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Senate GOP Leaders Delay Health Care Vote Until After July 4 Recess

NPR
Published June 27, 2017 at 12:06 PM EDT
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to doctors, nurses, patients and activists at Bellevue Hospital a day after the Republicans released their health care bill to the public on June 23, 2017 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to doctors, nurses, patients and activists at Bellevue Hospital a day after the Republicans released their health care bill to the public on June 23, 2017 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Lacking votes, Senate GOP leaders have abruptly delayed a vote on their health care bill until after the July 4 recess.

NPR’s Scott Horsley (@HorsleyScott) joins Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson to discuss where the effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act stands.

With reporting from The Associated Press

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