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US President Donald Trump suffered a bitter defeat in his first major legislative challenge as Republican lawmakers shot down his effort to repeal Obamacare.
On Friday, Trump was forced to withdraw the embattled Republican health care bill moments before a vote, leaving his major campaign pledge to dismantle his predecessor’s health care reforms unfulfilled.
The plan, intended to bring free-market competition to the insurance industry and lower the cost of premiums for most Americans, would have slashed public assistance to people with no health coverage through their employers. Some 14 million people stood to lose their coverage starting next year, forecasts said.