GOP scrambles for votes on eve of vote on health-care bill

Republican lawmakers holding out against the party’s move to replace Obamacare with a new healthcare programme might face the outcome in the 2018 Congressional elections, President Donald Trump told them on Tuesday.

In a last-minute effort to sink the Republican health care bill, a powerful network of conservative donors said Wednesday it would create a new fund for Republican 2018 reelection races – but they’ll only open it up to GOPers who vote against the bill.

At least 27 Republican representatives have indicated that they would vote against the bill prepared under the leadership of House Speaker Paul Ryan and endorsed by Mr. Trump.

Democratic representatives are united against the bill, which seeks to repeal and replace Democratic President Barack Obama’s 2010 Affordable Care Act.

Dealing with the Obamacare mess has been the core focus of the Republican party for the past 7 years – not to mention a major campaign promise that helped propel Donald Trump to the White House. But before the late talks, others were skeptical. Chris Collins and John Faso that would make the state responsible for Medicaid costs in every county but the five that make up the Big Apple, which would be on the hook for it’s $5 billion plus Medicaid bill.

Some moderate Republicans have also expressed concern that the bill would adversely affect their constituents, particularly older Americans. “We’re afraid he’s a one-term president if this passes”, Massie warned on CNN. That would make the bill more appealing to House conservatives, who as of this evening comprise the bulk of the “no” votes in the House.

Speaking on Fox News later on Wednesday Meadows said that “to say that we’ve got a deal – that wouldn’t be accurate”, but did say that he and Trump had come to “an agreement in principle”.

But some critics insisted that Trump and the GOP leadership have gravely miscalculated their chances of success.

Failure by the Trump administration and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., to win passage of the bill, would be a stinging political loss.

However, another Pennsylvania Republican, Lou Barletta, said he had switched from “no” to “yes” after Trump endorsed his bill to use Social Security numbers to hinder people from fraudulently collecting tax credits. Over time, 24 million fewer people would have health insurance under the GOP plan, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.

President Trump made a public pitch for repealing Obamacare during a healthcare panel for female medical professionals convened by the newly confirmed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services director, Seema Verma.

However, it would also eliminate Obamacare’s controversial individual and employer health insurance mandates.

Conservative Republicans have complained the replacement is too similar to Obamacare, and some moderate Republicans are concerned it will weaken health coverage for millions of voters. The council advocates for health freedom and affordability. In an interview before his government’s inaugural on January 20, 2017, he said “we are going to have insurance for everybody”, a Washington Post copy says. There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it.

“Go with our plan”. And another conservative group, Club for Growth, is running television ads in some Republican districts to push members to vote against it.

“Lawmakers will soon face two options”, Corry Bliss, the organization’s executive director, said in a news release. One proposal would pull the list of essential health benefits, like maternity and pediatric care and prescription drug coverage, out of the measure – a move that would risk making it even more unpopular with moderates.

As the last-ditch negotiations unfolded in the White House and on Capitol Hill, the American Health Care Act toiled before the House rules committee, its final procedural hurdle before Thursday’s planned vote.