美共和黨議員顯示欲繼續推動改革奧巴馬醫保
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are signaling a commitment to continue trying to overhaul the nation's health care system, after their push to repeal former President Barack Obama's signature program failed in dramatic fashion last week.
House leaders opted not to hold a vote on the Republican health care bill when it became clear it did not have enough support to pass. Some opponents feared the measure would force too many people to lose health coverage, while others said it did not go far enough in reforming Obama's Affordable Care Act.
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday after a meeting with Republican lawmakers that members are ready to "work together and listen together." "It is just too important," he said. "Obamacare is doing too much damage to families. And so we're going to get this right, and in the meantime, we're going to do all of our other work that we came here to do."
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy was also optimistic, saying Republicans will follow through on their promise to repeal and replace the ACA. "Coming out of that conference I have more confidence that we will get it done," McCarthy said.
President Donald Trump initially reacted to Friday's failure by saying he was ready to move on to other priorities such as tax reform. But he has continued to criticize the current system and on Tuesday said he was sure there will be reforms.
"I know that we're all going to make a deal on health care. That's such an easy one. So I have no doubt that that's going to happen very quickly," he said at a White House reception with a group of both Democratic and Republican senators.
Neither Trump nor the House leaders gave an indication about when a new health care bill would be ready for action. And along with their positive statements Tuesday there were still mixed signals about how much of a priority health care is to Republicans right now.美國國會衆議院的共和黨議員表示將繼續努力全面改革醫保體系。共和黨廢除和取代前總統奧巴馬任內推出的平價醫保的努力上星期出人意料地失敗。
由於通過共和黨議案的支持票數明顯不夠，衆議院領袖決定不對議案投票。一些反對共和黨議案的議員擔心，會有大批人失去醫療保險。另外一些批評者則認爲，此議案對奧巴馬醫保的改革力度不夠大。
衆議院議長瑞安與共和黨議員開會之後星期二說，他們願意共同努力，共同聆聽。他說：“這個議題太重要了。奧巴馬醫保對家庭造成太大的損害。我們會把議案改得更到位。與此同時，我們還要着手進行我們作爲議員的所有其它工作。”
衆議院多數黨領袖麥卡錫也持樂觀態度。他說，共和黨議員將履行承諾，廢除和取代奧巴馬醫保。麥卡錫說：“會議之後，我更加樂觀。我們將實現目標。”
川普總統對星期五的挫折做出的第一反應是，他準備開展稅務改革等其它重要的工作，但他同時繼續批評奧巴馬醫保。他星期二說，肯定會有改革。
川普總統在白宮一個既有民主黨參議員也有共和黨參議員參加的招待會上說：“我知道我們大家會就醫保達成協議。這非常容易。因此，我絲毫不懷疑，這將很快發生。”
川普總統和衆議院領袖都沒有說什麼時候新的醫保改革法案出臺。雖然他們都做出樂觀的講話，但是也有不少與之不同的跡象顯示，共和黨議員還不確定醫保改革和其它議題相比是否應該更優先。
