The Real Dem Vote Decision
To me the issue around Democratic support for the Republican alternative to Obamacare down the road isn't the key question confronting the caucus.
The bugger consideration Dems should be making is whether they should support immediate repeal of Obamacare when the votes happen in January and force the issue to create chaos in the insurance markets and blaming Trump and the GOP now for the loss of insurance. Rather than allowing republicans to reap the reward of the repeal vote and put off the pain of the consequences till after the mid terms (and pressure Dems then to support whatever alternative they come up with).
The bugger consideration Dems should be making is whether they should support immediate repeal of Obamacare when the votes happen in January and force the issue to create chaos in the insurance markets and blaming Trump and the GOP now for the loss of insurance. Rather than allowing republicans to reap the reward of the repeal vote and put off the pain of the consequences till after the mid terms (and pressure Dems then to support whatever alternative they come up with).
Not only would it be a political victory but it would completely derail the legislative agenda of the Trump administration and GOP Congress who would be consumed with coming up with a health care fix on the fly for at least the first 6 months of 2017 instead of pushing tax cuts, and other Paul ryan priorities.
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