The House on Thursday passed a new version of a healthcare bill after the first one in March failed to get enough Republican support. This time, the debate hinged on Americans with pre-existing conditions. Here’s a look at how the whole dynamic played out over the last few days: Republican leaders scrambled to scrape up support from two house republican factions: the conservative Freedom Caucus, and the more moderate Tuesday Group. Two new amendments were tacked on, making it palatable to both. The first amendment includes a waiver for states to opt out of covering patients with pre-existing conditions, a win for the Freedom Caucus. Democrats were quick to jump on this. Pelosi: This is deadly. Trumpcare means heart-stopping premium increases from anything from asthma to cancer and the list goes on along the alphabet and no Band-aid amendment will fix it. And then it was the moderates’ turn to balk. They made it clear they wouldn’t vote for it. Fred Upton (radio intv on Tuesday): I’ve supported the practice of not allowing pre-existing illnesses to be discriminated against from the very get-go. This amendment torpedoes that. It’s not going to get my Yes vote the way that it is. (assuming we’ll ID him and party affiliation w/ L3) Billy Long: I was always for the underlying bill. When they made what I consider the change to pre-existing conditions, that’s when I said I’m a no. But by Wednesday, they had a solution. Mr. Upton, an influential house veteran, convinced Trump and other leaders to add another amendment — $8 billion of funding to help cover insurance costs for people with pre-existing conditions. The last-minute amendment got moderate republicans to back the bill, seemingly satisfying both factions of the republican house. The bill passed in the House 217 to 213, and now moves to the Senate for a vote. Senators will likely heavily revise it, removing and changing certain provisions and amendments to create their own palatable version and then send it back to the House .. and the process there will likely repeat itself. So for now, Obamacare will still remain the law of the land.