The measure presented congressional Republicans with an uncomfortable choice between helping sustain coverage for many Americans and making good on a long-standing campaign promise — and paying the consequences — by allowing the ACA to falter.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Oct. 17 said Senate Republicans want to use a “meat-ax” to cut Medicare and Medicaid through the GOP budget proposal.
Democrats accused President Trump of trying to sabotage the nation's health-care system through his decision to halt payments to insurers meant to shore up the system, while Republicans countered that he is just pushing for a hard bargain.
"That’s my fight, that’s my mission,” the House minority leader said amid calls for her and other senior Democrats to quit their leadership roles and make way for a new generation.