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→Effort to Repeal: Update. Removed undue info, as if Trump turned against the Freedom Caucus. Subsequent events have shown the opposite -- the "moderates" are the ones holding up the bill now.
:is hoping to work with GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump to repeal Obamacare and replace its heavy mandates and coverage requirements with Republican reforms that rely on free-market levers to incentivize people into buying coverage. <ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/7/ryan-warns-obamacare-wont-be-repealed-clinton-wins/ Paul Ryan’s final warning to voters: Obamacare won’t be repealed if Clinton wins]</ref>
:is hoping to work with GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump to repeal Obamacare and replace its heavy mandates and coverage requirements with Republican reforms that rely on free-market levers to incentivize people into buying coverage. <ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/7/ryan-warns-obamacare-wont-be-repealed-clinton-wins/ Paul Ryan’s final warning to voters: Obamacare won’t be repealed if Clinton wins]</ref>
As a result of the 2016 election, Republicans controlled the White House, the House and the Senate. As a result, they followed the original Obamacare playbook and sought to make a bill repealing of Obamacare part of the budget reconciliation, which will not be subject to the Senate's 60-vote filibuster requirement. The Republicans proposed a three phase approach: a bill to repeal Obamacare and the tax provisions, new regulations from HHS, and follow-up legislation enacting the details of the new health care plan. The House committees voted the repeal bill to the floor of the House, but the House Freedom Caucus withheld its support. On March 24, 2017, the Republicans withdrew the bill and stated that they would allow Obamacare to fail, and then pursue bipartisan legislation to replace it. President Trump singled out the Freedom Caucus, the Heritage Foundation and the Club for Growth in a tweet:
As a result of the 2016 election, Republicans controlled the White House, the House and the Senate. As a result, they followed the original Obamacare playbook and sought to make a bill repealing of Obamacare part of the budget reconciliation, which will not be subject to the Senate's 60-vote filibuster requirement. The Republicans proposed a three phase approach: a bill to repeal Obamacare and the tax provisions, new regulations from HHS, and follow-up legislation enacting the details of the new health care plan. The House committees voted the repeal bill to the floor of the House, but the House Freedom Caucus withheld its support. On March 24, 2017, the Republicans withdrew the bill. They passed a modified bill later and it was sent to the Senate. The Senate, with a slim GOP majority and with several [[RINO]]s struggled to find a replacement plan.
[[File:Obamacaretweet.jpg|left|600px|Obamacare tweet]]
== Basic Requirements ==
== Basic Requirements ==