Republican health care bill: What they are saying from the left and the right

President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed both Democratic and Republican senators as they failed to pass a health care reform bill that could have fulfilled his campaign promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

The president took to Twitter to express disappointment that congressional Democrats and a “few” Republicans refused to move forward on the redraft of Obamacare, and urge Americans to “stay tuned!” for what was coming next.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-Kentucky), said Tuesday he would push for a “clean” repeal of the ACA, meaning a simple vote on repealing the signature legislation of the Obama presidency. Minority Leader Charles Schumer, (D-New York), told senators from the floor Tuesday morning that Republicans need to join with Democrats to come up with a workable plan for health care in the country.

Here's what other media outlets are saying about the health care bill. 
 
Opinions from the left
 
Who's behind GOP's stunning defeat on health care?
CNN

"Monday night, two Republican Senators -- Mike Lee and Jerry Moran -- announced that they would not vote to send the health care bill to the floor. The announcement marked a stunning defeat for a Republican Party that controls the White House and Congress and which has made this item the top priority for years.
Not only is health care reform in limbo, but going into the end of July, Republicans don't have a single major piece of legislation to show for President Donald Trump's first six months of office."
 
Some whats and whys of the current moment in the health care debate
The Washington Post

"What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours," and two senators. Assuming you've had a chance to peruse your morning paper, you know that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) now lacks the votes to pass the latest version of his bill to repeal-and-replace Obamacare. Once Republican Sens. Mike Lee (Utah) and Jerry Moran (Kan.) joined Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Susan Collins (Maine) in opposition to the bill, McConnell had no way to get to 50.
Truly, this is weird and portentous political moment. For the seven years since its enactment in 2010, a core tenet of American conservatism has been to take down the Affordable Care Act. How could it be that with Republicans now controlling all three legislative branches, they thus far have been unable to pull it off? And what might the future hold?"
 
Trumpcare is dead, at least for now: But the health care fight will never end 
Salon

"It appears that the Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is dead, at least for now. Donald Trump's unrealistic, grandiose promise will go unfulfilled. That didn't work out. After weeks of prevarication and misdirection on the part of people like Vice President Mike Pence and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who went on TV last weekend and blatantly lied about the effects of the Senate health care bill, on Monday night two GOP senators, Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas, pulled the plug by saying they could not vote for it. Added to the previously announced no votes of Sens. Susan Collins and Rand Paul, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is now at least two short. He has admitted that this bill will not pass. We've been here before, of course. The first House bill was pulled and they came back and passed an even worse version. This may not end the way everyone seems to assume it will either."
 
Trumpcare Is Dead—Until Next Time
The Daily Beast

“The Senate Republicans’ health care bill died Monday night around 8:45 p.m., when Senator Mike Lee tweeted that he and GOP colleague Senator Jerry Moran could not vote for it:

MTP means “motion to proceed,” which needs 50 votes. Senators Susan Collins and Rand Paul had both already said that they’d do the same. There being 52 Republican senators, this means Mitch McConnell has gone from having 50 votes—with which the bill could still pass, because Mike Pencewould provide the 51st vote to break the tie—to having 48. And even in the United States Senate, 48 loses.

This is huge. The bill is dead. The cynical, all-politics, non-policy, no-hearing bill is dead. Mr. Tactical Genius, McConnell, who certainly is a tactical genius when it comes to blocking what the Democrats want to do, may not be such a tactical genius when it comes to passing what his own party wants to do."
 
Opinions from the right
 
12 freshman House members: It's time for the Senate to act on health care
Fox News

(Written by 12 freshman House members) "Last week, headlines announced: "Two Republican Senators declare bid to repeal health care law 'dead.'" Making matters worse, Senator John McCain suffered a blood clot, causing Senate Majority Leader McConnell to further delay action. While we pray for Senator McCain's speedy recovery, we House Republican freshmen are concerned by this news of further delay. More importantly, imagine the distress of constituents across the nation who are suffering under ObamaCare. Our party campaigned on repealing and replacing ObamaCare with something better, but until now the opportunity was never truly possible.
We remain fully aware that we were elected with a mandate from voters to end the pain that ObamaCare has caused and provide a better solution. Failure to do so is a failure to follow the will of our voters who elected a Republican majority to both the House and Senate, placed a Republican in the White House, and worked tirelessly to secure change from the status quo."
 
Thank You, Senator Mike Lee
Red State

"The Republican effort to amend the Affordable Care Act is halted until further notice thanks to the fact that several Republican Senators were not on board with the broken promises it represented.
For the longest time, Senator Mike Lee of Utah was on the fence about the bill, and days of radio silence on his social media feeds left me wondering which way he would go. I remained hopeful that he was going to end up against it, given that the inclusion of an (albeit extremely watered down) amendment originally supported by he and Ted Cruz didn't get him on board immediately.
Tonight, as we reported earlier, Lee officially came out and effectively killed it, along with Senator Jerry Moran."
 
Mr. President, Why Are You Letting Mitch McConnell Scuttle Your Agenda?
The Resurgent – Erick Erickson

"Mitch McConnell, in public, says he wants to pass a health care reform plan that repeals Obamacare. Remember, McConnell says he wants to scrap Obamacare "root and branch."
But behind the scenes, McConnell has been working over liberal senators to assure them his plan will not actually scrap the Medicaid expansion and that he will undermine Senator Ted Cruz's amendment to provide individual freedom in health care choices.
McConnell, again and again, stacks the deck against conservatives, setting them up to be the fall guy for his own failures."
 
The Obamacare Repeal Can Gets Kicked Down the Road, One More Time 
The National Review

“After all this time, it increasingly appears impossible to get 50 Republican senators to agree on legislation to replace Obamacare. Last night brought genuinely shocking news as two GOP senators, who up until now hadn’t appeared to be likely “no” votes, announced their opposition: Jerry Moran of Kansas and Mike Lee of Utah.”