Paul Ryan Plans To ‘Replace Every Word of Obamacare’

In this photo taken June 9, 2015, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., answers questions during an interview with The Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. First, give pr... In this photo taken June 9, 2015, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., answers questions during an interview with The Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. First, give presidents the power to strike trade deals. Then overturn President Barack Obama’s health care law, overhaul the tax code and reform welfare. And someday? Figure out whether to run for president. Call it the New Ryan Plan, a map not just to big changes in the nation’s fiscal policy, but to Paul Ryan’s future. It points the ninth-term congressman and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee away from the presidential campaign trail and into the thicket of policy that he says will set the country on better financial footing. The path likely emerges at a familiar decision point _ whether to run for president _ somewhere down the road. Ryan, 45, says he might decide to take that step, someday. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) MORE LESS
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There may be a presidential election raging in 2016, but new House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) plans to keep Congress busy, and the first order of business will be replacing Obamacare.

“Next year, we are going to unveil a plan to replace every word of Obamacare,” Ryan is expected to say in an address at the Library of Congress Thursday.

“Even if [the President] won’t sign them into law, we will put out specific proposals and give the people a real choice,” Ryan will say. “And I don’t mean just undo what the president has done—as if we could time-travel back to 2009. I mean show what we would do, what our ideal policy would be—looking forward to 2017 and beyond.”

Ryan–who has long carried the reputation in the House as the party’s ideas man– suggested Thursday that Republicans need to stop simply rolling back Obama’s proposals and come up with creative ideas of their own.

In addition to healthcare, Ryan plans to simply the tax code next year and go after some of the government’s most highly-guarded loopholes.

“Look, I know people like many of these loopholes, and they have their reasons. But there are so many of them that now the tax code is like a to-do list—Washington’s to-do list. But Washington has no business micromanaging people’s lives—pure and simple,” Ryan is expected to say. “I also know many of these loopholes will be fiercely defended. All I can say is we will not be cowed. We are not here to smooth things over. We are here to shake things up.”

He also will tackle welfare reform, which he says needs major changes.

“Require everyone who can to work. Let states and communities try different ideas. And then test the results,” Ryan is expected to say.

Ryan is asking his party to engage and take chances with bold proposals, but Ryan will also have to contend with the same warring factions in his party House Speaker John Boehner did. Getting the entire party on the same page proved to be the toughest part of Boehner’s job.

Ryan had a message for his party on unity.

“Don’t give them a win by default. Put together a positive agenda, and take it to the American people. Give people the choice they are yearning for. And if next year, this House can say we have done that, then we will have done our job,” Ryan said.”Then the people will know that we stand for a more prosperous, a more secure, a more confident America. And the rest? Well, the rest will be up to the people—as it should be.”

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  1. "Next year, we are going to unveil a plan to replace every word of Obamacare," Ryan is expected to say in an address at the Library of Congress Thursday.

    With what?

  2. wet dream

  3. but after he finishes writing that Penthouse Forum letter…

  4. Avatar for edhedh edhedh says:

    alternate plan:

    1. jobs, infrastructure re-building.
    2. common sense gun control.
    3. help syrian refugees fleeing isis and assad.
    4. support u.s. commitment to reduce global warming.
    5. fund planned parenthood’s commitment to the health of poor women.
    6. make political contributions transparent.
    7. tax increase on the wealthiest 1%. no more free rides.
    8. eliminate subsidies for the fossil fuel industries and farm susidies for wealthy & corp farmers.
    9. regulate wall street. hold violators criminally accountable.
  5. It will be replaced by “Tax Cuts for the rich” with a free copy of Atlas Shrugged for all.

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