Senate bill to repeal health reform lacks backing from Republican leaders

The Hill:

Although they’ve called repeatedly for repeal of the Democrats’ new health reform law, some senior Senate Republicans have not endorsed a bill that would actually do it.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), GOP Conference Chair Lamar Alexander (Tenn.) and Conference Vice Chair Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) have all argued that the reforms — passed in March without Republican support — will hike costs and erode services, and therefore should be scrapped. Yet they haven’t signed on to their party’s repeal proposal.

Republican Leaders know Americans don't want to repeal the bill... that want to improve it--which is the Democratic position.  The only people who don't want to improve the health care system are voters that control the republican primaries.  They want to go back the the status quo system which was completely unsustainable and an utter failure.

Posted via email from Jim Nichols