It is my understanding that the FedGov WILL pick up the tab for three years AFTER which the state's share of the cost will balloon massivelyWufskins said:Oldsouljer said:It passed the general assembly for the simple reason that the hospital lobby and their deep pockets wanted it, and the *****s of both parties in the GA wanted their cash. And now we NC taxpayers get the bill.Wufskins said:caryking said:So, Trump and Republicans ran on repeal and replace in 2016, and won. They didn't and now everyone wants to keep it. Yea, i don't buy that…Wufskins said:caryking said:Interesting enough… Repealing and replacing Obamacare was a part of the platform in 2016. I didn't review that Vox article; however, not doing things was a major blow for Republicans. Personally, I think most Republicans are hacks. Unfortunately, for the country, they are less hacks than Democrats.Wufskins said:caryking said:Actually, Trump couldn't get the establishment Republicans to come up with a replacement bill, like most of them campaigned on. That was between 2016 and 2018. I think you may have your timeline off…Wufskins said:
I remember in the 2018 midterms the Pubs got slaughtered cuz they ran on repealing Obamacare.
Timeline not off. He tried to repeal it and the art of the deal guy couldn't get it done. Nevermind he didn't have a plan for replacing it if he was successful in his campaign promise of repealing it. Nov 2018 came around and the Pubs lost the House due in large part to their efforts to repeal the ACA.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/7/18070152/midterm-elections-2018-results-trump-obamacare-repeal
Edit: I skimmed the article and don't find it a very compelling narrative.
What was less compelling? Pubs ran on appeal/replace in 2016. They failed to deliver. Then when the Dems ran on the pubs will take away Obamacare, they took the House in 3018 midterms. 2020 had little to no discussion about repealing Obamacare from Republican candidates. Even less in 2022. Have you seen a political ad in NC/Wake Co bring up repealing Obamacare?
Of all the ads this past primary season, how many times did Daughtry or Knott mention repealing Obamacare? Zero. Because Republicans no longer campaign on that promise because it doesn't resonate anymore. NC recently expanded Medicaid (a hallmark of the ACA) after years of refusing to do so. Red states, blue states like Obamacare as seen in nearly 6 in 10 Americans approve of the legislation. In 2016 you didn't have that same approval, that's why repeal and replace was an effective campaign strategy. By 2018 it no longer was as the House flipped back to the Dems over fears of doing away with Obamacare.
Well to be fair, the GOP holds a super majority in the GA. Also, are we on the hook or is the federal government? I thought expansion of Medicaid meant the federal government would pay 95+% of the expansion. And the resistance in expanding all these years was the federal gov would leave NC with the bill.