Republicans Backpedaling On Congressional Healthcare Exemption
April 30, 2017
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as posted by the channelRepublicans shielding themselves from the disastrous healthcare plan they're about to unleash upon America isn’t going over so well. Brett Erlich, Ana Kasparian, and Michael Shure, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Republican leadership has moved to cut controversial language from its healthcare bill that would exempt Congress and their staff from changes to ObamaCare.
An amendment to the House GOP's ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill would have allowed states to seek waivers for certain ObamaCare regulations, but lawmakers and their staff would be exempt from the changes.
A new bill authored by Rep. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) would remove the exemption.
GOP staff and lawmakers said the exemption was originally added to comply with Senate rules but acknowledged that it was politically problematic.
"That'll be fixed. That was written in to comply with some Senate rules to make sure it's just a budget vote," said Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.), who authored the amendment.”*
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