After Four Years, House GOP STILL Undecided on ACA Alternative

More than four years after the landmark Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Obama, replacing the law remains an "insurmountable obstacle" for the GOP: they cannot come to an agreement with each other and remain "far from united."

From POLITICO:

…six months into the campaign year, [Republicans are] still trying to craft an alternative.

Throughout the spring, members maintained they were making strides toward consensus. But no agreement was reached.

House Republicans agree that [Rep.] Scalise's elevation is good news for ultimately getting a replacement measure to the floor, as a majority of them support the blueprint he and Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) rolled out last fall. But while Scalise has been touting the bill…he hasn't promised the rank and file it will get a vote…

GOP lawmakers remain far from unified when it comes to the nitty-gritty details of what reforms to present and how to frame them to voters….they don't agree on how comprehensive reform should be, whether some tasks should be in state or federal hands, and what it should cost…they wouldn't expand coverage to tens of millions of people, as the ACA is projected to do. That's a genuine intellectual problem…

Rather than plotting their next move to repeal and undermine the nation's health care law end, Speaker Boehner and House Republicans should come and work with Democrats to strengthen the Affordable Care Act and ensure millions more gain quality health coverage.