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TexasTowelie

(116,554 posts) Sat Mar 25, 2017, 08:31 PM Mar 2017

Rep. David Young: GOP health process was Obamacare all over again

Congressman David Young has seen this movie before — and he didn’t like it the first time.

Young, an Iowa Republican, compared the process House GOP leadership followed to replace the Affordable Care Act with the method Democrats used to enact it back in 2010.

House Speaker Paul Ryan pulled the bill from the floor before it reached a vote on Friday, because it was clear it wouldn’t pass.

Young, who serves Iowa’s 3rd District, said he would have voted no. He has said he wanted to retain some popular features of Obamacare, including protection for pre-existing conditions and keeping young adults on their parents’ policies.

“I’m frustrated because we’ve seen it all before and we said we wouldn’t do it, and we did,” Young said in an interview Saturday.

Read more: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/kathie-obradovich/2017/03/25/rep-david-young-gop-health-process-obamacare-all-over-again/99630060/

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Rep. David Young: GOP health process was Obamacare all over again (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP

with one major difference Skittles Mar 2017 #1

Young sees which way the wind blows and creates a position to match it rurallib Mar 2017 #2

Skittles

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1. with one major difference

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 08:32 PM

Mar 2017

Democrats were trying to HELP the American people, while republicans were trying to HURT THEM

rurallib

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2. Young sees which way the wind blows and creates a position to match it

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Mar 26, 2017, 08:12 PM

Mar 2017

His staffer blurted out that calls were @ 200 - 1 against when i called last week.

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