Republicans must have one position and one position only:
"ObamaCare is a disaster that needs to be repealed. Delaying ObamaCare for "one more year" is like changing the Hurricane Sandy disaster from last year to two weeks ago. ObamaCare must be REPEALED and replaced with a sane plan."
The Upton Plan with the "one more year" clause was such lunacy that Obama has just embraced it as a lifeline.
Take a look at the Yahoo lead story about Obama's proposal. It has over 23,000 (twenty three thousand) comments in less than 50 minutes almost unanimously NEGATIVE againstt Obama. The GOP needs to consider the "one more year" Upton proposal as absolutely TOXIC.
I read somewhere a little while ago, that the other plan floating around, is NOT for however long you care to pay your premium, its for 2 years.
If this thing is for a year and it passes..those dems running for office in Nov can kiss their asses goodbye..because the same problem will kick in right before the election...plus..many of those who lost their insurance, wont be getting it back soon enough. They will have lived thru periods of time when they are not insured..that is..if they manage to get insured at all because I dont think any of these bills force the insurance companies to comply with their whims of the moment.
Delay it, but delay until about a month before the next election. So then the employer mandate and the individual mandate hit at the same time, again.
That will make the election very fun. Like/dislike?
In this matter, the GOP must be as pure as Caesar's wife and not be seen as playing games.
The Yahoo lead story about this now has 26,400 (twenty six thousand four hundred) comments in an hour and the reaction of almost every poster is rage against this "one more year" proposal. "What then?!?", they ask.
The GOP must not be seen as being connected to "one more year" in any way. They need to have their own "You can keep it - PERIOD" bill without any time limit.