House GOP Names Task Force To Plan A Post-SCOTUS Obamacare Alternative

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., is interviewed by Maria Bartiromo during her "Opening Bell With Maria Bartiromo" program on the Fox Business Network, in New York, Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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House Ways and Means Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) will lead along with two other top committee chairs a Republican task force to come up with a plan in case the Supreme Court strikes a blow to Obamacare later this year.

Politico reported on Friday that Ryan, Energy and Commerce Chair Fred Upton (R-MI) and Education and Workforce Chair John Kline (R-MN) would lead the group. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is expected to announce the plan later Friday.

They will be tasked with working up an alternative plan if the Supreme Court invalidates tax credits in the 30-plus states that use HealthCaregov, as well as a more general Obamacare alternative if the law were to be repealed, according to Politico.

As TPM reported Thursday, Senate Republicans have already convened a working group with the same task. Senate Finance Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Health Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Policy Chair John Barrasso (R-WY) are leading it.

Thus far, the GOP hasn’t coalesced around a post-Supreme Court plan. “This idea — we’re ready to go? Actually no, we’re not,” a congressional health policy aide told TPM.

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  1. Wait, I thought it was, “no, no, no, no…” ad infinitum? Guess they really don’t have their ducks in a row. heheh.

  2. So I guess it’s a for gone conclusion that the ACA is going down. Everyone is reporting like it’s a done deal.

  3. I think they and everyone understand not only do they not have a back up plan, but if they did it would never pass. This is simply to give Justice Roberts cover. What happens when the chips fall is of no concern as they will blame Obama for ramming thru an unconstitutional bill that had no business being passed and giving a false sense of hope in the first place.

  4. Obama stole their backup plan from the Heritage Foundation and they called it Obamacare.

    They have nothing.

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