California Delegation Critical To Getting GOP Health Plan Through The House
Leadership has been trying to sway California Republicans in vulnerable districts.
San Francisco Chronicle:
Trump, GOP Leaders Lean On California Republicans To Pass Health Bill
President Trump and House GOP leaders leaned hard Wednesday on undecided Republicans, including vulnerable Californians in swing districts, in a last-ditch effort to pass their proposed repeal of the Affordable Care Act this week. By late in the day, Republican leaders expressed confidence they had the support they needed to repeal former President Barack Obama’s signature legislative victory, and said the House would vote Thursday. (Lochhead, 5/3)
The Mercury News:
California's GOP Delegation Key To Obamacare Repeal
Nearly six weeks after Republican leaders in the House canceled a vote on a controversial replacement for the Affordable Care Act because they lacked the votes, they are set to try again on Thursday. And California’s 14 Republican members of Congress will be critical in deciding its fate. (Seipel, 5/3)
Orange County Register:
Constituents Of Rep. Ed Royce March For A Vote Against American Health Care Act
A small number of constituents who live in Rep. Ed Royce’s district marched to his Brea office Wednesday afternoon asking that he oppose legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare. Royce is undecided at a time when fellow Republicans are seeking to bring legislation to a vote that would make health insurance optional and allow states to opt out of banning insurers from charging more to people with pre-existing conditions. (Perkes, 5/3)
Los Angeles Times:
California Shows Why The Republican Plan To Rely On States To Replace Obamacare May Not Work
Richard Figueroa still shudders at the memory of the calls he fielded as enrollment director of California’s special health plan for sick patients who’d been rejected by insurers. Desperate callers pleaded to get off the waiting list as cancer or other illnesses worsened. Enrollees struggled to understand why the plan would not cover all the treatment they needed. (Levey, 5/3)