--- title: AHCA: Richard Burr Says No Health Care Plan This Year description: Republican Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina said he doesn't think an Obamacare replacement will be coming this year canonical: https://time.com/4803424/senator-richard-burr-house-health-care-plan-ahca/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-02T17:13:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:14:25.407Z article:section: Politics og:title: GOP Senator Richard Burr: I Don't See a Health Care Plan This Year og:description: He called the House Obamacare repeal plan "dead on arrival" og:url: https://time.com/4803424/senator-richard-burr-house-health-care-plan-ahca/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a1908948e68404d/6988cff1cf40a89943c47f5c/gettyimages-509219402.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Intelligence Leaders Brief Senate On Worldwide Threats To U.S. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: GOP Senator Richard Burr: I Don't See a Health Care Plan This Year twitter:description: He called the House Obamacare repeal plan "dead on arrival" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a1908948e68404d/6988cff1cf40a89943c47f5c/gettyimages-509219402.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # GOP Senator Richard Burr: I Don't See a Health Care Plan This Year by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Jun 2, 2017 5:13 PM UTC  Richard Burr (R-NC) Richard Burr (R-NC)Gabriella Demczuk—Getty by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Jun 2, 2017 5:13 PM UTC Republican Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina said he doesn’t think an Obamacare replacement will be passed in 2017. Burr described the [health care plan](http://time.com/4795076/ahca-cbo-report-senate-republicans/) passed by the [House of Representatives](http://time.com/4800383/michael-flynn-michael-cohen-russia-investigation-subpoena/) as “dead on arrival” to a local [North Carolina](http://time.com/4788229/supreme-court-north-carolina-redistricting/) news station. Burr told [WXII 12 News](http://www.wxii12.com/article/sen-burr-on-russia-investigation-theres-no-truth-to-vladimir-putins-words/9963992) it’s “not a good plan” and added “I don’t see a comprehensive health care plan this year.” “It’s unlikely that we will get a health care deal, which means that most of my time has been spent trying to figure out solutions to Iowa losing all of its insurers,” Burr said. 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