world if anything its obvious that he is anything but a patriot plus he has zero interest in this country he stays out of the country because he knows that there is always a sniper somewhere who cant wait to pull the trigger trump was right in questioning his birth country because if he was a true American he would try harder to protect this nation
He is a Mulsim and the Muslims had this plan in motion I KNOW since 2005! Muslims only want to destroy America…Their Koran is their laws..any other (like America’s Constitution and Bill of Rights) do not pertain…THUS reason he does all the Executive Orders..and by passes our Congress and Senate for votes! Actually I feel since he is a Traitor..why do we even believe his so called EO are legal and to be obeyed? WE ARE THE FOOLS to even follow anything this person in our White House does or dictates we have to follow! Our laws do not allow dictators and this is what he is..but we do NOT have to follow! This Gun Laws? There is no way he can take our rights away and if we simply ignore his little pen on paper..then there is no law! What he is doing is totally illegal!
That’s an atheist’s response to the Living God; despite his claim of Jewish Faith: Pride goeth before the Fall/ or “I know better than God”! ‘Slightly Satanic’! May God forgive him!
NO the Government doesn’t save money if we die..they only pocket it for themselves!
itoo am a senior recently I went to the doctor this was over a year ago and after the office fininished their paperwork they sent me a bill for 12.25 which is ridiculous my case worker told me to ignore it shred it and totally disregard the whole thingthis is an example of how much wasted time they are using in order to process all this garbage and by the time they get this crap finished tha paltry sum they are owed is barely worth their time
Do not be fooled of this healthcare system it never was good to begin with, the most expensive in the world, on with a five star hotel bill with nothing but drugs to make it worst, all because big pharma controlling the situation treating only the symptoms, thank goodness for a group of true grit doctors that treat the overall system and one may have a chance of recuperating, and then here comes the obamacare one of the worst disasters to plague the USA.
all dog and pony show for voters. they already funded obamacare,, they funded planned parenthood, the list goes on. its election year so a show for the votes is being made then back to same old crap.
Exactly.They betrayed us and we elected them to stop this.Thanks Paul Ryan.
Look at Rubio…..he is getting paid and not even doing his job he was elected to do! He has not warmed his Senate Seat or to vote in how long? IF HE CAN’T do his first job..then why the heck we want him for President??
Exactly Shannon! Please don’t fall for their crap! It’s a game! A scam! First thing I want to know or caught my eye was the line where it said the bill passed the Senate under special rules, protecting it from democratic obstruction! What?! Since when has this “special rule” been around or used? I always hear everything never gets through because of all the “obstruction” from the other party going on?! That right there should be a red flag, everyone! THEY JUST ARE WORKING ON GETTING RE-ELECTED! Then it’s back to same as usual!
Beware of government run health care. The VA is government run health care and the VA is screwing that up so badly that veterans are dying before they can even get an appointment. With all the flaws of a private system there is always a big stick that can be held over the insurer, the state insurance department (launch a complaint to the insurance commissioner and the insurance company will have to fix any errors in their handling of your case to avoid fines or having their license to operate in the state pulled). If the government is the health provider and the insurer, who do you complain to that will actually do anything? Answer: no one. Government flunkies don’t care and their bosses won’t hold them accountable. They’ll get promoted instead. That’s the government way.
Who’s going to pay for it?
A repeal of the affordable care act is necessary and will be effective ONLY IF our government steps in to regulate rising health care costs. The real problem is coming from the fact that the CEOs of our Hospitals are getting skyrocketing salaries. Hospitals and Care Providers are run as non-profiting businesses, thus exempt from taxes, and using any profits for new construction. The CEOs are the culprits as to why we are experiencing Unaffordable Health Care. I sincerely hope our country with a new president will look at making a big change for ALL people including senators and congressman. No one should be exempt from having a NATIONAL CARE plan. All of us are created equal, and should be treated as such. ( in an ideal world!)
When your health care keeps going up and you reach the point where you can’t afford it or even the Obama Care and the government can fine you for not having enough income to have it, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG!!!
All but two of the Republican hopefulls are nothing but more of the same. Vote for one that the Republicans hate and don’t want because that is whats best for America!
DONALD TRUMP 2016 DONALD TRUMP 2016 DONALD TRUMP 2016!!!!!!!!
