President Trump to Senate
GOP: Kill Obamacare Now, Replace Later, 6/30/17 Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump
urged Republican
U.S. senators on Friday to repeal Obamacare
immediately if
they cannot agree on a new health care planto
take its place.
Republican leaders have set Friday
as the goal for working out changes to Senate legislation that would repeal
extensive parts of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the law dubbed Obamacare that
expanded health insurance coverage to 20 million people.
Their efforts were complicated on
Thursday by a Congressional Budget Office report that said the Senate proposal
would cut
spending on government Medicaid for the poor by 35% come 2036.
"If Republican Senators are
unable to pass what they are working on now, they should immediately REPEAL,
and then REPLACE at a later date!" Trump wrote in an early morning Twitter
post.
Trump promised as a presidential
candidate to do away with the Affordable Care Act but crafting a plan
acceptable to Republicans, who control both chambers of Congress, has proven
easier said than done.
Republicans would like to make
progress on that issue to clear the way for other priorities such as tax
reform.
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