Saturday, March 25, 2017

Saturday's Headlines: ‘Repeal and replace’ meets defeat

'The closer'? The inside story of how Trump tried — and failed — to make a deal on health care; Trump learns that dealmaking is not the same as leadership; The ACA's future is in Trump's hands. His plan: 'Let Obamacare explode.'; 'Hello, Bob': Trump called a Post reporter to say GOP bill was dead. Here's what he said.;
 
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Today's Headlines
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'Repeal and replace' meets defeat
Republicans pulled their health-care bill from the House floor minutes before a scheduled vote in a dramatic acknowledgment that they are unable to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The decision came a day after President Trump delivered an ultimatum to lawmakers — and the defeat represented multiple failures for the new president and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan.
'The closer'? The inside story of how Trump tried — and failed — to make a deal on health care
"I couldn't get them," the president said of Republicans opposed to the bill. "They just wouldn't do it."
 
Debrief
Trump learns that dealmaking is not the same as leadership
Nothing has united Republicans more over the past seven years than their vow to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. But Trump provided little by way of specifics on how to do that, and his skills as a "closer" were not enough to rescue the GOP health-care bill.
 
The ACA's future is in Trump's hands. His plan: 'Let Obamacare explode.'
The administration will soon face a series of choices over whether to shore up marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act, which are a conduit to coverage for 10 million Americans but are financially fragile. Will the political tumult and the president's talk of explosion further shake consumers' and insurers' confidence?
 
Perspective
'Hello, Bob': Trump called a Post reporter to say GOP bill was dead. Here's what he said.
"So, we just pulled it," the president, calling from a blocked number in the Oval Office, began his conversation with The Post's Robert Costa. Before Costa could ask a question, Trump began explaining why the vote on the bill had been called off.
 
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