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| Graham-Cassidy: Senate will not vote on Obamacare repeal bill in latest humiliation for Republicans | Graham-Cassidy: Senate will not vote on Obamacare repeal bill in latest humiliation for Republicans |
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| Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said there will be no vote on a bill to repeal Obamacare this week – meaning Republicans have again failed to follow through on one of President Donald Trump's major campaign promises. | |
| Emerging from a closed-door meeting, senators were quick to confirm that no vote would take place on the Graham-Cassidy bill. Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona shook his head and said “no” when asked about plans for a vote. | |
| The setback marks the end of the latest drive to overhaul the Affordable Care Act (ACA), otherwise known as Obamacare, which Republicans have been promising to repeal since former President Barack Obama signed it into law in 2010. | |
| The latest iteration of Obamacare repeal legislation, drafted by Senators Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham, was designed to give states funding to run their own healthcare programmes. Despite last minute changes to the legislation, 34 states and Washington, DC were expected to lose money under Graham-Cassidy, according to the analysis from consulting firm Avalere Health, which was released Tuesday. | |
| Opposition from at least three Republican senators in the narrowly-divided Senate essentially killed the bill. Democrats were unified in their opposition. | Opposition from at least three Republican senators in the narrowly-divided Senate essentially killed the bill. Democrats were unified in their opposition. |
| From the White House, Mr Trump said he was "disappointed in certain so-called Republicans" who opposed the measure, adding, "We don't know why they did it." | |
| The President said that "at some point" there will be a repeal and replace of Obamacare. | |
| Speaking at a news conference following the meeting, Mr McConnell said that Republicans have not given up trying to reform America's healthcare system. | |
| More follows… | More follows… |