Republican Health Care Bill Pulled Without Vote

ObamaCare stays—for now
By Michael Harthorne,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 24, 2017 3:12 PM CDT
Trump, Ryan Pull GOP Health Care Bill Without Vote
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. leaves the White House in Washington, Friday, March 24, 2017, after meeting with President Donald Trump.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A House vote on the American Health Care Act was canceled just before it was scheduled to happen, avoiding what the AP says would have been a "humiliating defeat" for President Trump and GOP leaders while still being—according to Politico—a "staggering defeat" for Trump and Paul Ryan. On Thursday, Trump had demanded a vote on the Republican replacement for ObamaCare despite it appearing primed to fail. On Friday, CNN reports Trump called Ryan and asked him to pull the bill without a vote. Sean Spicer says Trump "left everything on the field" trying to make a deal to get the AHCA approved. Hospital and insurer stocks saw an immediate improvement with the news there would be no vote, according to Reuters. (More American Health Care Act stories.)

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