Now this
is what I call a full repeal.
Alabama Representative Mo Brooks—who is,
perhaps obviously, a member of the Freedom Caucus—has introduced a one-sentence
bill that actually repeals Obamacare in its entirety. (What a novel idea.) The text
of the bill is as follows: “Effective as of December 31, 2017, the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) is
repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such Act are
restored or revived as if such Act had not been enacted.”
When Republican
congressional candidates promised a full repeal, over and over again, over the
past seven years, I have to believe this is what many voters imagined. It’s certainly
what I imagined. No tinkering around the edges, no replacement of one
government mandate with another. Just a simple, straight-up repeal.
To be perfectly honest, a
one-line repeal may no longer be feasible, even if it were to pass. Implementation
has likely gone too far by this point, and the 2015 repeal bill (which is
considerably longer) would be the best bet at this stage. But Rep. Brooks’ bill
deserves debate, and a vote.
Congress: Do what you were
elected to do. Repeal Obamacare. That’s all we ask.
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