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VietPress USA (Sept. 22nd, 2017): Trump's expectation of repael and destroying the Obamacare is now still in vague because Republican Sena tor John McCain reconfirms 'NON' for Trumpcare. Read this news from Yahoo News at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-mccain-vote-against-latest-180607639.html
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John McCain just dealt the GOP's latest healthcare bill a critical blow
Arizona
Sen. John McCain, the Republican who delivered the final blow to the
previous attempt to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, came out
against the Graham-Cassidy bill Friday afternoon, dealing the
legislation a potentially fatal blow.
In a statement, McCain said the lack of regular order in crafting the legislation is what pushed him away.
"I
would consider supporting legislation similar to that offered by my
friends Senators Graham and Cassidy were it the product of extensive
hearings, debate and amendment," McCain said. "But that has not been the
case. Instead, the specter of September 30 budget reconciliation deadline has hung over this entire process."
"We
should not be content to pass health care legislation on a party-line
basis, as Democrats did when they rammed Obamacare through Congress in
2009," McCain added. "If we do so, our success could be as short-lived
as theirs when the political winds shift, as they regularly do. The
issue is too important, and too many lives are at risk, for us to leave
the American people guessing from one election to the next whether and
how they will acquire health insurance. A bill of this impact requires a
bipartisan approach."
McCain's opposition puts the bill on the brink of defeat. Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a fellow Republican, said Friday she was leaning against voting for it.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has come out strongly against the
legislation. Republicans can only afford two defections for the
legislation to pass.
McCain
also pointed to the lack of clarity surrounding future impacts of the
bill if it were to become law. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget
Office announced they would not be able to provide a full estimate of
the bill's impact by the September 30 deadline in which the GOP would
try to bypass the Senate's 60-vote threshold.
The
longtime Arizona lawmaker also said he believes Sens. Bill Cassidy and
Linsdey Graham were making a genuine attempt to fix what he believes is a
broken healthcare system, but the process by which it was being
conducted was not in accordance with how the upper chamber should
operate.
"I
hope that in the months ahead, we can join with colleagues on both
sides of the aisle to arrive at a compromise solution that is acceptable
to most of us, and serves the interests of Americans as best we can,"
McCain said.
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