Trump blames Democrats for failure of health care bill
Trump blames Democrats for failure of health care bill:- President Trump said Friday that the health care bill to repeal and replace Obamacare fell short in the House because of no support from Democrats.
“When you get no votes from the other side, meaning the Democrats, it’s really a difficult situation,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “We had no Democrat support.”
Mr. Trump said Republicans were 10 to 15 votes short on a health care vote when he and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan agreed to pull the legislation from the floor.
He said “Paul worked really hard” on the legislation and that he was “a little surprised” by the opposition from members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus.
“We learned a lot about loyalty,” Mr. Trump said. “I’m disappointed, but they’re friends of mine. It was a very hard vote. They’re very good people. I like Speaker Ryan. He’s got a lot of factions. There’s been a long history of liking and disliking, even within the Republican Party, long before I got here.”
The president said he would be “open” to tackling Obamacare again, predicting the health care law will implode soon. He said Washington needs to let Obamacare “go its own way” for now.
“Bad things are going to happen to Obamacare. The insurance companies are leaving one by one,” he said. “Now we’ll go back to real life. People will see how bad it is … after this mess known as Obamacare explodes.”
Source:- http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/24/trump-blames-democrats-failure-health-care-bill/
