--- title: Is Time Running Out On Health Care? description: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pulled the Senate GOP healthcare bill from a planned vote. McConnell faces defections from two wings. canonical: https://time.com/4836396/is-time-running-out-on-health-care/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-28T17:31:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:21:06.944Z article:section: Politics og:title: Is Time Running Out On Health Care? og:description: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pulled the Senate GOP healthcare bill from a planned vote. 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Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Jun 28, 2017 5:31 PM UTC Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pulled the Senate Republican healthcare bill from a planned vote this week, as a long list of GOP lawmakers remain uncomfortable with the plan. After a meeting at the White House Tuesday with 46 GOP Senators and President Trump, McConnell issued a warning that time is running out for Republicans to unilaterally act on health care, and that if his push is unsuccessful that the GOP will have to work with Democrats to tinker with Obamacare later this year. McConnell faces defections on both wings of his caucus—and prospects for a compromise that doesn’t result in losing critical votes remain slim. The Senate isn’t the House, where leadership has more ability to steamroll members and lawmakers are less independent, and it is difficult to see how delay will make Republican consensus any easier to find. 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