A plan to repeal and replace Obamacare that Senate Republicans have been working on for months failed to get the sixty votes needed for approval Tuesday night.Rico says there used to be a Tory party; the Republicans may disappear over this, too...
The vote was 43 in favor and 57 against. Nine Republicans voted against the measure.
The plan would have made deep cuts to Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor, and reduced Obamacare subsidies to lower-income people to help them defray the cost of health insurance.
It was the first of many expected votes this week on repealing or replacing elements of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.
26 July 2017
Oops for the GOP
Reuters has a Yahoo article about yet another misstep by the Republicans:
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