I don’t know the the subject of the interview on NPR was but he said, essentially, that there was a bipartisan bill sent to Obama to make reforms to ACA that the then-President vetoed (as expected). The interviewee’s question was “We have a reform bill that both sides supported. Why not re-introduce that bill?” Simply because it didn’t repeal as Trump promised? Clearly, ACA needs work. I think everyone agrees on that. What was this bill and did it really make any significant changes? In other words, was it good enough?
I’m aware of one “bipartisan” bill on ACA reforms that was sent to the President and was vetoed. It got more Republican votes against it (8) than Democratic votes for it (1), counting both the House and Senate roll call votes. That doesn’t meet my definition of bipartisan.
And by the way, that bill doesn’t seem terribly different than the one that just failed. CBO estimated that 22 million Americans would lose health insurance under the bill Obama vetoed.
Got it. Thanks.