This entire crisis happened because the Republicans wanted to deny Americans healthcare.Yeah, that's what most everyone believes, but that's not all of it. We need to go a bit deeper.
Since a healthcare mandate was first introduced by The Heritage Foundation (a Republican organization) over two decades ago, obviously the Grand Old Party had no problem with "Americans" getting healthcare. Then in 2006, Republican Rmoney actually picked up the baton by implementing it in his home state. However, when it became politically inconvenient he tried to distance himself from it. And that inconveniency only happened after President Obama, a black Democrat, picked the GOP baton up and ran with it, giving us what is now known as Obamacare.
Of course, Mendacious Mitt came out in support of national healthcare during one of his previous presidential runs, but when faced with Obamacare, Romney claimed his plan and Obama's weren't the same, despite the fact that the two programs were basically identical.
Therefore, having the uninsured "take personal responsibility" by purchasing healthcare insurance rather than the insured subsidizing them through insurance premiums, prescription drug costs and taxes WAS A REPUBLICAN IDEA.
When all this is taken into consideration, one doesn't have to wonder what's really behind this dustup with Obamacare and the Republican's never ending war on so-called entitlement cuts, especially when you consider what one of their most famous political strategists revealed decades ago.