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Trump threatens to end required health payments
President fumes in wake of failure to repeal Obamacare
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington Friday after the Republican-controlled Senate was unable to fulfill their political promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. - photo by Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened once more to end required payments to insurance companies unless lawmakers repeal and replace the Obama-era health care law.In apparent frustration over Friday's failure by the Senate Republican majority to pass a bill repealing parts of the Affordable Care Act, Trump tweeted: "If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon!"No Democrats voted for the GOP bill.Repeal-and-replace has been a guiding star for Republicans ever since President Barack Obama enacted the law in 2010. That goal, which Trump turned into a top campaign promise, remains out of reach even with Republicans controlling both the White House and Congress. The issue has dominated the opening months of Trump's presidency.But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said after the bill failed early Friday that he would move to other legislative business in the upcoming week.Trump also tweeted: "Unless the Republican Senators are total quitters, Repeal & Replace is not dead!
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