More than 5 years after the Affordable Care Act was passed, Republicans are sending a bill to unravel the healthcare law to the president’s desk. The Senate passed the bill 52 to 47 last month.
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Democrats called it pointless political theater that will have the same outcome as the 61 previous repeal votes that were blocked in the Senate, since Obama will veto the legislation. “We will not back down from this fight to defend the sanctity of life and make quality health care coverage achievable for all Americans”. He wouldn’t have voted for a whole repeal, he said.
The bill, which eked through the Senate under special rules in December, passed the House by a near-party line vote, 240-181.
Any repeal of Obamacare would phase out an expansion of Medicaid healthcare benefits for the poor and eliminate health insurance subsidies for millions of Americans.
Republicans are expected to hold a vote to override the president’s veto in the coming weeks, but they lack the two-thirds majority necessary to succeed.
Peterson said he regularly hears complaints from constituents saying they can not afford health insurance, and said lawmakers should look at ways to bring down the cost of care. “The people of this country who do not like the direction America is heading, which we don’t … we owe them an alternative”. In addition to repealing these key mandates, the legislation would also repeal a tax on medical equipment and the so-called “Cadillac tax” on high-cost employer-sponsored plans.
Pro-lifers made their voices heard through their elected officials with their support for this bill, and we have demonstrated that we actually can get a funding cut and a repeal enacted into law when the next president takes office.
Alone among the San Diego Congressional delegation, Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter voted Wednesday to repeal the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. “People are hurting”, Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kansas, said.
The bill would also strip millions from Planned Parenthood – after conservatives argued taxpayers shouldn’t fund a group that performs abortions.
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Republican Reps. Blaine Luetkemeyer of St. Elizabeth, Mo., Ann Wagner of Ballwin, John Shimkus of Collinsville, Mike Bost of Murphysboro, Ill., and Rodney Davis of Taylorville, Ill., voted for repeal.
