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Trump Takes Huge Step to Repeal Obamacare as House Passes New Healthcare Bill

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US President Donald Trump is one huge step closer to repealing Obamacare, after the House of Representatives narrowly passed a healthcare bill aimed at undoing one of his predecessor's biggest accomplishments.

The 217-213 vote is a significant triumph for Trump, who repeatedly promised during his campaign to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's healthcare law.

Trump suffered a major setback in March after a vote on an earlier version of the American Health Care Act [AHCA] was dramatically cancelled at the last minute when it failed to gain enough Republican support.

Twenty Republicans voted against the legislation, which was fully rejected by Democrats.

The AHCA now faces an uphill battle in the Senate, but Trump feels confident about the result. "It's going to an unbelievable victory when we get it through the Senate," Trump said at a press conference following the House vote.

Trump saluted the bill as "a great plan and I think it will get even better", saying more than once, "make no mistake: this is a repeal and replace of Obamacare". Trump also vowed that premiums and deductibles would come down.

While not fully repealing the Affordable Care Act, the latest version of Trump's AHCA would make it possible for states to opt out of having to provide certain health services. It would also eliminate fines imposed on people who don't buy insurance.

A previous version of the bill - which is opposed by the American Medical Association, the AARP, and other medical groups - would have bumped an estimated 24 million people off of insurance by 2026, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office.

The House voted on the legislation without an updated analysis of how much it would cost, or how many it would affect, a sign that leadership was trying to rush the bill through the lower chamber, AHCA critics said.

House minority leader Democrat Nancy Pelosi said: "Republicans are clearly terrified of their members and the American people seeing the full consequences of their plan to gut critical protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team