Trump prevailed, of course, with the House passing a modified bill that would eliminate the requirement for every individuals to have health insurance and make other important changes to Obamacare.
The White House on Sunday scoffed at Democratic claims that voters will punish the GOP in the 2018 elections for upending former President Barack Obama's law.
On Wednesday, the House passed a $1.2 trillion spending bill by a lopsided margin of 309 to 118.
Obama defended his signature achievement in Boston Sunday night while accepting the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. Why shouldn't a patient who is risk-averse pay more for coverage she might never need, while that construction worker be allowed to choose a cheaper insurance plan that might cover only the essentials? "But it does require some courage to champion the vulnerable, and the sick and the infirm". The television and online blitz is expected to seize on the more unpopular provisions in the GOP plan, which was opposed by the AARP, the American Medical Association, which represents doctors, and the American Hospital Association.
The bill would leave 500,000 more Garden State residents without health insurance than under current law, and New Jersey no longer would get extra federal funding for expanding Medicaid.
Even as the Republican health care overhaul remains a work in progress, states are planning for big changes that could swell the ranks of the uninsured and hit them with higher costs. He added that people who will be impacted by the bill will be "living in the emergency rooms again".
This confirms what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters on Friday in a press conference, one where he also estimated he wouldn't be able to get bipartisan support for any repeal effort.
It's not clear that the 52 Senate Republicans (with the support of Vice President Mike Pence to break ties) can pass it.
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"This is kind of a bogus attack from the left", Ryan said of such criticism in an exclusive interview Sunday with ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on This Week. "A system with choice and competition and affordable premiums". "The Senate will complete the job".
Democrats aren't happy about the House Republican health care bill, but they are upbeat about the prospect of the measure serving as a millstone around GOP necks.
Throughout the debate, the Republican congressman has fixated on something called "essential health benefits" under the Affordable Care Act. Save My Care says the campaign will include a mix of TV and digital advertising, costing more than a half million dollars. He delayed a trip to his hometown of NY, followed the vote closely on television and quickly bused in his fellow Republicans to the White House after the vote and assembled them in the Rose Garden.
Underscoring political sensitivities, critics attacked Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, for saying at a town hall meeting that "nobody dies" from lack of health care.
Labrador responded: "That line is so indefensible". Americans believe that insurance provides access to care, when in fact it is the gatekeeper that often denies care. The comment traveled quickly on social media.
"I don't have a problem trying to move the Medicaid expansion, which gives an enhanced match from the federal government, to a more traditional match, but you can't do that overnight", Kasich told CNN.
"There are some times in life you have to do what's right, not what's politically expedient", Priebus said Sunday.
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