--- title: Obamacare Repeal: Watch Online as House Votes on GOP Bill description: The House of Representatives is slated to vote on The American Health Care Act of 2017 today. canonical: https://time.com/4766694/obamacare-repeal-health-care-vote-watch-online/ author: Madeline Farber article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-04T12:41:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:45:10.262Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: House Votes on New Health Care Act to Repeal Obamacare og:description: The House is expected to vote on the bill early Thursday afternoon og:url: https://time.com/4766694/obamacare-repeal-health-care-vote-watch-online/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt061a1ecaba94ee8d/6988c053dcd4a165620750d5/house-of-representatives.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: House Of Representatives Allows Media Rare View Of House Chamber og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: House Votes on New Health Care Act to Repeal Obamacare twitter:description: The House is expected to vote on the bill early Thursday afternoon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt061a1ecaba94ee8d/6988c053dcd4a165620750d5/house-of-representatives.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: House Votes on New Health Care Act to Repeal Obamacare > Sponsored content. 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The U.S. House of Representatives chamber is seen December 8, 2008 in Washington, DC. Members of the media were allowed access to film and photograph the room for the first time in six years. Brendan Hoffman—Getty Images by [Madeline Farber](https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber May 4, 2017 12:41 PM UTC The [House of Representatives](http://time.com/4522697/how-to-get-the-house-of-representatives-working-again/) is slated to vote on a new health care bill Thursday that will repeal and replace the [Affordable Care Act ](http://time.com/4755983/ahca-health-care-lawmakers-congress-exempt/)(ACA), just six weeks after an earlier GOP bill was abandoned amid concerns it would not pass in the House. The vote is expected to take place early Thursday afternoon, according to the Associated Press. Republicans can afford to lose 22 votes for the bill to pass. The bill has been controversial, largely because of debate on whether people with pre-existing conditions would be covered, as they are under the ACA. In response, lawmakers have amended it to cover those with [pre-existing conditions](http://time.com/4762385/ahca-health-care-preexisting-conditions-facts/). But as the AP notes, experts worry the bill would allow insurers to set premiums based on people’s health — meaning those who are sick would most likely have to pay more. Still, some Republicans are optimistic it will pass, as House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) 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