Trumpcare Is Dead Again, Maybe
The Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill, the latest attempt to repeal Obamacare , has been killed. It’s only three days before the budget reconciliation deadline, so he’s really dead. Now. Maybe.
Here’s what happened to this account in the last 36 hours or so:
- It was rewritten several times.
- He received a hearing in which medical and health experts warned against “disruptive” cuts under the Medicaid program, and Republican senators argued that the cuts were not technically cuts. The first 20 minutes of the hearing was devoted to getting protesters, including many with disabilities, out of the room.
- CNN hosted a health debate in which Senators Graham and Cassidy opposed Bernie Sanders, who sponsored the one-payer health care bill, and Amy Klobuchar.
- The CBO account for the Graham-Cassidy account was issued : “Millions” would lose their health insurance if it passed, but CBO did not have enough time to calculate the actual number.
- Senator Collins, who was apparently awaiting the CBO’s assessment, announced that she would not vote against Graham-Cassidy . This makes her the third Republican to say so after Rand Paul and John McCain. The bill requires 50 votes to pass, and only 52 Republican senators.
- Tomorrow’s scheduled vote on the Graham-Cassidy Bill was officially canceled today . Republican senators now say they will “focus on tax reform.”
What will happen next? Hmm, it looks like speculation about when Congress will be able to cram the Republican vote-only bill to repeal the ACA next time. Maybe in 2018! Political reports :
Here’s how it can be done: While a Senate lawmaker ruled that the push for cancellation for FY 2017 should end after September 30, Republicans can provide guidance on how to agree on both health care and tax reform in the Fiscal 2018 Budget Resolution. year that Congress is to pass. unlock expedited procedural authority again. This may pose some procedural hurdles, but one GOP aide said Monday that since the Finance Committee has jurisdiction over about 95 percent of health policy, “that doesn’t mean we couldn’t slip through it anyway.”
The Senate could also move to consider a bipartisan bill containing minor fixes to stabilize health care markets and / or Bernie Sanders’ single payer bill . To be continued…