Yet another rejection plagues the Trump administration as the replacement bill for the ACA continues to undergo reconstruction.

What happened?

Governors of various states have once again chimed in with their disapproval of yet another version of the Affordable Care Act. With both sides of the political spectrum chiming in with their say of the bill not meeting their desires, in terms of either being too harsh in the eyes of the moderate Republicans and Democrats, and not going far enough for the stringent conservatives, the bill has yet again failed to provide a desirable outcome in any definition of the word.

Various governors have chimed in with zeal, stating that they were adamantly against the bill due to large cuts and drawbacks of Medicaid in states such as Nevada, Vermont and Kentucky, and were resolute in their stances against the bill. Other conservative states were equally as unsupportive, as they also had their own list of grievances. They criticized the bill for having a lack of flexibility in terms of how states could provide care to their citizens, leading to an opposition to the bill.

Opposition from the conservative party was not limited to such grievances either. Lack of removal of taxes from the rich also led to the withdrawal of support from the conservatives. This was upon the process of lobbying from the President himself, which a series of governors were expecting to receive, hence the lack of support from the states.

What does this mean?

Repeat failures in the healthcare section indicate not only a failure to communicate with the needs of the rest of the country but show the lack of interaction as well, leading to an extremely divisive presidency. Such interaction shows an apparent divide in the understanding within the presidency of what the country wants and what the country actually wants, which virtually sets the stage for divergence, conflict and deterioration of cooperation between the nation and the presidency.

This also does not bode well for the future of American healthcare, as such instances of repeat rejections show that the current administration may not quite have an adequate answer to the repealing of Obamacare. If the process of fully repealing Obamacare does indeed follow through as projected earlier, it may spell disaster for the citizens of the United States. Jeopardizing the healthcare of a country could lead to drastic consequences, with people heavily reliant on it to receive their needed treatment, placing their lives in limbo. Risking the lives of a population for the sake of erasing the legacy of a president is unpardonable under any context.

Constant failure may spell disaster, and at this point, it's within expectations.