Former Speaker John Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE (R-Ohio) predicts Republicans will “never” repeal and replace ObamaCare, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE told a group in Las Vegas last week that Republicans are “not going to repeal and replace ObamaCare” because “the American people have gotten accustomed to it,” according to video obtained by the Post.

“Here we are, seven months into this year, and yet they’ve not passed this bill. Now, they’re never — they’re not going to repeal and replace ObamaCare,” Boehner said. “It’s been around too long. And the American people have gotten accustomed to it. Governors have gotten accustomed to this Medicaid expansion, and so trying to pull it back is really not going to work.”

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Boehner suggested his colleagues should peel away some tax provisions, regulations and end health insurance mandates.

“When it’s all said and done, you’re not going to have an employer mandate anymore, you’re not going to have the individual mandate,” Boehner said. “The Medicaid expansion will be there. The governors will have more control over their Medicaid populations and how to get them care, and a lot of ObamaCare taxes will probably go.”

Boehner also warned that if Republicans fail to pass legislation on healthcare, taxes and infrastructure, “they’re going to get annihilated” in next year’s midterm elections.

Republicans are expected to vote to take up the House-passed healthcare bill on Tuesday afternoon. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGraham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Trump puts Supreme Court fight at center of Ohio rally The Memo: Dems face balancing act on SCOTUS fight MORE (R-Ky.) will need 50 of the Senate's 52 Republicans to support the motion to proceed, and the vote is expected to be close.

— This report was updated at 8:09 a.m.