Trump planning Obamacare orders on Day One

[Billy Jingo]

Trump planning Obamacare orders on Day One

Vice President-elect Mike Pence told House Republicans Wednesday that Donald Trump may sign executive orders that would help repeal pieces of Obamacare, but implored GOP lawmakers in a closed meeting to tell their constituents "the truth": That Democrats are still to blame for any of the law's failures.

It's a dual-track message: Pence and the president-elect want to show that they're moving toward repeal, but also want to continue to lay the responsibility for any problems at Democrats' feet. President Barack Obama, meanwhile, huddled with Hill Democrats to discuss their own strategy to protect his signature health care law.

“We’re working out right now with the White House staff and in concert with legislative leadership a two-track approach to ensuring that it is an orderly transition as the president-elect has directed," Pence said of the repeal effort. “We’re talking about people’s lives. We’re talking about families. But we are also talking about a policy that has been a failure virtually since its inception.”

The message comes as Trump tweeted about the health care law, saying Democrats "own" any problems with Obamacare. In an interview with Politico Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Republicans must fix Obamacare, underscoring Democrats' plans to blame Republicans for any troubles with the law from here on out.

[Billy Jingo]

Pence and the president-elect want to show that they're moving toward repeal, but also want to continue to lay the responsibility for any problems at Democrats' feet.

Good luck with that. I'm not saying it is an impossible task but it will be very difficult.

[Norm dePlume]

I saw Paul Ryan talking to the press saying, "We have a plan" and then he checked himself and switched to, "we have lots of plans to replace Obamacare."

[Lady Marva]

President Barack Obama, meanwhile, huddled with Hill Democrats to discuss their own strategy to protect his signature health care law.

Sweatin' the man he is.

[Frostbit]

One member said some Democrats were hoping Obama would come with a "silver bullet" but he didn't offer that, and said the meeting proved to be more of a pep rally.

After his meeting, when asked about what advice he gave to Democrats on how to fight, Obama responded: "Look out for the American people."

Beyond just blaming Republicans for Obamacare's shortcomings, Schumer said Democrats won’t be there to fix any problems Republicans create and they won't help them replace the law.

“If they think we’re going to come in and save their butts when they screw it up? No,” he told POLITICO in a Playbook interview that published on Wednesday.

Priceless garbage.

[Billy Jingo]

Priceless garbage.

No kidding.

Beyond just blaming Republicans for Obamacare's shortcomings

What does that mean?

[Adam]

Good luck with that. I'm not saying it is an impossible task but it will be very difficult.

LOL! Yeah, that's gonna be a real uphill climb.

• Passed entirely by Democrats, who completely shut Republicans out of the entire process.
  
  
• Obama himself likes it called "Obamacare."
  
  
• Every single modification of this boondoggle has been through Obama's (frequently unconstitutional) executive orders.

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