Shivving Repeal, McCain Tells Congress To Return To Bipartisan Obamacare Fix

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Alice Ollstein?Verified account @AliceOllstein 6m6 minutes ago

In his letter shivving the Graham-Cassidy repeal, McCain tells Congress to go back to talks on a bipartisan ACA fix
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Shivving Repeal, McCain Tells Congress To Return To Bipartisan Obamacare Fix

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By Alice Ollstein Published September 22, 2017 3:44 pm




“Senators Alexander and [Patty] Murray have been negotiating in good faith to fix some of the problems with Obamacare. But I fear that the prospect of one last attempt at a strictly Republican bill has left the impression that their efforts cannot succeed,” McCain said. “I hope they will resume their work should this last attempt at a partisan solution fail.”

In his statement, McCain pointed to the apparent collapse of yet another GOP-only health care bill as evidence that both parties need to work together, saying that failing to do so will mean every new administration will attempt to repeal the policies of the last.

“The issue is too important, and too many lives are at risk, for us to leave the American people guessing from one election to the next whether and how they will acquire health insurance,” he said. “A bill of this impact requires a bipartisan approach.”

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee who had been negotiating for months with Alexander, quickly jumped on McCain’s statement by announcing she is more than willing to resume those talks.
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..................Before Republicans cut off negotiations this week, the emerging bipartisan deal between Murray and Alexander aimed to guarantee cost-sharing reduction subsidies to insurers for at least a year, which would stabilize Obamacare’s individual market and take away much of Trump’s power to sabotage it (Trump has repeatedly threatened to end the subsidies). The deal also would have given state governments much more freedom to waive Obamacare’s insurance regulations—a major concession from Democrats in order to keep the talks alive.

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1. if this is true

and no magic 11th hour save happen, I will be the first to kiss McCain's arse.