Gov. Inslee doesn’t want to ‘lose momentum’ because of Republicans

How will the latest version of the Obamacare repeal plan affect people in Washington state?

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We’ve heard warnings that premiums would spike even higher than they already have. If President Trump pushes more responsibility onto the states, are we prepared to go it alone? Will we move towards a single-payer system?

Gov. Jay Inslee has a one-word answer for all of those questions: No.

“In part, because of the success we have enjoyed,” Inslee told Seattle’s Morning News. “We have had a more successful rollout of health care than maybe any other state. We’ve had 750,000 people — the size of some states — who now have insurance who did not several years ago.”

“We’ve had a lot of success with this,” he said. “We want to keep the ball rolling.”

Inslee says the GOP bill would eventually reduce health care for hundreds of thousands of people.

“We have a lot of momentum in this state,” he added. “We don’t want to lose it by having the Republicans really destroy this infrastructure in health care.”

Two GOP moderates have helped breath new life in the effort to repeal Obamacare. The pair who had held out against the plan announced Wednesday that they are now backing the legislation, The Associated Press reports.

Democrats have remained strongly opposed to the GOP health care legislation.

“This is a terrible bill made worse by this hoax on pre-existing conditions,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters.

She said the new changes don’t improve the bill and instead are “an assault on the good health of the American people.”

The initial GOP bill crumbled two months ago, after receiving opposition by Republicans. It would cut Medicaid, repeal tax boosts on the wealthy, and cut Obama’s fine on people who refuse to purchase insurance.

Listen to the entire conversation with Inslee below.

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