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The World Tonight: Trump's plan to repeal Obamacare collapses

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18/07/2017

Trump's plan to repeal Obamacare collapses

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, Trump's plan to repeal Obamacare collapses

Republican senators refuse to repeal the Healthcare Act without a replacement.

Donald Trump's plan to repeal Obamacare collapses as Republican senators refuse to repeal the Healthcare Act without a replacement.

After promising to repeal Obama's Affordable Healthcare Act for 7 years the Republicans appear to have failed. We assess the troubled history and possible future of Obamacare and ask what damage has been done to the Republican Party. Also: this programme has learned that warnings about electrical power surges at Grenfell Tower weren't properly addressed. A Polish Judge tells us proposed changes to the judiciary in his country amount to the 'extinction of the rule of law'. Plus: 'career psychopath', 'donkeys', and 'thick as mince': a short history of political insults.
Picture: Healthcare activists at the US Senate
Credit: Reuters.

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