Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he told President-elect Donald Trump the Senate would “keep our commitment to the American people” and repeal the troubled healthcare law.
“We talked about the upcoming Senate agenda, the president-elect’s nominees, and the way forward on repealing and replacing Obamacare,” McConnell, R-Ky., said Monday on the Senate floor about the “good conversation” he had with Trump in New York.
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The Senate is expected to vote by the end of the week on the legislative vehicle to repeal the law. Democrats are vowing to resist the effort, and have warned that repealing the law would leave many people uninsured and would hurt the insurance market.
Democrats said repealing the law would “make America sick again,” a play on Trump’s “Make America great again” campaign slogan.
McConnell accused Democrats of failing to acknowledge the problems with the law, which have led to sharp premium and deductible increases and significant reductions in health insurance options.
“They seem more interested in messaging exercises than replacing Obamacare with real solutions to improve health care,” McConnell said. “Catchy slogans, expensive campaigns, or ‘messaging amendments’ aren’t going to undo the damage Obamacare has caused.”
