“I don’t think you can fully repeal and replace it in that amount of time,” said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.). Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are not ready to act on any kind of repeal without a consensus replacement plan. ), Rob Portman (Ohio) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) — huddled last week to discuss concerns that a House GOP repeal bill could leave millions of their constituents without insurance. While no consensus emerged, many lawmakers said they could not support an aggressive repeal bill that could harm so many of their constituents. That’s what we’re asking the leadership to do.”Leaders are using a quirk in the budget process to repeal Obamacare without the threat of a blockade by Senate Democrats.

Source: Washington Post February 15, 2017 01:00 UTC