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GOP senators gloomy about repeal prospects, but watch out for House repeat

Modern Healthcare: The seeming impasse among Senate Republicans to reach an agreement on how to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act feels like déjà vu all over again.

The question is which senator will take on Republican congressman Fred Upton's role and broker a last-minute compromise. Upton's amendment in early May brought just enough moderates and conservatives together to pass the American Health Care Act in the House.

Late last week, after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office walloped the House GOP replacement bill by estimating it would spike the number of uninsured Americans by 23 million, Senate Republicans wrung their hands, acknowledging it would make their repeal-and-replace efforts more difficult. Some dreaded the hostile reception they might get back home during the Memorial Day recess.

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