If one can’t afford the premiums then this is where the subsidies step in. If goes lower than that then that’s where Medicaid is applied for.
I refuse to buy anything that has Obama’s name on it. Obamacare is a farce. There is nothing wrong with our healthcare system. The problem is with the health insurance companies who make too much profit off of we sick people. I have worked in healthcare as a nurse for almost 40 years. We need to revamp the insurance companies, not preventing people from using the doctors and hospitals they want. Insurance company’s CEO’s are making tons of money. How unscrupulous! They should be ashamed of themselves. Why don’t we use medical people instead of politicians to make the changes needed. Politicians are ignorant.
I agree with you completely but while we are at it, we need to put Big Pharma in it’s place. They have the newspapers, the FDA and the government in their pockets and buy out or scare out proven cures for cancer and other illnesses just so they can continue to make their multi billion dollars each year. This is really a very sick world we live in today. Corrupt to the core is the only way I can describe this government, Rep. and Dems alike! I look for a revolt of “We the People” in the not too distant future.
I refuse to get Obama care! I do NOT have any insurance and haven’t for about 8 years now! My “income” is way lower than barely making it..but I just minimized everything and actually doing fine! I am comfortable. I make too little to even file income taxes therefore I do not get penalized for not having any insurance! I DO however prefer (and have for many many years now) to use home remedies as every time a doctor DID give me any kind of meds they made me very sick! Home remedies work faster and safer and easier too!
Cricky-
i’m in the same boat you are.
But even though i’m one of the poor that would benefit the most from D’ohbamacare, i won’t sign up for it and won’t pay a dime for it, and here’s why: despite what SCOTUS said about it, unless the Constitution SPECIFICALLY mentions “health” or “healthcare” of Citizens, it’s flatly Unconstitutional. If any disagree, feel free to point to any part of the Constitution which WOULD authorize such a program, especially once you have a firm grasp on the Preamble to the Bill of Rights and the 9th and 10th Amendments, which modified the Constitution.
Now, even if one DOES tend to agree with SCOTUS’ decision on D’ohbamacare, what they SAID was “it’s legal as a tax.” Oh, yeah? Well, ALL “bills for revenue”(aka “taxes”) MUST originate in the House in order for them to be Constitutional – and D’ohbamacare originated in the Senate! So let ’em come arrest me for not buying insurance. The Constitution – you know, the SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND? (see article 6) It nowhere states that any agent of the USG is empowered to require anyone to purchase anything from anyone at any time for any reason, period – so if it ain’t in there, it AIN’T Constitutional, and NO ONE is going to make me obey any Unconstitutional law, SCOTUS or no SCOTUS, period.
This is a long-established maxim in American law, but perhaps the most succinct expression of this principle is found in this court decision:
‘An unconstitutional act is not law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed.’ Norton vs. Shelby County 118 US 425 p. 442
a ten thousand dollar payment before your insurance is liable for your medical bill is not an affordable care act it is just the opposite.
Republicans should have done this with budget. More Bull sxxt that means nothing!! RINO’s playing games with American people! This bill and vote shows why you have to vote out Democrats and RINO’s for hard right conservatives and I am independent lean moderate! Our kids are losing the United States of America to be United States of U.N.
Sad that a moderate can see the writing on the walls!
we need everyone to register right now as Republican to get Trump in on the ballots..EVERYONE can change it once we get him on the ballot! WE NEED TRUMP..he as well as most Americans who have kids want a better America for our kids! (if you don’t..then you can’t be an American!) IF like Virginia are trying to make you sign some paper (The Republicans are doing this only) of loyality..ask them if they are tampering with voter’s rights? That may back them off!
When more people are without insurance then before Obamnacare and many who can’t afford current rates are being forced into insurance, there is something seriously wrong with this bill. If it isn’t repealed it needs a comprehensive overhaul. We need to protect our citizens from those with uninsurable problems but we don’t need to upset the apple cart and ruin everyone’s life. For those who few who benefit from this program congrats. For the majority of us who are thrown into a financial turmoil because of it, we are mad and confused. I have not heard from any person who likes this forced taxation without proper representation. It should be called Health Care Obamanation.
