Not here to really laugh about it or whatever as the filthy libbie I am, and any news site ever will be talking about it, so no link.

Just figured I'd ask your guy's thoughts on it. Personally I think this is good so they don't try to rush it and actually take the time to construct something that's good throughout rather than have some key really bad spots.

That's the word I was looking for earlier. Political capital. Anyway, yeah I pretty much agree with you. Ryan, much like Boehner, can't really get everyone on the same track.

That's the word I was looking for earlier. Political capital. Anyway, yeah I pretty much agree with you. Ryan, much like Boehner, can't really get everyone on the same track.

Healthcare is a terribly tricky issue to address for either party. The issue is that Ryan (And Trump) tried to force this through the process in a matter of three weeks - compare that to Clinton's failed health care overhaul that was introduced in early 1993 and failed in 1994, or the ACA, which was introduced in early 2009 and passed in March 2010.

Problem is, Republicans have already begun to rewrite the rules because they assumed they could unite under this bill - Trump directed the IRS to stop enforcing the individual mandate - which in turn threatens to wreck the preexisting conditions requirement. Most people are too dumb to realize this, so if and when the ACA begins to ultimately fail, it'll be immediately hoisted upon the Democrats.

We don't know if it was a good thing or not. Anything's better than Obamacare though.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that, after all the concessions and deals that were made to appeal to the far-right House Freedom Caucus, 24 million would lose health insurance that was provided under Obamacare (Particularly to the Medicaid expansion) and the deficit reduction estimates would have gone down compared to the original draft - by more than $150 billion.

It was a bad bill, is a bad bill, and it died a bad bill.

Do you people think the health care system in the US needs to be changed?

People are very reactionary to health care over here in the states. Everyone likes to complain about the costs, treatment options, etc. Because of that, almost no one in government wants to touch the issue with a 10 foot pole - it's a deeply polarizing issue that has cost Presidents elections and parties control.