| GOP Plan C, Simply Repeal Obamacare, Is Dead on Arrival |
| Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=8014"><span class="small">Thomas Kaplan, The New York Times</span></a> |
| Wednesday, 19 July 2017 08:33 |
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Kaplan writes: "The seven-year Republican quest to undo the Affordable Care Act appeared to reach a dead end on Tuesday in the Senate, leaving President Trump vowing to let President Barack Obama's signature domestic achievement collapse."
GOP Plan C, Simply Repeal Obamacare, Is Dead on Arrival19 July 17
Mr. Trump declared that his plan was now to “let Obamacare fail,” and suggested that Democrats would then seek out Republicans to work together on a bill to bury the Affordable Care Act. If he is determined to make good on that pledge, he has plenty of levers to pull, from declining to reimburse insurance companies for reducing low-income customers’ out-of-pocket costs to failing to enforce the mandate that most Americans have health coverage. “It’ll be a lot easier,” Mr. Trump said at the White House, adding: “We’re not going to own it. I’m not going to own it. I can tell you the Republicans are not going to own it. We’ll let Obamacare fail, and then the Democrats are going to come to us.” |
he seven-year Republican quest to undo the Affordable Care Act appeared to reach a dead end on Tuesday in the Senate, leaving President Trump vowing to let President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement collapse.