Chuck Schumer: Republican Health Plan ‘In Trouble’
On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that the Republican Obamacare replacement plan is collapsing.
“The bill’s in trouble,” Schumer said during a press briefing. “It’s in trouble in the House; it’s in even more trouble in the Senate; and we Democrats are unified in opposition.”
Schumer’s comments come a day after the Congressional Budget Office report showed that 24 million people will lose health insurance under the Republican plan. With 14 million people losing coverage in just 1 year by 2018.
“There are, I think, more than 10 Republican senators, some very conservative, some more mainstream, who say they don’t like the bill,” Schumer continued.
Schumer invoked Abbot and Costello in poking fun at the Republican predicament, “Trump wants to call it RyanCare; Ryan wants to call it TrumpCare — it’s classic Abbot and Costello. If it’s so good, why don’t they want their names on it?”
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