Representative Gus Bilirakis of Florida faced 200 angry supporters of the health care law at a meeting on Saturday. He repeatedly called it a “disaster” and vowed that, if elected, he would immediately replace it with a new and better overhaul of the health care system. “Every day they delay,” he said, “the problems of the Affordable Care Act get worse.”Insurance executives say immediate action is needed to stabilize insurance markets, or else more insurers will withdraw from the public marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act. “Democrats are feeling much better that there’s some chance of success.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyDemocrats have also been encouraged by opinion polls showing that the public is increasingly supportive of the health care law. By Jan. 27, four congressional committees were supposed to have drafted legislation gutting the 2010 health care law.

Source: New York Times February 07, 2017 02:16 UTC