“I still think something gets through, just because there’s families that are not going to be able to afford their insurance, middle-income families,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.). “It’s going to be a lot of effort.”
Robert Laszewski, an insurance industry consultant, thinks Republicans may find their footing. “Things get done in Washington, D.C., when they have to get done,” he said. “I don’t think this is over. They’re going to get yelled at when they got home for being incompetent, for embarrassing themselves.”…
The looming open-enrollment season for Obamacare is also likely to keep health care on the front burner. Insurers must finalize rates in the next month, with many seeking premium increases in excess of 20 percent. Republicans routinely pilloried Democrats for such rate hikes in the past, and used lower premiums as justification for overhauling health care system.
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