{UAH} THE HEALTHCARE BILL IS IN TROUBLE AGAIN

Two more GOP senators defect on healthcare bill

BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 07/17/17 08:37 PM EDT

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GOP Sens. Jerry Moran (Kansas) and Mike Lee (Utah) announced on Monday night they will not support taking up a bill repealing and replacing ObamaCare, effectively blocking the legislation. 

"This closed-door process has yielded the [bill], which fails to repeal the Affordable Care Act or address healthcare’s rising costs. For the same reasons I could not support the previous version of this bill, I cannot support this one," Moran said in a statement. 

 

Lee added on Twitter that "my colleague @JerryMoran and I will not support the MTP to this version of BCRA."

 

 

The move leaves Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) without enough support to bring the bill to the floor.

 

He can only afford to lose three GOP senators and Sens. Susan Collins(Maine) and Rand Paul (Ky.) are already expected to vote no.

 

 

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