House votes to repeal and replace Obamacare
  • 7 years ago
House Republicans voted to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act Thursday by a narrow margin. The GOP needed 216 votes and they did by a vote of 217 to 213. All Democrats opposed the bill, which now heads to the senate for approval. Republicans were hard-pressed to reformat the bill after it failed to garner enough votes nearly two months ago. Past analysis from the Congressional Budget Analysis projected that 24 million additional Americans would be uninsured by 2026 and that it would reduce the deficit by $337 billion, compared to the Affordable Care Act. “Our constituents did not elect us to do what is easy. They elected us to do what is right,” Rep. Diane Black, R-Tennessee,
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