”We’re making a grave mistake including this Planned Parenthood provision in a health care bill,” he said. “We will give everyone access to affordable health care coverage,” Mr. Ryan said in early December when asked if Republicans had a plan to cover everyone. But that discipline has broken down as lawmakers hear from constituents terrified of losing insurance and as Mr. Trump weighs in. “We will never win the battle with liberals if you measure success in terms of how many people have health insurance cards. “It would be very hard to maintain the levels of insurance coverage we have now without the penalties and subsidies.”

Source: New York Times January 28, 2017 02:13 UTC