The House of Representatives is expected to vote Friday on a bill to repeal chunks of the Affordable Care Act and replace it with the Republican alternative, the American Health Care Act.
The vote comes seven years and a day after President Barack Obama signed the prior law — often called Obamacare — into law. The two bills tackle the same subject, but their path to the House floor has been very different.
Here’s a side-by-side comparison of how the votes compare.
The Affordable Care Act was debated far longer
House Democrats began unveiling drafts of the Affordable Care Act in June of 2009, introducing the revised measure that would ultimately pass on Oct. 29, 2009. The total process took nearly six months.
House Republicans unveiled the first draft of the American Health Care Act on March 6, introducing the revised measure on March 20. If the bill is voted on Friday, the total process will have taken 18 days.
The Affordable Care Act got a much better score from the Congressional Budget Office
The CBO report for the version of the Affordable Care Act that passed the House in 2009 estimated it would reduce the number of uninsured by 36 million and reduce the federal deficit by $104 billion over a decade.
The CBO report for the latest version of the American Health Care Act estimated it would increase the number of uninsured by 24 million and reduce the federal deficit by $150 million over a decade.
The Affordable Care Act was much longer
The version of the Affordable Care Act that passed the House of Representatives was 1,990 pages.
The latest version of the American Health Care Act is 126 pages.
Most Americans disapproved of both bills
A Quinnipiac University poll in December of 2009 found that 53% of American voters disapproved of the Affordable Care Act and 36% approved.
A Quinnipiac University poll in late March found that 56% of American voters disapproved of the American Health Care Act and 17% approved.
