'A Loss Is Not Acceptable, Folks'
President Trump warns House Republicans they could lose their majority in 2018 if they don’t pass the leadership’s health-care bill on Thursday.
Updated on March 21 at 5:15 p.m. ET
President Trump tried negotiating with conservatives on health care.
He brought them to the White House and treated them to a night of bowling. He listened to their concerns about Speaker Paul Ryan’s American Health Care Act. With his customary fanfare, Trump even made the House leadership—despite their initial protests—rewrite key portions of their bill to appease the right. The revised version cuts Obamacare’s taxes sooner, allows states to make the able-bodied poor work for Medicaid, and ensures that people can’t use its new tax credits to pay for abortions.
On Tuesday, however, Trump ditched the policy
