GOP Senate Will Vote On Obamacare Repeal Next Month – With Nothing To Replace it

Republicans in the U.S. Senate are planning to vote on a repeal of the Affordable Care Act as early as next month, according to The Hill, citing a top Republican.

GOP Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said that the Senate will take a vote on Obamacare repeal legislation by April 7, before a two-week Easter recess. The only problem? Republicans still have no credible plan to replace it.

The only problem? Republicans still have no credible plan to replace it

As The Hill noted on Wednesday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives will move to repeal the law even sooner than the Senate, as early as next week. But the only replacement legislation that has surfaced from the House faced an immediate backlash from the ultra-conservative wing of the Republican Party.

While Cornyn said that the leaked bill wasn’t the “current” version of the legislation, there are still clear and so far unrepaired divisions among Republicans, who have had seven full years to come up with a replacement plan that wouldn’t pull the rug out from under tens of millions of people.

It’s not just Congressional Republicans that can’t get on the same page. The Hill also notes that the White House isn’t on the same page as GOP lawmakers.

Ultimately, the only thing Republicans seem to be in agreement on is that they want to dismantle a law that has provided health insurance to millions of people and provided protections to millions of others.

In Donald Trump’s speech to Congress on Tuesday, he recommitted to repealing the health care law but offered no detailed or credible solution.

While the White House and Congressional Republicans squabble over dollars and cents in their effort to repeal and “replace” the Affordable Care Act, millions of Americans remain on edge that they will have to return to the days when one illness could put them in financial ruin.

Sean Colarossi

Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.

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