House Speaker Paul Ryan didn’t even bring the AHCA to a vote after the Congressional Budget Office said the legislation would lead to 14 million fewer Americans with insurance by 2018 and eventually 24 million would lose coverage by 2026. Price aggressively lobbied Republicans to support the AHCA and most of the 11 Republicans running against the 30-year-old Ossoff support a repeal of the ACA, according to Georgia media reports. The healthcare issue helped Ossoff raise a record more than $8 million and could bring more Democrats to the polls Tuesday, Ossoff supporters say. Despite the political disaster of Trumpcare, Paul Ryan said earlier this month the GOP was making “real progress” on an ACA replacement. But Republicans still don’t have the support in the House and cannot afford to lose Price’s seat to Ossoff whether that happens Tuesday or in a June runoff.

Source: Forbes April 17, 2017 12:00 UTC