WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump heaped pressure on US lawmakers Monday to pass a health care reform bill before Congress goes on its August recess, with Republicans teetering on the edge of a potentially major failure. With Democrats united in opposition, McConnell needs the votes from 50 of the 52 Senate Republicans to get the measure passed. It also rolls back the expansion of Medicaid, the federal health care program for the poor and disabled. The United States is the only developed industrial democracy that does not have universal health care. “It’s time to move on from the failing Republican-only approach and start over in a bipartisan way in health care,” he said.

Source: Manila Times July 11, 2017 02:03 UTC