“Do not be celebrating losing an opportunity to repeal and replace Obamacare, because it’s collapsing”. “We’re not going to do that this week”, McConnell said.
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U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Melrose, who tweeted the same news story, also thanked voters who pushed back against the Graham-Cassidy bill.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell met with lawmakers Tuesday to take stock of where his members are on the proposal and make the call once and for all if Graham-Cassidy, the latest bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, will get a vote in the Senate.
Republicans aim to pass the bill before Sep.
“We’re a little frustrated that the Senate has not acted on a seminal promise”, Speaker Paul Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, said.
She became the third Republican senator to oppose the bill, including Sens. McConnell said: “Where we go from here is tax reform”.
“There’s no reason you couldn’t do health care and taxes at the same time”, Sen.
“While they aren’t moving forward with this particular version right now, we know this isn’t the end of the fight”, she said.
Collins pointed to the bill’s massive cuts to Medicaid. The industry would also lose an estimated 267,000 jobs.
The move comes less than 24 hours after Maine Sen.
Gillibrand credited opponents who “made clear that they would be harmed if that bill passed” for helping derail the Republicans’ health care repeal measure.
McCain joined Kentucky’s Sen.
Republicans hold a slim 52-48 majority in the Senate and at least two other Republican senators, John McCain and Rand Paul, had earlier rejected the bill.
Losing three votes put Republicans shy of the 50 needed to pass the bill. That chance has been lost following Tuesday’s developments.
Trump publicly stated that he still wanted the ACA repealed “But we are disappointed in certain so-called Republicans”. Lindsey Graham have spent weeks building and selling the GOP’s new approach to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
The revised bill would have given states more decision-making authority on how to allocate health care dollars. It indicated that states “shall maintain access to adequate and affordable health insurance coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions”. “Everybody on this stage thinks the current system is broken”, Senator Cassidy said during the CNN debate.
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In spite of the bill not passing, Hutchinson said the state remains in a “strong position”.
