--- title: AHCA: Hillary Clinton Says Bill Is a 'Shameful Failure' description: Hillary Clinton is not happy with the GOP health care bill. 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House Republicans voted on Thursday to repeal Obamacare, making good on a seven-year campaign promise that could reshape health care in the United States and dramatically reduce the number of Americans with health insurance._ by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams May 4, 2017 11:06 PM UTC House Republicans voted on Thursday to repeal Obamacare, making good on a seven-year campaign promise that could reshape health care in the United States and dramatically reduce the number of Americans with health insurance. by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams May 4, 2017 11:06 PM UTC Hillary Clinton is not happy with the [health care bill](http://time.com/4767856/health-care-vote-senate-republicans-mitch-mcconnell/?xid=homepage) House Republicans passed on Thursday. Just hours after the House voted, Clinton took to Twitter to slam the legislation that Republicans are touting as the fulfillment of a longtime promise to [repeal and replace Obamacare](http://time.com/4767335/health-care-vote-trumpcare-congress-house/). Clinton called the new bill, which could affect health coverage for millions of Americans, a “shameful failure of policy & morality” by the GOP. But she didn’t stop at criticism. She also called on voters to “fight back on behalf of the millions of families that will be hurt by their actions” and tweeted out a link to a page where people can donate to help Democratic candidates run against Republicans who voted for the health care bill. > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/860254394016817153) The vote on Thursday came six weeks after House Republicans had to [pull a previous version](http://time.com/4712852/ahca-donald-trump-obamacare-repeal-failure/) of the bill because they failed to get enough support from their caucus. But the legislation has [been amended](http://time.com/4712852/ahca-donald-trump-obamacare-repeal-failure/) to appeal to more of the far-right members of Congress. The bill gives tax cuts to the wealthy and rolls back the [expansion of Medicaid](http://time.com/4566900/medicaid-donald-trump-healthcare/). It also reduces assistance to low-income Americans, defunds Planned Parenthood for a year and weakens protections for people with [pre-existing conditions](http://time.com/4762385/ahca-health-care-preexisting-conditions-facts/). Because it was finalized and passed quickly, the Congressional Budget Office did not have time to score the bill before lawmakers voted. But the CBO found the previous version of the bill would have resulted in [24 million fewer insured people](http://time.com/4700051/obamacare-repeal-cbo-congressional-budget-office-analysis/) by 2026. Now the bill has to make it past the Senate, where some Republicans have already [expressed skepticism](http://time.com/4767461/lindsey-graham-republican-health-care-bill-obamacare-repeal-ahca/). But before that happens, [Democrats](http://time.com/4767631/hey-hey-goodbye-healthcare-bill/) like Clinton want to make sure lawmakers hear their objections. ## Transcript [00:00] This is a repeal and we replace of Obama care, make no [00:00] mistake about it. [ APPLAUSE ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [00:02] [ MUSIC ] The ayes are 217, the nays [00:30] are 213. The bill is passed without objection, the motion to [00:33] reconsider is laid upon the table. [ MUSIC ] [ NOISE ] [00:41] [ MUSIC ] This [01:19] is a setback, no two ways about it. But it is not the end of [01:23] the story, because I know that every man and woman in [01:25] this conference is now motivated more than ever to step up [01:28] our game, to deliver on our promises. 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