Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday Obamacare will “regretfully” remain in place now that the House has failed to pass a bill to repeal and replace the law.
“I think where we are on Obamacare, regretfully, at the moment, is where the Democrats want us to be, which is the status quo,” McConnell, R-Ky., said.
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Republicans are eager to tag Democrats with the growing problems associated with the law, which include collapsing health insurance marketplaces and skyrocketing premiums and deductibles.
“We are just going to see how that works out,” McConnell said. “We believe it will not work out well.”
House Republicans Tuesday held a private meeting and discussed reviving efforts to produce a repeal and replace plan, Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said.
Ryan and other Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate said Congress should continue negotiating a bill because something will be needed when Obamacare falls apart.
