Breaking: House votes to repeal ObamaCare!

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to repeal Obama-care legislation by a vote of 245-189!

From Politico:

Speaker John Boehner discusses the vote | AP photo

House Republicans passed a bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care plan Wednesday, taking their first major step toward rolling back the massive overhaul that has dominated the American political landscape for almost two years.


The vote was 245 to 189, and unanimous GOP opposition gave the vote the same partisan feel of the March vote to pass the law, underscoring once again the hardened political lines of the health care debate. Only three Democrats backed the repeal, a smaller number than Republicans had once predicted.

The bill will head next to the Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has promised to block it. If it did receive a vote, the repeal bill would be unlikely to draw support from even a majority of senators. Even so, House Republican leaders have challenged Reid to give the bill a vote since Democrats, who control the chamber, have little to fear.

Republicans rejected a procedural maneuver by the Democratic minority to make repeal ineffective unless a majority of the House and Senate withdraw from the federal health benefits program within 30 days after passage by each chamber.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said the effort was “an attempt to derail an appeal of the Obamacare bill.”

House members flooded the floor throughout the day, delivering short but occasionally impassioned speeches that echoed their party’s talking points.

Now, we can't get too excited. Obviously, the democratic held Senate will likely not vote the same way, but it is time to start praying [*thanks for the edit Restore DC-Catholicism].

Obama-care is the equivalent of putting a square tire on a car that has a flat. Sure, it is theoretically is an improvement because it isn't flat - but it sure as heck isn't going to help the car go anywhere. There are a multitude of problems with our health-care system, but throwing a voluminous bill that no one has read and can't understand its implications, isn't the way to go about fixing it. Add to that the fact that the bill is has awful pro-abortion components to it, the plan needs to be scrapped.

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The trick for the House and Senate GOP'ers will be to work with Senate Democrats to find a way to reform the bill if they can't repeal it. The best option is obviously finding a way to convince the Dem's to repeal the bill as it is and structure a new plan as an alternative, that isn't a job-killian Leviathan and still will get passed. The problem is finding a way to cut costs to consumers, expanding coverage, and maintaining profits for the providers. Sound impossible? Maybe not, say some experts.

I personally think that the best option is to give states the ability to provide more options and not less, the way that Obama-Care has it set up. The scariest thing about the OC plan is that the gov't controls it. Another key component that makes sense is phasing any new system in over time, and not flipping a switch. Again, the problem with OC is that the gov't is in control and to change this system overnight, and expect fluidity and continuity is ludicrous. 

Let's hope the Senate Dem's realize that November was a statement and that they should listen to the people. 2012 isn't that far away.

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