If it’s true that the health care reform effort since January has been an exercise in blame-shifting, then Paul Ryan and House Republicans have successfully shifted blame for the failure to repeal and replace Obamacare over to the Senate. With 20 Republican defections, but with many Republicans in tough districts still having to cast tough “yes” votes, the House passed the American Health Care Act by the razor-thin margin of 217 to 213.
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Bernstein: Passing the buck in health care repeal
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