'Let Obamacare Fail,' Trump Says After GOP Plan Collapses

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Updated July 18, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2017. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

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President Trump declared Tuesday he's going to "let Obamacare fail" after the Republicans' effort to rewrite the 2010 health care overhaul imploded in Congress. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed a vote on a backup plan simply repealing the statute, but desertions by his own party seemed to ensure that would fail, too.

Julie Rovner (@jrovner), senior correspondent for Kaiser Health News, joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to discuss what's next on health care policy.

With reporting from The Associated Press

This article was originally published on July 18, 2017.

This segment aired on July 18, 2017.

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