Yesterday The House Voted 245 to 189 To Repeal Healthcare Reform Law Known As the Affordable Care Act (ACA). (765 hits)
January 19, 2011 —
http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na
Republicans who took control of the House in last year's mid-term elections voted unanimously to erase the ACA. Three Democrats rounded out the ranks of repeal supporters.The ACA passed both the House and Senate last year without a single GOP vote.
[ Picture of John Boehner (R-OH) and the House Reps voting to Repeal Health Care Reform ]
Today's vote was symbolic because the repeal legislation appears destined for defeat in the Senate, where Democrats maintain a majority. And even if the bill wins Senate approval, President Barack Obama would be sure to veto it. At the same time, Obama struck a conciliatory note by saying in a statement released before the vote that he is “willing and eager” to work with Republicans and Democrats alike to improve the ACA.
The title of the repeal bill — Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act — encapsulates the Republican argument that the ACA will lead to fewer jobs by piling on federal debt and imposing taxes and regulations on "job creators," as a recent blog entry on the Web site of House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) puts it.
The facts are in dispute all around. Democrats counter that the ACA will create jobs both in the healthcare industry and the country at large, as well as reduce the deficit. They cite, for example, a study published by the left-leaning Center on American Progress and the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics stating that the new law will produce up to 4 million new jobs through the coming decade. For their part, Republicans rely on their own group of studies, such as one from the conservative Heritage Foundation that predicts a net loss of 670,000 jobs per year as a result of the ACA.
Similarly, an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office stating that the ACA will actually reduce the federal deficit has been dismissed by Republicans as reflecting Democratic budget gimmickry. ... Leaders of the Democratic-controlled Senate have said that they will not act on the repeal measure, effectively scuttling it.
@ Brother Mozell [ammended sure but out right repealed?]
I think you are on to something. I highly suspect that the reason the House (which is now mostly Rep) want to repeal the Entire thing is because they are in cohoots with their contituents the Insurance companies to do so. Most of them probably own part stock in these companies that stand to lose a lot of money if Health Care Reform isn't repealed. I called my Senators and was told that there is nothing on the agenda regarding Health Care as of this date. I expressed my displeasure tactfully of the idea of overturning something that all Americans will benefit from.
Thursday, January 20th 2011 at 11:40AM
Jen Fad
ONLY IN AMERICA...
Thursday, January 20th 2011 at 2:53PM
Siebra Muhammad
What a waste of time, effort and ink.
EVery person who voted for repeal knew it was going nowhere. So what the point? It was political theater.
I hope the citizens of America are watching how the Republicans are working so hard to solve our nations problems--by attempting an act of total futility.
Send health care repeal hypocrites the form to repeal their own insurance. ... Over the past two years, especially during the election, Republicans and a select few Democrats did everything they could to derail health care reform. Now they've fulfilled their campaign promise and voted for a full repeal. But what most haven't done is given up the affordable, subsidized federal care that they voted today to deny so many of us. Call out this health care hypocrisy. Send a Rep. who voted for repeal the actual form to cancel their own federal insurance benefits: http://act.credoaction.com/fax/signup.html...
