US senators have passed the first measure on the way to dismantling outgoing-President Barack Obama’s much debated health care law, commonly known as Obamacare.
Early on Thursday, the Senate voted 51-48 in favor of a nonbinding Republican-backed budget measure that will make it easier to pass repeal legislation, which could be voted on as early as next month.
So what happens to everyone who used this to get health insurance? They're just going to go die in a corner?
I think the legislators will give Americans time to find a satisfactory replacement if they wish. I think anywhere from six months to a year is appropriate.
Thursday's Senate procedural vote will set up special budget rules that will allow the repeal vote to take place with a simple majority in the 100-member Senate, instead of the 60 votes required to move most legislation.
That means Republicans, who control 52 seats, can push through repeal legislation without Democratic cooperation.
So what happens to everyone who used this to get health insurance? They're just going to go die in a corner?
Republicans have offered 0 replacement as of now. If the ACA is repealed and nothing replaces it right away, the ~30 million Americans who are on it will be left uninsured.