“We’d better be sure that we’re prepared to live with the market we’ve created” with repeal, said Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.). The remarks of all lawmakers quoted in this story were confirmed by their offices or by the lawmakers themselves. And Rep. John Faso (R-N.Y.), a freshman congressman from the Hudson Valley, warned strongly against using the repeal of the ACA to also defund Planned Parenthood. “We are just walking into a gigantic political trap if we go down this path of sticking Planned Parenthood in the health insurance bill,” he said. “The fact is, we cannot repeal Obamacare through reconciliation,” said McClintock.

Source: Washington Post January 27, 2017 18:37 UTC