Republicans have nearly completed a full 180 degree turn on Obamacare.
They got elected by promising to repeal Obamacare. Then, after securing their seats in Congress, they worked to replace Obamacare with more federal intrusion.
Now, according to Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, some of them have joined the Democrats to continue bailing out failing insurance companies. Sen. Schumer called the deal a “good compromise” that will keep health insurance companies -- and Obamacare -- afloat for the next two years.
Fox News reports:
All 48 Democrats in the Senate would vote in favor of the bipartisan health care proposal that, in part, calls for resuming federal subsidies to insurers, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday.
“This is a good compromise,” he told NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “It took months to work out. It has a majority. It has 60 senators supporting it.”
Republicans have failed a number of times trying to repeal and replace ObamaCare. Schumer said beside the 48 Democrats, 12 Republicans support the measure by Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington.
The two said their plan had 24 sponsors, divided evenly between both parties, for resuming federal subsidies to insurers.
It’s amazing how quickly our elected officials can turn on the people they were sent to Washington to represent. Obamacare is failing, and the GOP lacks the courage to put it out of its misery.
That’s why calling an Article V Convention of States is the perfect option for our current situation. A Convention of States operates independently of Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court. It is called and controlled by the states, and it possesses the power to propose constitutional amendments. These amendments can ensure that the feds get out of the healthcare business -- and never enter it again.
