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Donald J. Trump told us — many times — during the 2016 presidential campaign\u00a0that the greatest skill he would bring to the presidency would be his ability to close the deal.<\/p>\n

He made a fortune working out the “best” deals in the history of business … he said.<\/p>\n

Here we are. Trump is now the president of the United States. He promised to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act with something more “affordable” and that no American would be left without health insurance.<\/p>\n

Trump and congressional Republican leaders have produced something called the American Health Care Act. But there’s this little problem with it.<\/p>\n

The Congressional Budget Office’s “scoring” of it pegs the number of Americans who would lose health insurance at 24 million. What’s more, the conservative Freedom Caucus in the House of Representatives hates the AHCA. They call it “Obamacare light.”<\/p>\n

So do congressional Democrats. No surprise there.<\/p>\n

Crucial vote coming up<\/a><\/p>\n

The AHCA goes to a vote Thursday in the House. Freedom Caucus members aren’t budging. The president went to Capitol Hill to pitch the AHCA. He threatened some House members that they’d lose their seats in 2018 if they oppose the bill.<\/p>\n

Freedom Caucus leaders say they now have enough votes to kill the AHCA. Which means that a Senate vote won’t matter.<\/p>\n

Wasn’t this supposed to be the president’s main selling point? Is this how he closes the deal?<\/p>\n

The Affordable Care Act, which has brought 20 million Americans into the health insurance system who previously couldn’t afford it, appears to much harder to “repeal and replace” than Donald Trump predicted it would be.<\/p>\n

I will await the president’s response to what appears to be a stunning political setback in the making. I’m wondering if he’s going to say the House vote was “rigged.”<\/p>\n\n

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