The GOP's Obamacare

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision, Republican leaders have howled for the repeal of Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and its replacement by a plan that sounds suspiciously like ...um, Obamacare.  On this topic, Representative Phil Roe (R-TN) says, “It would be hard to write a 2,700-page bill and not have something in there that you like.”  This post from ThinkProgress provides a useful compendium of Republican statements on the good bits in the ACA. We're still waiting for a realistic Republican proposal regarding Obamacare's replacement.

 

Let's repeal the ACA

Replace it with another way

For folks to get the things they like

That won't require a taxation hike.

The ACA is real unsavory

Concocted by the left-wing's knavery

'Though everyone by now admits

The plan's an awful lot like Mitt's.

We'll keep what's good in our proposal

And throw the rest in the disposal

But what we've had thus far to say

Looks mostly like the ACA.

So what's our plan in this debate?

We'll come up with something, just you wait.