Moderates make break with party leadership to oppose new healthcare billJimmy Kimmel delivers heartfelt plea on importance of affordable careThe push to repeal and replace Obamacare seemed likely to fail yet again as many House Republicans on Tuesday expressed unease with how the proposed legislation would affect people with pre-existing conditions.
In a reversal of the dynamic when Republicans final attempted to repeal Obamacare in March,the new method has received backing from the Freedom Caucus, a recalcitrant group of arch-conservatives who are more often associated with spoiling the GOP leadership’s agenda than supporting it. This time around a meaningful number of the holdouts are moderates who are making a scarce break with the leadership to oppose the legislation.
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Source: theguardian.com