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Republicans pull proposed new healthcare law.
House Republicans pulled their health care bill moments before lawmakers were set to vote Friday afternoon. House Speaker Paul Ryan abruptly pulled the bill as it appeared all but certain to be defeated. The measure has been a top priority for Republicans and was the party’s first major legislative effort since it took control of both the White House and Congress in January. The plan had been steadily losing support after the Congressional Budget Office issued a report saying the plan would dramatically increase costs to seniors and increase the number of Americans without health care by 20 million. The plan also would have allowed individuals to go without buying insurance, leaving those who are insured, to pick up the costs. The Affordable Care Act provides few choices in Tennessee because the legislature has refused to sign on to the expanded Medicare program offered by federal officials. Still, First District Congressman Phil Roe, a Republican continued to support the proposal. On Friday he said, “I am proud to stand with President Trump and Speaker Ryan in support of patient-centered, free-market health care reform. Our work to protect patients from the failures of Obamacare will continue. I made a promise to constituents in the First District that I would fight to repeal this flawed law, and that’s a promise I intend to keep,” said Roe. The Tennessee Health Care Campaign, a consumer advocacy group, called the proposal “a bad piece of health legislation.” Spokesperson Walter Davis said Tennessee’s Representatives and Senators now must face their responsibility to repair the Affordable Care Act (ACA).He also called on lawmakers to step up and speak out for the interests of the people of the state. Davis suggests that Governor Bill Haslam has a renewed responsibility to seek a path for affordable insurance options for Tennesseans.
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