So, I heard some expert talking about the future of Government healthcare.
Obamacare would lead us to single payer in about 5 years.
Reforms that have been voted on this years would lead us to single payer in about 8 years.
In other words, this bill buys us three more years to keep working.
Do nothing, it leads us to single payer.
Do something, it leads us to single payer.
The only real solution is to repeal.
Repeal has been rejected, repeatedly. So continuing to push clean repeal is pushing for doing nothing, because repeal won't pass as long as the current Senate is in control. As I noted before, this bill buys us three years which gives a better opportunity for the next Congress, which given Dem landslides in '06 and '12 should have room for some more conservatives to find their way in.
We were always told by these politicians that it would be (1) Repeal, and (2) Replace.
Some said repeal only.
Nothing says it has to be done at the exact same time.
Unless you live in the states where these rogue Senators are based, it doesn't matter what our votes do. Living in New York, neither of my state's Democrat senators ever promised repeal and are actively fighting it. The GOP is hopelessly corrupted and incompetent.
I'll counterpoint that nothing says it has to be done in that order, either. Start with this and keep working.