Repeal-and-replace has been a guiding star for Republicans ever since President Barack Obama enacted the law in 2010. Trump also tweeted: “Unless the Republican Senators are total quitters, Repeal & Replace is not dead! Trump previously said the law that he and others call “Obamacare” would collapse immediately whenever those payments stop. The Senate’s Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer of New York, cautioned such a step, saying it would make health care more expensive. “The president ought to stop playing politics with people’s lives and health care, start leading and finally begin acting presidential.”___Follow Darlene Superville on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dsupervilleapCopyright 2017 The Associated Press.

Source: Washington Post July 29, 2017 19:30 UTC