Guess what? It also failed. Seven Republican Senators voted against Donald Trump's stupidest plan.
According to The New York Times:
The Senate on Wednesday rejected a measure that would have repealed major parts of the Affordable Care Act but would not have provided a replacement, signaling that the “clean repeal” bill that conservatives have embraced cannot get through Congress.
The vote, 45-55, underscored the bind that Republican leaders have found themselves in. Seven Republicans voted against the measure — Senators Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Susan Collins of Maine, Dean Heller of Nevada, John McCain of Arizona, Rob Portman of Ohio, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — showing that repealing the health law without an immediate replacement lacks crucial support among Republicans.
So now the Republicans can only do either of two things:
A) Approve a limited repeal of Obamacare, something the health insurance industry opposes.
B) Drop the whole idea of repealing Obamacare and admit they were full of shit when they tried to repeal Obamacare time after time for seven years.
And by the way; the only thing they can really repeal is the individual mandate and some taxes. But like I said, the insurance industry opposes the measure. AND the bill would likely not pass the House of Representatives, as the more conservative congressmen would probably not go with it.
So what can Trump do now? Take the blame if the healthcare system fails. If it does, the Republicans will lose in 2018.
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