After years of debate, the House on Thursday voted to repeal key parts of the Affordable Care Act and replace them with new provisions.

The vote, which President Donald Trump was planning to tout as a big victory, sends the Republican-sponsored bill to gut Obamacare to the Senate for consideration.

But winning approval for the bill could be even more difficult in the Senate than it has been in the House, where Republican leaders struggled for nearly two months to wrangle enough votes in their caucus to secure its passage.

The bill passed by a vote of 217 to 213, which was one more "yes" vote that was needed for passage.

All 193 Democrats voting opposed the bill. They were joined by 20 Republicans voting "no."

"A lot of us have waited seven years to case this vote," House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said shortly before the voting began. "Many of us are here because we pledged to cast this vote: to repeal and replace Obamacare."

"This bill delivers the promises we have made to the American people," Ryan said.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., told MSNBC shortly before the vote began, "We were elected to do this."

After the vote, protesters outside the Capitol building yelled, "Shame, shame!" at members of Congress walking down the front steps.

The bill — which would dramatically change the way the federal government funds purchases of individual health plans and Medicaid — is expected to dramatically increase the number of people without health insurance if enacted into law.

Effect on pre-existing conditions

Thursday's vote came a week after the bill was amended to include a provision that won support from conservative holdouts. That provision would, under certain conditions, undo Obamacare's ban on letting insurers charge people with pre-existing health conditions more for their insurance plans than healthy people.

Moderate Republicans initially blanched at that provision. But on Wednesday a number of them agreed to support the bill after the addition of another amendment that would increase funding designed to reduce the impact of the higher premiums on people with pre-existing conditions. Analysis questions how far that funding may go to cut costs for those Americans.

The bill, known as the American Health Care Act, would remove the Obamacare rule requiring most Americans to have health coverage of some kind.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/04/republican-obamacare-replacement-bil...

Views: 125

"Destroying the New World Order"

TOP CONTENT THIS WEEK

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE SITE!

mobile page

12160.info/m

12160 Administrators

 

Latest Activity

tjdavis posted a video

MindWar: Full Spectrum Cognitive Dominance [Michael Aquino Analysis]

This is my analysis and my thoughts on Michael Aquino's "MindWar". This document is a must-read if you are looking to understand the psyop tactics and cognit...
15 hours ago
Doc Vega posted a blog post

A Horrid Murder at Land Between the Lakes (Sasquatch?)

 Most of us hear that Sasquatch-Bigfoot are intelligent yet reclusive creatures that are closely…See More
18 hours ago
Doc Vega posted blog posts
yesterday
cheeki kea commented on cheeki kea's video
Thumbnail

Metropolis (1927) Full Movie | 4K Color Remastered: 2023 Colorized with Gottfried Huppertz Score

"Hey thanks for the thumbs up guys. I was blown away (like a leaf in a tornado) when I watched this…"
Thursday
tjdavis favorited cheeki kea's video
Thursday
tjdavis posted a video

Did you know this? I was SHOCKED!

Wounder how many people know what they do to baby chicks? Wounder if they know what the are doing to Salmon? What about the lettuce and tomatoes? This will n...
Thursday
cheeki kea posted a photo
Thursday
Less Prone posted a video

Pine Tree Riots - We'll Have Our Home Again

NOW ON SPOTIFY (and everywhere else)!https://open.spotify.com/album/1gWcRqHD7TSbAA2UzYOLWlEvery people deserves a Homeland.Sung by no one in particular.Origi...
Tuesday
Less Prone favorited cheeki kea's video
Monday
cheeki kea posted a video

Metropolis (1927) Full Movie | 4K Color Remastered: 2023 Colorized with Gottfried Huppertz Score

🎉🎬 AT LAST❗❗ Metropolis is the FIRST film we colorized using our newly developed AI colorization software, and we are proud to bring it to you now with the...
Monday
tjdavis posted a video
Monday
Burbia commented on Burbia's video
Thumbnail

ED Raids Entities Linked To George Soros’s Open Society Foundation | Details

"The Directorate of Enforcement is a multi-disciplinary organization mandated with investigation…"
Monday
Doc Vega commented on Doc Vega's blog post This about Sums it Up Written by Former Marine Corps Noncom Officer
"It took a US Marine Sergeant to put it all together like this and sum up all the intentional…"
Mar 22
Doc Vega posted blog posts
Mar 22
Doc Vega commented on Doc Vega's blog post Without the Truth
"cheeki kea, Thank you so much. Your words are so encouraging!"
Mar 22
tjdavis favorited Less Prone's video
Mar 21
tjdavis posted a video

Andy Summers & Robert Fripp - I Advance Masked (Official Video)

'I Advance Masked' official video by english guitarists Andy Summers and Robert Fripp.Single taken from the album with the same name, released in 1982.‘The C...
Mar 21
Doc Vega posted a blog post

The Universal Legacy of the Boogeyman

 In every culture from the North American continent to South America, from the Ural Mountains of…See More
Mar 21
rlionhearted_3 commented on Sandy's video
Mar 20
rlionhearted_3 commented on Sandy's video
Thumbnail

Remember Building 7

"3 1/2 hours long. I watched it again this afternoon. See YouTube."
Mar 20

© 2025   Created by truth.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

content and site copyright 12160.info 2007-2019 - all rights reserved. unless otherwise noted