Spicer: ‘I Don’t Think We’ve Seen The End’ Of GOP Push On Health Care Policy

White House Press secretary Sean Spicer speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday said that Republicans are not done trying to push changes to health care policy, despite the failure on Friday of their first bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.

“We’re at the beginning of a process. I don’t think we’ve seen the end of health care,” Spicer said at his daily briefing.

He cited the months it took President Barack Obama’s administration to pass its signature health care legislation, though he also repeated the standard Republican line that Democrats “jammed” the bill through Congress.

“It ultimately took about 17 months, went through a series of fits and starts,” Spicer said. “There were several failures when Obamacare went through during the process.”

He said that Trump’s administration is “looking to look for a way forward.”

“So, you know, look, we’re not saying it’s the end of health care,” Spicer said.”I think that a lot of the members — and again, on both sides of the aisle — have reached out not just to the President but to members of the team willing to share some ideas that they think that would make the bill stronger.”

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  1. He cited the months it took President Barack Obama’s administration to pass its signature health care legislation, though he also repeated the standard Republican line that Democrats “jammed” the bill through Congress.

    I wonder if it’s physically painful to be so disconnected from logic and reason.

  2. SpiceBunny is just asking “give us a reasonable amount of time to get this through.”

    Say seven years?

  3. I had to laugh. Both sides of the aisle! I’ll bet there are Democrats just begging to hop onto the GOP funeral pyre.

  4. Yes you have Sean Yes you have
    Want me to send you some links of the town hall eviscerations of your Republican congresscritters
    By the time you get your shit together it will be too late and trust me not one of those fuckers will be mentioning anything about repealing what the people all ready have
    We’re having you for lunch in 2018

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