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US Senate Gets Started On The Process Of Repealing Obamacare
An Obamacare logo on the door of the UniVista Insurance agency in Miami, Florida in 2017 (RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images)
Senate Republicans have launched an effort to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law, approving a budget blueprint that they have dubbed the Obamacare "repeal resolution".
The Senate late Wednesday (11 January) night voted 51-48 along party lines for the measure, which relies on the same budget process used seven years ago to approve the landmark healthcare law or the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to now attempt to dismantle it, CNN reported.
Senate Budget Chairman Mike Enzi of Wyoming said, early Thursday morning,
But Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the top Democrat on the budget committee, delivered a rebuttal, warning that thousands of people would die if Obamacare was repealed. Democratic senators registered a somewhat subtle but significant protest in the Senate as they cast their votes -- declaring why they were voting against the repeal, a rare move that rankled Republicans in the chamber, CNN said.
The House is expected take a swift vote on the resolution, possibly by Friday (13 January), which will trigger congressional committees to begin crafting a second bill that would roll back major parts of Obamacare.
With inputs from IANS
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