Playbook: “With all the talk of last-minute changes to the House Republicans’ health-care bill, will the public know the true cost of the legislation? Will the Congressional Budget Office have the time to update the number of Americans uninsured, and the updated price tag, by Thursday’s vote?”

“Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump — those awkward, sometimes reluctant allies — face the biggest test yet of their unusual relationship as the House barrels toward a dramatic vote this week on repealing and replacing Obamacare,” Politico reports.

“The stakes could not be higher for either of them.”

“The success of the new president’s legislative agenda will hinge in large part on Thursday’s vote in the House… Failure would be a real blow to Trump, who has vowed over and over again to ‘repeal and replace horrible, disastrous Obamacare.’ It would damage the prospects of getting his other top priorities — from tax reform to funding his ‘beautiful wall’ — through a GOP-controlled Congress.”

Mike Allen: “The votes aren’t there yet, but a Republican lobbyist tells me Speaker Ryan had to be The Gambler: ‘It was either call the hand, or fold.'”

“The Trump administration, under pressure from conservative lawmakers, appears increasingly open to changing legislation repealing and replacing Obamacare in order to placate the right — but that may guarantee at least this version of the bill is as good as dead the Senate,” CNN reports.

“The political calculation is setting off a domino effect on Capitol Hill.”

“Just days to go before a Thursday vote on the House GOP bill, moderate Republicans have already expressed deep reservations about making drastic reforms to the current health care system. Making additional changes to satisfy conservatives is certain to strengthen opposition among centrist Republicans.”