Want to know why Republicans are so bound and determined to destroy access to healthcare for tens of millions in this country? For the same reason they do pretty much anything anymore: Money.
Three months ago, the Koch brothers made clear that the RNC would only be getting money from them if the ACA was repealed and tax reform passed.
From a Guardian story at the time:
Koch network 'piggy banks' closed until Republicans pass health and tax reform
At a weekend donor retreat attended by at least 18 elected officials, the Koch brothers warned that time is running out to push their agenda, most notably healthcare and tax reform, through Congress.
One Texas-based donor warned Republican lawmakers that his “Dallas piggy bank” was now closed, until he saw legislative progress.
“Get Obamacare repealed and replaced, get tax reform passed,” said Doug Deason. “Get it done and we’ll open it back up.”
And...
While some donors threatened to withhold campaign cash, Koch’s team outlined a broader strategy to help shape the debate. Already, Americans For Prosperity claims a paid staff of more than 400 full-time activists in 36 states.
The group is actively lobbying Senate Republicans to change their current healthcare proposal, which it views as insufficiently conservative.
“We are not committed to the Senate bill in its current form, but there is still time to make changes and we’re actively working to improve it,” Phillips said.
Remember how Nevada’s Heller was first all heart and we thought maybe he meant it? And then he flipped and showed what a craven asshole he really is? It again comes down to a sugar daddies.
Trump Backers ‘Furious’ That Senator Stood Against Healthcare Bill
Senator Dean Heller’s biting denunciation of the Republican healthcare bill last week infuriated the White House and helped unravel his party’s attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act days before a vote was expected in the Senate.
Now Mr. Heller is facing an intense backlash in Nevada, his home state, where there is talk of a primary race challenge against him next year and a pair of the state’s wealthiest Republican donors are fuming.
The two ‘fuming’ donors were Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn.
This legislation isn’t about you and it isn’t about me. It isn’t about ‘fixing’ a dysfunctional healthcare system. It isn’t about strengthening the economy or the fiscal health of our Federal coffers. It isn’t even about healthcare. It is about making sure a handful of insanely rich sugar daddies are happy so that Republican office holders can keep being Republican office holders. It is obscene.