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WASHINGTON — President Trump and Republican leaders are trying again to roll back the Affordable Care Act as lawmakers face a deadline next week and efforts to reach a bipartisan compromise appeared to collapse.

It was still unclear Tuesday evening whether Trump and his Senate allies would secure the votes to pass the sweeping legislation, which would not only scrap the 2010 law but also restructure — and possibly terminate — hundreds of billions of dollars of federal health care funding.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declined to commit to scheduling the vote even after Trump personally called senators and Vice President Pence told them that now was the time to act.

Further complicating the new GOP repeal push, more Republican governors Tuesday came out against the bill sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.). They join a growing list of patient advocates, hospitals and physician groups opposed to the measure.

They urged lawmakers to instead back a bipartisan effort in the Senate Health Committee to stabilize insurance markets.

But by Tuesday night, that bipartisan effort appeared to be collapsing. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) the chairman of the Health Committee, said Republicans and Democrats have “not found the necessary consensus.”

Gov. Cuomo warned of “frightening” hits from the health care cuts that could cost New York as much as $19 billion.