Breaking News ... GOP Repeal of Health-Care Fails

RobtheRock ... millions of your fellow Americans (I'm almost sure) hope you're right.

sierras, do you really think democrats would be made weaker/vulnerable from this vote? With republicans attacking s/s with vigor do you really think seniors will be voting republican? Have you talked with any seniors who are members of AARP, I have ... AARP are sending them newletters enmasse to fight with all they have against republicans. I don't know too much about doctors not accepting medicare but, what I do know is that no senior that I know covered by medicare has that problem. Many in my civil groups have no complaints re: doctors not accepting their plans.

Yeah, actually Bill Nelson of Nebraska is one of those very vulnerable Senators. The special deal he got for his vote hurt him even though it never made it to the final copy. He is up for reelection in two years. There are others who are in predominately Republican districts that are going to be hurt by this vote. Seniors are typically a Republican voting block. The same is true of the Military. It typically slants toward Republicans due to their stance on more money for the government. The AARP donates to the liberal organizations. There is an alternative to the AARP for seniors. But the massive mailings typically turn people off to an organization. http://www.americanseniors.org/ It starts with doctors not accepting new patients and then gradually dropping them. It might have not hit your area yet but give it time. The Doctor fix has not passed in Congress. For many doctors, the compensation of 40 cents on the dollar is simply not worth the trouble. They may keep the same people but they won't necessarily be putting new patients on their list.

"sierras, do you really think democrats would be made weaker/vulnerable from this vote?" It sure made them weaker in November. Did you see how many seats they lost? "AARP are sending them (seniors) newletters enmasse to fight with all they have against republicans." That's because they received an $18 million dollar bribe for their support of the health care bill. Fortunately seniors aren't that stupid and continue to oppose this unconstitutional garbage. http://spectator.org/blog/2009/11/18/aarp-received-18-million-in-st

I am not sure how it is entirely a different story since it addresses the very same you legislation you posted. Also, regarding some of the other comments that this is still a victory for Republicans, maybe this will explain that a little better. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/03/gop-health-law-repeal-defeat-step-victory/

Hi laglen ... thanks but, this is an entirely different story ... not the "rest" of my story!! This could have been a "new" discussion for you though. Yes, yes I did hear this news ... this was a just about a bipartisan vote addressing the business community's complaints of the paperwork problems in having to file 1099 forms. This was a good repeal for business sake. There may be many more pieces of the Afforadable Health Care Act that is in need of alteration! President Obama has expressed a willingness to revisit any legitimate concerns. The repeal of this historical Act in its entirely, will be argued out in the high court.

laglen, was this two separate voting sessions? If so, it just may have been two separate issues. Would you say that making a correction on the "piece" of the legislation that dealth with paperwork, 1099 forms has to be a far cry from the vote to REPEAL the entire Act.

Oh yeah...this will be used to heck and back. If Egypt was not headlines news right now this would be a big story and I think people would get as mad as they did when it passed. But be sure the republicans will remind the public next time they go to the polls.

All I am saying they WILL use it as a political weapon come the next election. You know they will. It is a bill that has split the country. Alot of poeple wanted it...but alot didn't. So therefore they can use it as a wedge issue.

lilwonders ... republicans will remind the public of what? That they continue to waste good time with loosing arguments? That they continue to work on stuff like re-defining awful molestations? Whatever happened to jobs, jobs, jobs?? I think the public is having great buyer's remorse ... when will republican leaders get to accomplishing what they used as campaign slogans, jobs, jobs, jobs! Oh, okay ... they did use the slogan Health care a job "killing" bill!! Wait, wait ... they changed that to something a little different didn't they?

....that being said, it will never be realistically or effectively fought at the federal level.

Actually, I think this vote was scheduled before all this started happening in Egypt. Annie

lilwonders ... the cuts to doctors from medicare had nothing to do with the past democratic congress or this one ... those cuts happen to have been the consequences of a 1997 part of the Balanced Budget Act, in that Act, the then congress said that physicians income, which is price times quantity, cannot go up by more than the increase in our national income. Our current congress was supposed to deal with this proposed cut to doctors in the lame duck session passed. I'm not sure but, Congress had agreed on a bipartisan basis to delay Medicare payment cuts to doctors. I do know that the House approved a bill postponing a 23% cut in doctor's pay that had been scheduled to take effect on Dec.1, 2010 ... the Senate had already passed a short term reprieve. Have you more info on this?

Correction = " ... lame duck session 'past'"