The Latest: Health ideas proliferate, but prospects iffy

FILE - In this Thursday, July 20, 2017, file photo, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney gestures as he speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington. The White House is stepping up demands that the Senate resume efforts to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law. Asked if no other legislative business should be taken up until the Senate acts again on health care, Mulvaney on Sunday, July 30, responded "yes" and suggested the Senate continue working through August if necessary. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) FILE - In this Thursday, July 20, 2017, file photo, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney gestures as he speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington. The White House is stepping up demands that the Senate resume efforts to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law. Asked if no other legislative business should be taken up until the Senate acts again on health care, Mulvaney on Sunday, July 30, responded "yes" and suggested the Senate continue working through August if necessary. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

By Associated Press July 31, 2017 2 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on Republican efforts to repeal and replace the nation’s health care law (all times EDT):

4 p.m.

Republican, Democratic and even bipartisan plans for reshaping parts of the Obama health care law are proliferating in Congress. But they have iffy prospects at best.

And there are no signs GOP leaders have chosen a fresh pathway after last week’s collapse of their struggle to repeal and rewrite President Barack Obama’s statute.

President Donald Trump spent the weekend insisting that the Senate vote anew on upending that law.