{"id":25072,"date":"2017-03-25T04:49:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T04:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=25072"},"modified":"2017-03-25T04:49:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T04:49:59","slug":"donald-trump-us-healthcare-bill-withdrawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/donald-trump-us-healthcare-bill-withdrawn.html","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump\u00a0US healthcare bill withdrawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDonald Trump US healthcare bill withdrawn<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tUS President Donald Trump has withdrawn his healthcare bill after it failed to gain enough support to pass in Congress.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHouse Speaker Paul Ryan said he and Mr Trump agreed to pull the vote, after it became apparent it would not get the minimum of 215 Republican votes needed.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe last minute move was seen as a huge blow to Mr Trump.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRepealing and replacing the programme known as Obamacare was one of his major election pledges.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier on Friday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said that the vote would go ahead at 15:30 (19:30 GMT).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMr Trump had reportedly warned Republicans that if they did not vote for his bill then they would be stuck with Barack Obama's healthcare programme for good.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tHowever, multiple reports suggested that between 28 and 35 Republicans were opposed to his draft American Health Care Act.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe vote was withdrawn shortly after 15:30, and the House is now in recess.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t'Obamacare will explode'<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRepublicans currently have a majority in both the House and the Senate.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHowever, some Republicans were unhappy that the bill cut health coverage too severely, while others felt the changes did not go far enough.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe bill also appeared unpopular with the public – in one recent poll, just 17% approved of it.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeaking after the withdrawal, Mr Trump blamed the Democrats for not supporting the bill and predicted that Obamacare would "explode".<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe said the Republicans would probably focus on tax reform for now.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"We have to let Obamacare go its own way for a little while," he said, adding that if the Democrats were "civilised and came together" the two parties could work out a "great healthcare bill".<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHow disastrous is this for Trump? Analysis by Anthony Zurcher, North America reporter<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHow bad was Friday's defeat of the American Health Care Act in the House of Representatives? Bad. Very bad.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe American Health Care Act was the first major piece of legislation pushed by the White House and the Republican-controlled Congress, a key political test early in the president's term, when he should be at the height of his power and party cohesion at its strongest.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn spite of all of this, Mr Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan and the Republicans running Washington could not get the job done.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFor Republicans Friday wasn't just bad. It was a disaster.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier, Mr Ryan told reporters: "We are going to be living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"I will not sugar coat this. This is a disappointing day for us. Doing big things is hard."<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"We were a 10-year opposition party where being against things was easy to do," he said, adding that it was difficult to get "people to agree with each other in how we do things".<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tMeanwhile, Democrat and House minority leader Nancy Pelosi described it as "a victory for the American people".<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said it was a "good day" for Americans, adding "we worked over years to assure that the American public would have access to affordable, quality healthcare".<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat did the bill propose?<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tCuts the Medicaid programme for low earners<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tProvides tax credits to help people pay medical bills, but reduced compared to Obamacare<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tEnds penalties on those who do not buy health coverage<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAllows insurers to raise premiums for older people<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBlocks federal payments to women's healthcare provider Planned Parenthood for a year<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-39387550<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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