The Comment area on your Speaker’s website is NOT functioning properly. I have attempted numerous times to leave a message but clicking next does not advance the form. My message, greatly abbreviated, is simple and direct, IMPEACH OBAMA. Hew is a traitor deserving of a trial and execution. You so-called republican/conservatives are engaged in fool’s play and Obama is having a field day at your expense. the Majority Leadership in both Houses is ineffectual, Obama is playing you all for fools and doing as he damned well pleases. If you expect to win the Oval Office in November, you had better consider impeachment NOW! Just a casual observation: That beard has a negative effect-You are looking more like a member of ISIS every day.
Amen. Why are the people who we have elected into Congress afraid of the A-word. IMPEACH, IMPEACH, IMPEACH. Our politicians stink. Would have used a more appropriate word but this post wouldn’t be published. Hail free speech!
My daughter is a Clinical Nurse Specialist who works in a private Catholic hospital . She has told me many times how much more paperwork Obamacare generates. Also, because the hospital receives some federal funds, it can not refuse to perform abortions which is disgusting.
It is proven beyond a shadow of
doubt; the only difference between a
POLITICAN and a Lawyer is,
A POLITICAN is a born liar and
A lawyer goes to school for 8 yrs to
learn how to lie!
If a businessman lies, he is out of work !
Politicians caught lying should be outed to the street. That includes
The police force.
Obama will veto the Bill and smile because HE knows that he will still be around as our dictator for the next generation and declare himself president for life! How? By setting into motion a series of events that will permit him to declare marshal law which then permits him to cancel free elections …. and …… permits him to confiscate all of your guns. Think I am crazy? Step back and take a look at the headlines across America! Look at ALL of them. I do not know what to do, but we must not bury our heads in the sand. May GOD have mercy on us! Pray now for the Salvation of America! Take care and God Bless
I firmly believe that you are entirely correct. This is exactly what that SOB has in mind. He is just waiting for the right time. I honestly believe that he is just a pawn in a game being played by much bigger and smarter players and they are not necessarily US citizens!
Well then, WE THE PEOPLE need to overthrow the government.
I believe this bill is meaningless. For me, the votes that I will remember are the ones that funded Obamacare and Planned Parenthood when it mattered. If Republicans didn’t approve of these programs, why did they vote to fund them? They should have approved funding only for the programs and projects they support. If Democrats were willing to shut the government down in order to try to preserve funding for these programs, they should have been allowed to do so, and the Republicans should have made them own the government shutdown over these programs. The process is backwards; the government should have been funded to the degree that Republicans and Democrats could agree; then Democrats should have proposed in a separate bill the funding that they wanted and try to get it passed without holding the funding of the government hostage.
I wish the Planned Parenthood funding issue would have been in a separate bill. The president isn’t going to repeal Obamacare, but he might have a harder time issuing a veto for legislation stripping a profitable baby slaughterer from receiving taxpayer dollars.
the cockroaches in the government have taken over…we lost our real voting rights in the sixties..everybody was to busy trying to make a living to bother with who to vote for.BOTH the demoncraps and the republic rats decided for us that THEY new better than the idiot voters..the professional politicians and the UN-ELECTED BACK ROOM BOYS have taken over ..from jimmy carter, bill clinton bush#2 and now o’bummer all have been puppets of the good ole boys in the back room…obamma hasn’t had one thought or action on his own, the soros connection is very strong .he runs bill clinton ,helery clinton and obummer IF TRUMP AND FIORINA DO NOT GET ELECTED, THEN AMERICA IS TOTALY LOST. WE DO NOT NEED A MACHINE WE NEED ONE AMERICAN WITH BALLS,GUTS AND THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE MICE IN THE BACK ROOM.. THE WHITEHOUSE NEEDS FUMIGATING FROM THE BASEMENT TO THE RADIO ANTENNAS. TO GET RID OF THE COCKROACHES, BOTH DEM AND REP’S.
Include Planned Parenthood in bill too & see if he signs bill.
Defund PP
I find that the people who most want to defund the Planned Parenthood Women’s Health Clinics are usually unaware and misogynists. Change your news sources, they are not helping you.
Regressives
I’m a senior and Obamacare was written by Ezekial Emanuel,Rahm;s brother.In it he has a provision that 75 years and older get the least amount of care,He said he doesn’t want to live past 75 because he;s done everything and will refuse care then.Well maybe he doesn’t want to live after 75.but why should others suffer because of him just so the government can save money??
