“My view is that it’s probably going to be dead,” he said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
Support for the GOP’s plan to repeal and replace the ACA deteriorated over the July 4th recess due to the party’s inability to reconcile differences on key aspects of the plan related to Medicaid expansion, taxes and a controversial proposal from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to allow state exchanges to sell deregulated plans.
Mr. McCain said he thinks Republicans should work with Democrats to come up with an ACA replacement plan, an idea that more GOP senators are getting onboard with. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said collaborating with Democrats is not out of the question, as “no action is not an alternative,” according to the report.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., echoed a similar sentiment. While he said he thinks the BCRA is “better than Obamacare…my advice if it does fail, work together in a bipartisan fashion to replace it,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday.
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