GOP's new Obamacare strategy: death by a thousand cuts

Yet another congressional push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has failed as, for a second time, Republicans opted to withdraw proposals rather than face the humiliation of defeat.

Lawmakers have now missed the opportunity to use a legislative route known as budget reconciliation to avoid a Democratic filibuster, making the odds against ‘repeal and replace’ insurmountable.

The end of the Graham-Cassidy bill, which would have prevented the expansion of Medicaid eligibility and converted many provisions into block grants for states, must therefore surely be the final nail in the coffin for Trumpcare, at least in this political cycle.