The Real Reason Republicans Hate Obamacare . . .

From Egberto Willies at Daily Kos:

Republicans have had over five years to come up with something different that could reduce the deficit, provide health care, and remain completely private. The reason they cannot is that Obamacare used Republican tenets to build Obamacare, a private-based system. Had the president implemented Medicare for all (single payer) by getting rid of insurance companies that continue to skim up to 20 percent of premiums for false overhead and profits, they could demagogue and attempt to change it to a more inefficient system. That was the genius of Obamacare. It was built on the Conservative Heritage Foundation principles that most Republicans once supported along with a dose of progressive middle-class protections.

Willies' post also contains a video of Democratic Congressman Sander Levin's excellent response to Paul Ryan's bullshit attack on the ACA. Levin summed it all up with this line explaining the real reason the GOP is mad at Obamacare: "Your frustration is millions and millions and millions of people are benefiting, and have health care when they did not before."

I admittedly do not pray all that much, but I am praying that the Republicans on the U.S. Supreme Court side with the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell and strike down the Obamacare subsidies for the folks living in states relying on the federal marketplace. Such a ruling would put the turd squarely in the pocket of the Republican-controlled Congress because it would force the GOP to make an effort to preserve health coverage for the millions who stand to lose it, most of whom reside in Red States.  I would really enjoy watching something like that unfold.

But I don't think that will happen.  Chief Justice Roberts had the chance to kill Obamacare while it was still in the crib, and he didn't pull the trigger.  I doubt he'll do it now, given how many millions of people would be hurt by such a ruling.  And I doubt Justice Kennedy would vote to strike down the subsidies, so I am predicting a 6-3 decision with Roberts and Kennedy siding with the liberals.

But I could be wrong, and I hope that I am.  If the Court does pull the trigger, then the resulting shit-storm within the GOP ranks would be a thing of beauty.