The excuse being pedaled by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) and his supporters is that the Republicans can’t repeal Obamacare in one swoop because the reconciliations process won’t allow them to repeal everything. This is simply false.
Ryan has argued that only the budgetary aspects of Obamacare–the taxes, spending and mandates–can be repealed through the simple majority reconciliations process. But Chip Roy noted in The Federalist that this isn’t true:
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