Washington — As their seven-year effort to repeal and replace Obamacare derailed in the US senate, Republicans faced the prospect of doing the once unthinkable: working with Democrats to make fixes to former president Barack Obama’s 2010 healthcare law. Bipartisan breakthroughs would likely come in the form of individual bills targeted at issues such as stabilising insurance markets or lowering prescription drug costs. A wholesale overhaul of healthcare, senators say, is a bridge too far for the two parties, locked for years in an ideological battle on this issue and many others. President Donald Trump invited all Republican senators to have lunch at the White House on Wednesday to discuss healthcare and other priorities. "I will be having lunch at the White House today with Republican senators concerning healthcare. They MUST keep their promise to America!" Trump wrote on Twitter early on Wednesday morning. "The Republicans never discuss how good their healthcare bill is & it will ...
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