After debating seven hours through the night, the Senate voted early Thursday to take the first real step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare — a top goal of congressional Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump.
USA Today reports that senators voted 51-48 to approve a budget resolution that Republicans will use as a vehicle to speed through repeal of Obamacare. House leaders plan to take it up Friday.
Republicans said the 2010 health care law is broken and must be repealed and replaced with something better — although just what that replacement plan will look like has not yet been revealed by congressional leaders. Critics of the law cite sky-rocketing premiums, high deductibles and fewer health care choices for patients as insurers pull out of the program, the source detailed.