good news: der gesetzentwurf der Republikaner im Senat ist gescheitert bzw. kommt gar nicht erst zur abstimmung, weil weitere Senatoren die stimme verweigern.
ZitatPresident Donald Trump's top legislative priority was dealt a potentially fatal blow Monday night as two more Republican senators announced their opposition to the party's health care overhaul.
bad news: wie vor ein paar wochen angedroht, werden die Republikaner jetzt darauf hinarbeiten. Obamacare zunächst zu beenden, OHNE einen ersatzplan zu präsentieren. kalkül: wenn Obamacare definitiv ausläuft, müssen die Demokraten irgendwann an den verhandlungstisch und an einem neuen gesetz mitarbeiten.
ZitatAlles anzeigenTrump quickly called on Republicans to simply repeal Obamacare and begin work on a new health care plan, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced he would try to do so.
“Regretfully, it is now apparent that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failure of Obamacare will not be successful," McConnell said.
The Kentucky Republican said he planned to hold a vote in the coming days to take up the House-passed bill to replace the 2010 health law and then call up an amendment to eliminate major parts of Obamacare, such as the Medicaid expansion, insurance subsidies and fines for the employer and individual mandates.
Republicans passed a similar bill to effectively repeal Obamacare in 2015 under reconciliation — the fast-track budget procedure the GOP is using to thwart a Democratic filibuster — but it was vetoed by President Barack Obama.
McConnell added that the repeal-only bill is "what a majority of the Senate has already supported in 2015," but GOP lawmakers have voiced severe doubts that such a plan can win the 50 votes necessary this year given the uncertainty it would throw onto insurance markets. The 2015 vote was viewed as mostly symbolic at the time given Obama’s certain veto.
(politico)
insgesamt natürlich ein riesendesaster für den präsidenten und die republikanische partei, die alle kammern kontrollieren.