Now Trump May Try to Kill Obamacare Slowly
- GOP repeal efforts collapsed overnight but drama not over
- ‘Let Obamacare implode, then deal. Watch!’ Trump tweeted
Senate GOP Blocks Stripped-Down Obamacare Repeal
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Obamacare survived another day after Senate Republicans failed to repeal the health law in a dramatic overnight vote. The White House could now try to kill it slowly.
The surprise defection by Senator John McCain, who with fellow Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins joined with Democrats to oppose the GOP “skinny repeal” bill early Friday morning, leaves Obamacare as the law of the land. But President Donald Trump, who’s supported a repeal all along, wasted no time to threaten to sabotage Obamacare.