US Senate takes first step toward unraveling Obamacare

The Republican majority, however, has been against Obamacare and even deemed it as government overreach. “We need to make sure there is a stable transition period so that people do not have the rug pulled out from under them”.

But reaching agreement among Republicans for replacement legislation likely will prove harder than passing a repeal.

Thus, with some political posturing and parliamentary procedure, the wheels of Obamacare repeal will be set in motion. “The repeal will be done”. “We’re building all of these bills through our committee process, and so when we have all of those ready is when we’re going to move forward”.

In a seven-hour session that spanned Wednesday night and into Thursday morning, after all amendments were shot down, the resolution itself finally came up for a vote – and Senate Democrats tried to voice their opposition.

Trump offered no details on what the ACA replacement would look like or whether it would continue to provide coverage for those who receive it via insurance companies on public exchanges or via 31 states that went along with the ACA’s expanded Medicaid program.

Reconciliation is a tool that can be used for budgetary bills that affect taxes, spending, and the deficit.

One of his major campaign promises, Trump alleged that Obamacare is a complete and total disaster.He blamed the media for being guided by supporters of Obamacare.

“Nothing happens quickly in Congress, but this is an essential first step in the effort to repeal Obamacare”, Holler said.

This means that they really don’t have anything to replace the ACA with and some Republican legislators have outright objected to taking a vote without a replacement plan.

The Senate voted 51 to 48 along party lines to approve the measure, dubbed the Obamacare “repeal resolution”, CNN reported.

Various other lawmakers shared their support in Congress taking this first step in repealing Obamacare. Jim McGovern, D-Worcester, led House Democrats’ charge against the measure.

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., however, praised his chamber’s passage of the resolution, saying it puts Americans closer to “relief from the problems this law has caused”. The House will vote Friday on the resolution.

President-elect Donald Trump and House and Senate Republicans are on a bullet train toward repealing the Obama administration’s centerpiece health care legislative accomplishment but are far from a quick consensus on what will replace it.