Civil rights icon John Lewis called the bill’s passing \u00ab\u00a0a shame and a disgrace.\u00a0\u00bb<\/b>
\nDemocrats and interest groups vehemently condemned the Republican proposal to replace parts of Obamacare, after the bill passed the House on Thursday.
Earlier, the GOP-sponsored bill passed the House by a vote of 217 to 213. All 193 Democrats voted against the bill. They were joined by 20 Republicans who voted \u00ab\u00a0no.\u00a0\u00bb
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that the GOP now has to live with its choice and that Americans will \u00a0\u00bb have to judge them by how they have acted .\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0When you know the facts and you care about people, you can’t possibly vote for the bill that they voted for today. So… either they don’t know, they don’t care or both, \u00a0\u00bb Pelosi said.
An earlier effort to vote on the bill was aborted in late March when GOP leaders saw that it would fail to win enough support to pass it. Before that failed effort, the CBO projected the bill would lead to 24 million more Americans without health insurance over a decade, and insurance plan premium rates up to 20 percent higher than Obamacare rates would be in 2018 before dropping.
The AARP said in a statement that it is \u00ab\u00a0deeply disappointed\u00a0\u00bb in Thursday’s outcome, calling the proposal \u00ab\u00a0deeply flawed.\u00a0\u00bb
\u00ab\u00a0The bill will put an Age Tax on us as we age, harming millions of American families with health insurance, forcing many to lose coverage or pay thousands of dollars more for health care, \u00a0\u00bb the organization said in a statement.
The GOP bill now heads to the Senate, where it stands to face an even larger hurdle as Republicans hold a narrower majority in that chamber.
The American Medical Association called on the Senate to consult all stakeholders to develop a bipartisan solution that would provide \u00ab\u00a0access affordable and meaningful coverage, while preserving the safety net for vulnerable populations.\u00a0\u00bb
AMA President Andrew Gurman said the bill in its current form will cause \u00ab\u00a0those with pre-existing health conditions face the possibility of going back to the time when insurers could charge them premiums that made access to coverage out of the question.\u00a0\u00bb
Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said the bill \u00ab\u00a0has nothing to do with health care and everything to do with tax breaks for the wealthy.\u00a0\u00bb The senator from Vermont called on Americans to rally against the bill and prevent it from passing the upper chamber of Congress.
The Republican plan \u00ab\u00a0needs important improvements to better protect low- and moderate-income families who rely on Medicaid or buy their own coverage, \u00a0\u00bb Marilyn Tavenner, president and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans, said in a statement.
Civil rights icon John Lewis called the bill’s passing \u00ab\u00a0a shame and a disgrace.\u00a0\u00bb The Georgia congressman said he has never \u00ab\u00a0seen legislative action that reveals such clear disdain for the human dignity of the most vulnerable among us.\u00a0\u00bb
\u2014 CNBC’s Jacob Pramuk and Dan Mangan contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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