At the same time, conservative advocacy groups have intensified their demand that Republicans follow through on their repeated promises to repeal former President Barack Obama’s health care bill or incur their wrath. “The American people said, ‘We elected a Republican president, a Republican House and a Republican Senate and we want to see some results,’” he told an audience in Kentucky over the recess. The health care fight does not play to Mr. McConnell’s typical strengths. It is an extremely complex policy matter, and Mr. McConnell has often reveled more in tactics and procedure than the arcana of community rating and adverse selection. The Affordable Care Act has had much more time to become enmeshed in the health care system, with millions of people relying on it — especially those receiving guaranteed coverage for pre-existing conditions.

Source: New York Times July 07, 2017 16:14 UTC