https://consumerist.com/2017/09/19/senate-plans-meaningless-hearing-on-obamacare-repeal-bill/

One of the reasons that the effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act met a dramatic late-night demise in July was the criticism that GOP lawmakers held no actual hearings on this matter that could directly impact many millions of Americans. As Republican senators look to make one last try at repeal before their clock runs out, legislators are finally holding their first, but ultimately pointless, public hearing on healthcare.

Ordinarily a bill goes through an iterative process before it becomes law. The path goes something like this: