30 July, 2017
"Voters are going to hold all of Congress responsible, they're going to hold the Republican Party responsible, for not getting it done".
This is the third time the GOP fails to repeal Obamacare, while an eventual success would have resulted in 16 million people losing their health insurance progressively, by 2026. Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, and Susan Collins, from ME, were already hard nos. Only 29 percent said they wanted Republicans in Congress to "continue working on a new healthcare bill".
He campaigned on repealing and replacing "Obamacare" at the very beginning of his presidency.
Republican Senators Lindsey Graham, Bill Cassidy and Dean Heller met with Trump on Friday on a plan that would task states - rather than the federal government - with crafting health care plans. "Now, they can fix that, but only if they get their act together and pass pro-growth tax reform and take another stab at..."
"They need to figure out how to become more functional", said Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK).
After several attempts to get rid of Obamacare, the final blow for the GOP came when three Republicans sided with Democrats - Senator John McCain, who just underwent surgery for brain cancer, returned to work giving the GOP's latest attempt a thumbs down.
Trump seemed to back a similar arrangement for all legislation in his series of tweets, warning that the GOP agenda will get mired in the upper house and hinting that a replacement for the ACA will not succeed unless a change is made.
Trump had promised to get major healthcare legislation, tax cuts and a boost in infrastructure spending through Congress in short order.
During his presidential run against Hillary Clinton, Trump faced flak over his behavior and comments towards women. Jeff Flake. "It shouldn't be like this". They also said it would receive a much better score from the Congressional Budget Office than previous solutions which would have eventually thrown millions of Americans off their health insurance, according to Politico.
Among the Senate's 52 Republicans, five are women.
Politically, the collapse of the repeal effort is potentially devastating for Republicans.
McConnell does not have the power to abolish the filibuster on his own, and has repeatedly said he does not support such a move.
Later, as he got into his auto to leave the Capitol, McCain was asked, "Why did you vote no?"
"Wait for the show", he said moments before a key vote on the GOP health care bill.
"We probably have two more tries before we have to pack it up and go home", Meadows predicted.
"I regret that our efforts were simply not enough this time". His junior colleague Arizona Sen. Lindsey Graham of SC and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin in a press conference in which they demanded the House not pass the exact text they would be voting to move forward.
"The insurance industry, hardly our allies, have said the No. 1 thing to stabilize the system and bring premiums down is to make the cost-sharing permanent", Schumer said. "That would be one of my biggest concerns".
