Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) stormed out of a meeting Tuesday with other Senate Republicans and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) on repealing the Affordable Care Act, saying afterward that he heard "undesirable" replacement plans at the gathering.
"I hear things that are unacceptable to me," Paul said after the meeting, according to Politico. "If they don't seem to care what conservatives think about complete repeal of Obamacare, they're going to be shocked when they count the votes."
Repealing Obamacare is what we all ran on since 2010. As a Physician, I want to repeal and replace pic.twitter.com/H6AWdweqoo
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) February 15, 2017
The Kentucky senator has repeatedly pushed for the complete repeal and replacement of Obamacare and was unsatisfied with the partial replacement plans being discussed with Ryan and Senate colleagues.
Paul reportedly left the meeting after lengthy discussions about keeping the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion and creating tax credits that he called a "new entitlement program."
A Republican in the room, however, told Politico that Medicaid expansion was not discussed during the meeting.