ObamaCare's Replacement Effort Fails: See Those Responsible!

Senators Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas became the actors that ruined the Republican Party's long-promised efforts to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care legislation. It was not immediately clear what next move by the Republican party will be. However, E-conner exclusively learnt of very serious and pragmatic steps by the party to achieve this ailing legislative ambition.

It could be recalled that both Lee and Moran said they could not support Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's legislation in its current state. Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky, both of whom opposed McConnell's release of the bill last Thursday, E-conner gathered.

Now, the senate is divided 52-48 between Republicans and Democrats, McConnell could lose only two senators and still prevail on a procedural vote to open debate on the bill. This is according to Senate's rules.

Although, there are almost half-dozen republican members who are still undecided, so it's quite likely that more "no" votes will be announced in the hours and days ahead. However, strong optimism still lingers around the repeal and replacement efforts.

With the foregoing, it is now clear that McConnell is certainly two votes short in the closely divided senate and may have to go back to the drawing board or even begin to negotiate with Democrats, a prospect he is advised but refuted so far. Or perhaps, he could abandon the health care effort, which has proven more difficult than many Republicans envisioned after campaigning on the issue for years, and move on to tax legislation, a bigger Trump priority to begin with.

Replacing Obamacare could leave many uninsured and not replacing it could raise premiums and make healthcare generally unaffordable by millions of Americans in the nearest future. Many are in this dilemma already as O'care dies a natural death.

Now, if McConnell's bill "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.

To Lee,  "In addition to not repealing all of the Obamacare taxes, it doesn't go far enough in lowering premiums for middle class families; nor does it create enough free space from the most costly Obamacare regulations."

It was the second straight failure for McConnell, who had to cancel a vote on an earlier version of the bill last month when defeat became inevitable as a result of in-house divisiveness.

Trump had kept his distance from the senate process, but Monday night's development was a major hit on him, too, as the president makes efforts to rally support for what has been the Republican Party's trademark issue for seven years - ever since Obama and the Democrats passed the Affordable Care Act. It is believed, this time, will be lead the campaign process to getting his campaign promise fulfilled.

Even though Republicans won the White House and full control of congress in large part on the basis of their promises to repeal and replace "Obamacare," but have struggled to overcome their deep internal divisions and deliver. And this is that area the republicans still fall short.