President says he expects a vote on healthcare next year and says he may issue a ‘major’ executive order to allow the purchase of insurance across state lines
Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was open to working with Democrats on healthcare, following the collapse of yet another Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
Trump claimed that the GOP could corral enough votes to pass the measure – a last-gasp effort to deliver on a central campaign promise of the last seven years – but not in time for this week’s deadline, after which 60 votes would be needed instead of 51.
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Senate Republicans admit defeat in latest effort to repeal Affordable Care Act
Senate leaders admitted they did not have the votes to pass a bill, hours after Trump railed against ‘certain so-called Republicans’ for refusing to vote for it
The latest Republican attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act died on Tuesday as Senate leaders admitted they did not have the votes to pass a bill which would rob millions of health insurance.
The admission of defeat came from Senate leader Mitch McConnell and the sponsors of the bill after party discussions over lunch on Capitol Hill left them in no doubt that their slim majority could not survive a revolt.
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Trump attacks McCain and other Republicans over healthcare failure
- President says veteran Republican senator has ‘let Arizona down’
- McCain seemed to have dashed GOP hopes of repealing Obamacare
Donald Trump went on the attack on Twitter on Saturday morning over the latest failure of the Republican-controlled Senate to pass healthcare reform.
Related: 'All hands on deck': protesters to target healthcare bill at rallies across US
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Senate plans healthcare vote next week as Obama condemns repeal effort
Former president attacks ‘aggravating’ attempts to repeal Obamacare as Mitch McConnell prepares to bring Graham-Cassidy bill to floor
The US Senate plans to vote next week on Republicans’ latest attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it was confirmed on Wednesday, as Barack Obama castigated their “aggravating” multiple attempts to “undo that hard-won progress”.
Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, intends to hold a vote on what is being seen as a ...
Last-gasp Republican effort to repeal Obamacare gains momentum
- Chuck Schumer issues ‘red alert’ ahead of 30 September deadline
- Senate plan would divert Medicaid funding and tax credits to states
A handful of Republican senators are attempting to revive the healthcare repeal effort that appeared all but dead and buried when Congress left Washington for the summer.
The last-gasp effort is gaining momentum on Capitol Hill as Republicans confront a narrowing window in which to dismantle Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) on a party-line vote.
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Trump: Bernie Sanders’ universal healthcare plan a ‘curse’ on Americans
President says he would veto senator’s Medicare for All single-payer plan, prompting quick rebuke from Sanders
Donald Trump on Thursday called Bernie Sanders’ universal healthcare plan a “curse on the US & its people” and promised to veto it if it ever landed on his desk.
Related: Bernie Sanders unveils universal healthcare bill: 'We will win this struggle'
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Trump’s vacation message to McConnell: ‘Get back to work’
Trump suggests Senate majority leader should step down if he continues to fail to advance president’s agenda, including healthcare and tax reform
Donald Trump has suggested that Mitch McConnell should step down if the Republican leader in the Senate does not successfully get the president’s agenda passed on Capitol Hill.
Speaking to reporters at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he is spending a working vacation, Trump was asked if McConnell should stand down. “I’l...
Bernie Sanders pushes universal health plan in wake of Republican repeal failure
- Sanders to tout ‘Medicare for All’ proposal before unveiling bill next month
- Vermont senator wants single-payer healthcare system for all Americans
Bernie Sanders has spent the first months of the new Congress defending Barack Obama’s health reforms as Republicans vowed to repeal them. But after the GOP’s seven-year drive to eliminate the Affordable Care Act collapsed on the Senate floor last week, Sanders is ready to introduce his own solution – government-run uni...
‘Wait for the show’: How John McCain torpedoed the Republican health plan
There were gasps when McCain joined Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins in opposing the bill, ending Republicans’ latest effort to kill the health law
Minutes after the clock struck midnight, John McCain, the senior senator from Arizona, strode into the basement of the US capitol. He was on his way to the Senate floor to cast a consequential vote, as the Republican effort to repeal Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act hung in the balance.
“Have you decided how you’ll vote?” a report...
Healthcare activists celebrate as Republican repeal bill collapses
After John McCain’s dramatic intervention in the early hours of Friday, protesters outside the Capitol hugged, cheered and shouted: ‘Yes we did!’
Protesters hugged and clapped outside the US Capitol in the first hours of Friday as the latest GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act collapsed.
Related: Donald Trump says Obamacare will now implode. Is he right?
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