!st I want to congratulate TRUMP, for GREAT BRITIAN comparing him to GEORGE WASHINGTON !! TELLING HIM THEY DID NOT WANT HIM ,HE WAS NOT WELCOME ON THERE LITTLE ISLAND !!!—- THEY TOLD GEORGE WASHINGTON THAT AFTER THE REVELUTION !!!!!!! HA ! HA! HA! HA! BY THE WAY MAY BE THeY SHOULD PAY US FOR ALL THE MONEY WE SPENT AND MANPOWER <NOT TO FORGET ALL THE LIVES GIVEN BY OUR BRAVE MEN DURING THE PAST 2 WARS YOU WERE INVOLED IN . IF < not for AMERICA YOU WOULD BE SPEAKING GERMAN !
Vote for Bernie Sanders and Medicare for all and watch the mafia health insurance reign of terror and the big pharma monopolies come to an end and we will all see immediately see a 30% drop in healthcare costs and everyone will be covered. The naysayers will cry that your taxes will go up and yes we will all pay a little more into medicare and still we will all save money. Then eliminate the corn subsidies and watch the corn syrup and fast foods take a big hit and that will also reduce your health problems. Cut back pollution get healthier. It’s time for corporations to stop externalizing their costs onto us as disease/healthcare costs and reparation costs and extreme weather and storm costs.
The people who have written about this article, are informed. I wish the rest of the country was so. If there is a lock down and desistance by Patriots exists, “O” will not depend on our Nat’l Guard to follow orders, to kill or imprison us. His Majesty has blackmailed, double crossed and alienated every foreign asset we ever had. These same ex asset countries will be brought in as “Peace Keepers”. If we continue to do nothing, and our backstabbing greedy Congress does nothing ….imagine….think about Pol Pot, Mogabe, Hitler, Stalin, Lenin purges, The Rape of Nan King, recent Muslim atrocities around the world. They are here and are coming here, ……now.
I am an old man in many peoples eyes , I miss the way things of my youth . I miss the BLUE LAWS , GOING to CHURCH on SUNDAY morning, BOY SCOUTS of AMERICA, 1955 FORD FAILAINE CONVERTABLE , GOING TO THE PROM ,DRINKING BEER ,RIDEING MY HARLEY KNUKEL HEAD, JUST HAVING A GOOD TIME . WHAT HAPPENED !!!!!!!?????????
GOD BLESS THE United States OF AMERICA GOD SAVE US ALL
@Glenn: I’m 65 and I agree with you. Except for the 1955 ford (mine was a 63 Galaxy & my Harley was a 750 Honda.) hee,hee
Our Founding Fathers said after they formed our Constitution along with our Bill of Rights, told the Citizens of the United States that you should never vote for a Carrier Politician or a Lawyer. You should vote for a commoner and everyone should take a turn to serve there country. If the Carrier Politicians and Lawyers keep getting elected then corruption will run rap pent. Our Founding Fathers New All of this since they all came from crooked and corrupt Governments across the pond. Remember, lots of our Founding Fathers were leftist and corrupt, but they knew, to form a new way of life and prosperity for the people they had to forgo all there old thinking and to draw from there hearts and souls to form the best Government for the People by the People. “WE THE PEOPLE” forgot all of this. We get what we vote for. I have never reelected any representative for any office, I have always voted for someone new as long as they never held office or was a Lawyer. Some of you will say, but we have a good representative in office now and I’d like for them to be reelected, how do you know if the next person elected won’t do a better job. Remember “WE THE PEOPLE” control the term limits of all Political Representatives.
This is nothing more than Smoke and Mirrors from the Republicans ,does anyone really believe this is a REAL Effort to get rid of Obongocare . Not when Paul Ryan and the Republicans gave Obongo everything he wanted by passing the Obamanus Bill . This is an attempt on their part to cover their butts come election time . They can say look we tried we put a Bill on Obongo`s Desk but he Vetoed it We Really Tried . Some people are smart enough to see this is pure BS others well You know there are STUPID Citizens as well .
Get trump in office and he will.stop this political BS. He will wipe out Obama care. He will build our economy safe guard our borders. And stop China from exporting more than they import. We need to stop the political bs that has been going on for decades. WE THE PEOPLE NOT WE THE GOVERNMENT.