This is absolutely rich—congressional Republicans want to make Donald Trump do the really dirty work of getting rid of all the good stuff Obamacare does for everyone.
Facing a years-long wait before they can fully implement a planned repeal of Obamacare, Republicans lawmakers are exploring how the Trump administration can quickly trim required health insurance benefits under the law and lower the cost of health plans, said key GOP congressional aides. […]
Known as “essential health benefits,” the benefit requirements being examined are 10 broad categories of services all ACA plans must cover, such as preventive and wellness care, mental-health services and prescription drugs. Other options the administration could take quickly include narrowing the times and circumstances when people can sign up for coverage under the law, or letting states get more waivers from requirements under the law, according to the Republican aides.
That's all the stuff that everyone is benefitting from, not just Obamacare customers. So yeah, no more free birth control, or flu shots, or mammograms or colonoscopies. No more free annual physicals. Let Trump take the fall on that one, these Republicans are saying, and tell him it's because it's the fastest way to get the law repealed.
The new catch phrase: "Make Health Insurance Crappy Again!"