Healthcare Repeal Vote

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The Hill is reporting today that the vote on Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) amendment to repeal the healthcare reform law would take place in the late Wednesday afternoon, between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., because many senators want to speak on it.

According to the article:

"The Senate will also vote Wednesday on an amendment offered by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), who could face a tough race in 2012, to repeal one of the healthcare law's most controversial provisions. Stabenow's amendment would strike a requirement that businesses report to the IRS vendor payments exceeding $600 annually."

Although I agree with striking down that part of the law (and also the rest of the law), we need to remember that the requirement to report vendor payments was one way Congress expected to pay for the law.  To strike down that part of the law is to increase the overall cost of the law.

Democrats are in a very awkward position with this vote.  For example, the article reports:

"Stabenow's amendment will give political cover to endangered Democrats such as West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D), who have called for the healthcare reform law to be fixed but do not plan to support McConnell's proposal to repeal it.

""The president's plan -- 'Obamacare,' as it's been called -- is far too reaching. It's overreaching. It needs to have a lot of it repealed," Manchin said in October. "If you can't fix that, repeal the whole thing."

"Manchin said through a spokeswoman Tuesday that he would not vote to repeal the entire law, however."

The healthcare reform act is a bad law that is not supported by the people of America.  The question at hand is very simple, "Will the Democrats listen to the people, or will they continue on their path to drive over a cliff?"  It should be an interesting debate and an even more interesting vote.

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