After seven years of promises and control of the White House and Congress, Republicans are still struggling to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act. The latest effort's alive for the moment, but the "no" votes of three GOP senators are likely to kill it before time runs out at midnight on Friday. The Graham-Cassidy bill, named for its authors, is so radical that many state Republican insurance commissioners are dead set against it. Even senators who'll vote for it admit it's more about politics than healthcare. We get a progress report.
Obamacare's dead… long live Obamacare
More
- Politico on Senate's decision not to vote on last-ditch Obamacare repeal bill
- Politico on GOP eyeing next chance to revive Obamacare repeal
- Pradhan on HHS Secretary Price having traveled by private plane at least 24 times
- Hiltzik on why the GOP's Obamacare repeal plan was doomed from the start
- Markay on rush to assign responsibility for Trumpcare's failure even before it occurs
Credits
Guests:
- Rachana Pradhan - Kaiser Health News correspondent covering national health policy - @rachanadixit
- Michael Hiltzik - business columnist for the LA Times - @hiltzikm
- Dean Clancy - health policy analyst - @DeanClancy
- Sabrina Corlette - Georgetown University - @SabrinaCorlette
- Lachlan Markay - Daily Beast - @lachlan