Rep. Dennis Ross (R-Doomed) is completely screwed. He did the unthinkable. The inconceivable. The forbidden. He told the truth when asked about his party’s assault on Obamacare:
“I think one of the most unfortunate things my party did the last three years was not offer an alternative to health care,” Ross responded. “I’ve always felt that way. I think it’s absurd when I tell people that this isn’t what you should do, but I don’t have an alternative for you.”“I wish we had an alternative. It would make — you know what’s unfortunate? for the next six months, we’re going to go into an election knowing that we’re not going to do anything to address health care. Because we’ve gone so far in the last three years saying no, that we don’t have an alternative to say yes to”
Holy crap! He’s really is completey screwed. Republicans scatter like roaches from truth. If he doesn’t get primaried for this, it’s only because there’s not enough time to put someone on the ballot that thinks Obamacare will force everyone to become a vegan.
The core problem for Republicans is that Obamacare fixes a great many problems with the old system. Problems that anyone familiar with them hated with the fire of a thousand burning stars. Pre-existing conditions, rescission, lifetime caps, etc. were destroying the lives of millions of Americans a year. The only way to stop that without instituting Single Payer (aka “Medicare for all”) was to force insurance companies to stop these practices. Sounds reasonable, right?
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