After intense days of pressure from constituents and House leaders, all 14 California House Republicans joined their colleagues Thursday to vote for a GOP rollback of the Affordable Care Act. House Republican leaders, including House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), insist the bill will still cover people with preexisting conditions such as asthma, pregnancy or cancer. Conditions such as those were used by insurance companies to deny coverage prior to Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act. A side-by-side comparison of Obamacare and the GOP’s replacement plan »As expected, all 39 California House Democrats voted against the bill. They will find out that their congressperson voted to take away their healthcare," she told reporters before the vote.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 04, 2017 18:22 UTC