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Voting in the US Congress on the abolition of the Obamacare insurance system, introduced by the previous President, Barack Obamacare at the last moment was canceled , CNN reports. US President Donald Trump revoked the bill after he did not receive the necessary support for the Republicans.

According to various sources, from 28 to 35 Republicans opposed the reform of healthcare, which was proposed by Trump. One did not like that the presidential bill cut off medical insurance too much. Others considered the prepared changes not deep enough. After a six -hour discussion, a break was announced in the meeting. Then the speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan said that he and Trump agreed to cancel the vote.

“I spoke with the president some time ago and told him that the best that I can do now was to withdraw the bill, and he agreed with this decision,” Ryan said at a press conference. “This is a grief day for us. It is very difficult to do serious things.”

In turn, the leader of the Democrats in the House of Congress Representatives Nancy Pelosi welcomed the decision to remove the document from the vote. "Today is a great day for our country. This is a victory for Americans, for the elderly, for people with disabilities, for children, veterans," she said.

Trump himself said that Obamacare needs to be allowed to "go its own way." "It is better that we can make, from a political point of view, this is to allow Obamacare to show its failure," the president said. He noted that Obamacare "is already out of time."

Trump told reporters that the preparation of a new bill would not take much time. “I can tell you what will come of it: an even better law,” he said. According to the president, now Republicans will focus on tax reform.

The abolition of the Obamacare program is one of Trump's main election promises. On January 20, immediately after the inauguration, the president signed among others a decree prescribing to the institutions to “reduce regulation” in anticipation of the abolition of the health system introduced six years ago.