The Republican-led House of Representatives are set to take this Congress’s fourth vote on Obamacare next week, according to The Hill.
Next week’s vote will be the first of these to repeal Obamacare in full.
The other approved bills were for smaller modifications including establishing a full-time workweek as 40 hours instead of 30, and exempting volunteer firefighters and veterans who already have health insurance through the Department of Veterans Affairs from the law’s employer mandate, which requires businesses with 50 or more full-time workers to provide health coverage.
The vote on full repeal will be largely symbolic.
It will allow House GOP freshmen who campaigned on repealing Obamacare to put that promise to a vote. This will be the fourth time the House has voted to completely repeal Obamacare, with the last full repeal vote taking place in May 2013.
But although times have changed since then and Republicans now control both the House and Senate, a full repeal is unlikely.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said repeatedly that they will have to take “piecemeal” approach to fixing the healthcare law while President Obama is still in office.
The House will vote next week will be the 60th vote on either amending or repealing the law over the last four years by The Hill’s count.
