Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) on Thursday indicated that he’s not optimistic about the Senate’s chances to pass a comprehensive bill to repeal and replace Obamacare this year.
“I don’t see a comprehensive health-care plan this year,” he told North Carolina television station WXII 12 News.
Burr also said that the House bill is “dead on arrival” in the Senate.
The senator’s comments come after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said last week that he’s not sure how the Senate will pass an Obamacare repeal bill.
“I don’t know how we get to 50 at the moment,” he told Reuters. “But that’s the goal.”
In all fairness, nobody knew it was a complex issue.
GOP: We want ObamaCare tyranny to continue for a while.Higher Premium/deductible is all Obama’s fault and we just cant fix it.
That’s funny, I’m optimistic that they won’t be able to pass an ACA repeal this year or anytime very soon, at least along the lines they have seemed to prefer.
House bill DOA in Senate?? My, how unexpected. I never saw that one coming!
Of course, next year it will be something entirely different, because we’re coming up to mid-term elections. The Goopers will certainly come up with something great by then.
/snark mode off
But with their hamfisted incompetence they can discourage marketplace participation.