24 hours later, Senate health deal all but completely dead

The Hill: A Senate healthcare deal to extend critical ObamaCare payments to insurers appears all but completely dead just 24 hours after it was announced.

President Trump reversed course Wednesday and said he opposed the deal, while Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) office said the Senate should keep its focus on repealing and replacing President Obama’s signature law.

Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the third-ranking Senate Republican, acknowledged the deal had “stalled out.”

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