President Donald J. Trump’s and Speaker Paul Ryan’s Healthcare bill, that was intended to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, failed to come to a vote in the House of Representatives due to the lack of “yes” votes they had.

Since 2009, when Obamacare was passed, Republicans have been promising to replace this bill as soon as a Republican President took office. Donald Trump promised that the repeal and replacement would occur immediately upon taking office and that although we are 70 days in, The Affordable Care Act remains in place.  

Scheduled for last Thursday was the much anticipated vote on the new Healthcare bill.  With the majority in the House of Representatives, the Republicans could pass the bill with up to 22 no votes by Republicans.  However, with close to 30 projected no votes, the bill was delayed to a Friday vote.  On Thursday night, the President threatened to stop working on healthcare, if the bill did not pass on Friday.  However, this ultimatum was unsuccessful, and Speaker Ryan pulled the bill from the floor.

During his campaign, the President mentioned many times how Obamacare is failing and exploding, and went as far to tweet that “”Obamacare will explode and we will all get together and piece together a great healthcare plan for THE PEOPLE. Do not worry!”  However, recent studies conducted by the National Public Radio show otherwise.

First, most people are protected by extreme premium hikes by the federal government.  Along with this protection, many statistics show that premiums have stayed steady over the last few years.  Also, the ensured rate has fallen dramatically.  It went from 13.3% in 2013 to 8.9% in the beginning of 2016.

On the contrary, conservatives argue that Obamacare is failing for several different reasons.  First, insurance costs continue to rise and therefore drives u p the tax on Obamacare.  Next, they claim that by into the 2020’s, over 31 million citizens will be left uninsured.  They also believe that individual insurance companies making decisions is a lot more effective than the federal government making all of the decisions.  Finally, conservatives claim that the true benefits of the ACA remain unclear and cannot be seen in the foreseeable future.

One key reason why Republicans are opposed to Obamacare is because they think it costs the federal government too much money.  However, according to “The Hill” repealing the law will increase the national deficit by $350 billion over the next 10 years.  They have suggesting keeping the tax for Obamacare in place to pay for the repeal, but this would go against the Conservative platform of lowering taxes.