The Art of No Deal

24 March 2017 By Robert Cyran Follow @rob_cyran

Republicans in Congress wouldn’t support an alternative, so Obamacare will live on. Efforts to undermine it will continue. Meanwhile, medical costs still outpace inflation. Unless that changes, the choice between squeezing costs and rationing care will remain on lawmakers’ minds.

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Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives withdrew legislation to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system from consideration on March 24 due to a shortage of votes despite desperate lobbying by the White House and its allies in Congress, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump.

GOP moderates as well as the party’s most conservative lawmakers had objected to the legislation. The White House and House leaders were unable to come up with a plan that satisfied both groups.

Paul Ryan, the House speaker, said: “We’re going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future.” In remarks at the White House, Trump said he expected Obamacare would “explode” this year and Democrats who had objected to the Republican plan would come to him to work on healthcare legislation.

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