Reporter she is one of the millions happy to hear the Affordable Care act was not repealed. Im so excited. Again, a lot of people were literally biting their nails. Reporter the Affordable Care act allowed medical, the government assistance program, to expand. This way more people were able to qualify. Had the law been repealed, clinics that serve lowincome families could have also lost funding. Dina lan is with the San Francisco Community Clinic continue sho continue sort uprepresenting Nonprofit Community health centers. This expansion was tremendously important for california. Right now about onethird of all californians are covered on medicaid. Reporter like many for her, health care would not have been an option he had not be for the Affordable Care act. They have other responsibilities and bills they have to handle. And to attempt to. Reporter some republicans see it as a major setback for President Trump and believe more could have been done to get it right. I think they should
After republicans pull their plan did replace obamacare. I will not sugarcoat this, this is a disappointing day for us. Doing big things is hard. House Speaker Paul Ryan made the stunning announcement this afternoon. We carried it live here on abc 7. The decision was made when it became clear the bill would not have the 216 votes needed to pass in the house. President trump campaigned heavily on a promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. A obamacare. And i never said, i guess im here 64 days, i never said repeal and replace obamacare, youve all heard my speeches, i never said repeal it and replace it within 64 days. I have a long time. Democrats were quick to declare a moment of triumph. Today is a great day for our country. Its a victory, what happened on the floor is a victory for the american people. The biggest beneficiary of the Affordable Care act is the state of california. Had it been repealed the state would have lost billions in federal funds that have helped lo
Pronounced at the scene. Reporter police have identified this man brent kelly as the person responsible for russells murder. As Police Worked to figure out a motive family members hoped senseless violence in their neighborhood comes to an end. We need to do better. We need to do better as a community. Reporter and that the killer comes forward. Turn yourself in. Death is going to chase you down too. You not going to get away with it. We dont want anyone else to get hurt. Reporter investigators are talking to people in the area trying to get a hold of Surveillance Video and also trying to look for any witnesses who may have seen what happened. If you have any information, dpd asks you give them a call. You could be eligible for a 2000 reward. Live in denver, andrea flores, cbs4 news. Two people including an off Duty Police Officer are recovering after a five car crash in aurora. A bmw did not see traffic slowing down in front of him. That person rearended a truck and led to a Chain Reac
Warning of near critical wildfire conditions. The most atrisk areas are in the southern colorado mountains and valleys. Hazardous conditions also stretch into wyoming and montana. High winds and extra warm temperatures these days certainly arent helping the cause. We want to bring in meteorologist danielle grant. We could use moisture at this point. By midweek we could find until then, it will be all about the wind. It will be extremely gusty. You can see red flag warnings in place most of eastern colorado. Denver not included, but that will continue throughout the day tomorrow. You can see winds picking up overnight in the foothills gusting in the 50mileperhour range by 9 00 tomorrow morning continuing and moving on to the i25 corridor between about 20 and 30 Miles Per Hour wind speeds for us. We are not done yet. Already in place anticipating wind gusts about 45 Miles Per Hour for most of eastern colorado. A very windy next couple of days. We will have some sunshine throughout tomorr
Sera while battling flames firefighters searched the home and found a woman unconsicious in a secondfloor bedroom. The challenge firefighters faced when trying to reach the victim, a hole in the floor of the bedroom. We were able to get around that hole, found the victim close to the second floor window. Sera crews carried the woman out with a ladder. But she died shortly after at the hospital. 73yearold Carol Mccarthy lived alone. It s horrible whether it s elderly or young, it s somebody s relative. Sera investigators are working on a cause, the fire marshall s office says there s evidence smoke alarms were not working. The state s fire marshall s office says this is the 12th fatal fire this year, and the Common Thread they re seeing, a lack of working smoke alarms. In natick, sera congi, Wcvb Newscenter 5. Pam one of two People Killed in a fire in groton last month has been identified. 66yearold Douglas Palmisano died january 28 when a fire broke out at his home on whiley road. Iden