The New Narrative on Obamacare: Repeal Is So Last Year.
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It would seem the media don’t want you to think so.
President Obama said just a couple of weeks ago that “the repeal debate is and should be over.” We’re now seeing that mirrored in media coverage of Congress.
After her local newspaper reported that Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) said repeal was “unlikely,” her office fired back that she never said that. “She will continue fighting to repeal Obamacare at every opportunity moving forward and replace it with patient-centered reforms,” her spokesman said.
Meanwhile, media outlets have gone crazy over a comment from House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), which they are reporting as: “(To) repeal Obamacare … isn’t the answer.” The next part of the quote, however, is: “The answer is repeal and replace.”
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The president’s approved narrative is that Obamacare is the law of the land and therefore, we’re stuck with it. Of course, he continues to say things like “I don’t think there’s been any hesitation on our part to consider ideas that would actually improve the legislation.”
A few things to keep in mind.
It’s been done. There is precedent for repealing a major health care law. It happened in 1989. The law was the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988. Once it took effect, Americans didn’t like it one bit. Does this sound familiar? Heritage expert Robert Moffit recalls:
Obamacare has wreaked havoc. As Moffit cleverly puts it, it’s not the debate that’s over — it’s the speculation about the consequences of Obamacare.
- Higher premiums? Check.
- Higher taxes? Check.
- Reduced choice for Americans? Check.
- Jobs killed? Check.
- Freedom of conscience violated? Check.
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