Senate Republicans plan to defund Planned Parenthood in 'skinny' repeal

[mystery-ak]

Senate Republicans plan to defund Planned Parenthood in 'skinny' repeal
By Peter Sullivan - 07/27/17 12:28 PM EDT

Senate Republicans are planning to include a one-year defunding of Planned Parenthood in their scaled-down ObamaCare repeal bill, according to lobbyists and congressional aides.

The sources said the repeal of ObamaCare's individual and employer mandates, as expected, will also be included in the "skinny" repeal bill as a part of Senate GOP leaders' attempt to pass any legislation to keep the repeal process alive.

The contents of the scaled-down bill still need to be discussed at the Senate GOP lunch on Thursday before they are finalized, the sources said.

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http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/344133-senate-republicans-plan-to-defund-planned-parenthood-in-skinny-repeal

[mystery-ak]

They have no intention of trying to make this work..they know several Sens will never vote for it with this Amendment

[mystery-ak]

Here's what's now in it:

    Individual mandate repeal
    Partial repeal of the employer mandate
    A one-year defunding of Planned Parenthood
    More money for community health centers
    A provision addressing the ACA's 1332 innovation waivers. The Senate replacement bill would have made them much more flexible, allowing ACA regulations like essential health benefits to be waived. It's unclear how much more flexible they'll be under skinny repeal, especially because it remains unclear whether the original expanded waivers complied with budget rules.

What's not in it: A repeal of the ACA's medical device tax.

Caveat: They're still working. Leadership needs to see how much money is available and what members want to do. It's going to be a long day.

https://www.axios.com/heres-whats-in-skinny-repeal-2466204086.html

[Victoria33]

@mystery-ak

One year defunding - makes no sense except they can say, "We defunded PP."  And people won't know it is for just one year.

I'm going to a casino in about an hour.  That makes more sense in expectation of an outcome than does Trump's tweets.  I am assured of winning or losing.  Trump's tweets have no expectation of anything happening and neither does the senate have any expectation of outcome since they appear to have no real plan, just bits and pieces of this or that and hope someone votes for it.

[RoosGirl]

Wow, a whole year.  I guess that's the 10% conservative we start out with and work towards more.  When this doesn't pass, and we all know it won't, will they go for 6 months and call that a win?