Thread by @kerpen

Here's the state of play on health care.

The GOP failed to deliver on its longstanding promise to repeal Obamacare due to John McCain's dramatic last minute thumbs down.

But they succeeded in repealing its corrupt beating heart -- the individual mandate -- in tax reform.

That made Obamacare voluntary. But there was a problem. There were very few non-Obamacare plans available, because a 2016 Obama regulation had deliberately crippled them.

That 2016 Obama regulation slashed the duration of Obamacare-exempt so-called "short-term, limited duration plans" from one year to three months and banned them from being renewable.

Why?

Because people were flocking to them, even though they would have to pay the individual mandate penalty tax. They were that much cheaper and better than junk Obamacare plans, with sky-high premiums and deductibles and narrow provider networks that exclude the best hospitals.

So Trump asked HHS to repeal the 2016 Obamacare rule and they did. Obamacare-exempt plans are finally legal again, can be written for up to 364 days at a time, renewed for up to three years --

and can now be paired with a premium guarantee product to guarantee a successor policy after three years, without any risk of a premium increase because you get sick.

So if you like your non-Obamacare plan you can keep it, without paying more, even if you get sick.

So who would say no to consumers having more choices, with lower premiums, guaranteed renewability without medical underwriting, and potentially better provider networks?

To 2 million people presently uninsured getting covered?

Democrats. Democrats who want to force everyone into Obamacare's one-size-fits-all approach.

Yesterday every Senate Democrat voted for Tammy Baldwin's resolution to reimpose Obama's 2016 regulations crippling non-Obamacare health plans.

It's Obamacare uber alles with them.

Learn more from the great @mfcannon here --> cato.org/blog/baldwin-r…

If the media weren't on the Democrats' side, the headline would have been: "Senate Democrats Vote to Take Health Care Away from 2 Million People"!

Every Senate Democrat voted to sink the lifeboats helping people escape Obamacare.

Of course, they wanted Obamacare to be mandatory, but if it can't be mandatory, they are committed to making sure no other choices exist!

My column on this --> americancommitment.org/content/democr…

Great new post-vote @mfcannon op-ed --> wsj.com/articles/first… via @WSJOpinion

And the Obamacare-exempt plans Democrats voted to ban are POPULAR! Use this issue Republican candidates!

New @TheFGA polling --> thefga.org/poll/voters-su…