The legislative effort on health care may be barely breathing, but it's definitely still alive. Contrary to the common wisdom that developed after the Affordable Care Act repeal and replace effort failed last week, the Senate still has the opportunity if it wants to revive the debate and pass something. As I suspect is true for even the most seasoned congressional and health care experts, I have no idea whether anything is still possible politically or substantively. The key is that the Senate last week didn't actually defeat the bill repealing-and-replacing the ACA; it only defeated amendments to the bill. The means the Senate can resume the debate in the future.

Source: Forbes July 29, 2017 12:56 UTC