Danhof says that companies like Cigna, Aetna and Johnson & Johnson have “a moral responsibility” to help craft better health care reform because they have been the beneficiaries of “massive taxpayer-funded provisions,” such as the risk corridors, under the ACA.

Instead, the health insurance industry's primary trade association, the America's Health Insurance Plans, last Friday came out strongly against an amendment from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) that would have allowed Americans to buy health insurance plans that fit their needs and “not the artificial list of coverages,” deemed essential benefits under the ACA, Danhof said.

“Obamacare was not an easy sell, but the likes of Obama, Pelosi and Jarrett counted on money and influence from top pharmaceutical companies, health insurers and even pharmaceutical retail chains to bring the message of Obamacare to the public,” Danhof says. “The Senate will surely revive its effort to repeal and replace Obamacare with an affordable, sustainable system. When they do, corporate leaders need to step up and do their part to fix the mess that they helped create.”

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump on Tuesday put the blame squarely on politicians — even those in his party.

“We were let down by all of the Democrats and a few Republicans,” Trump tweeted hours after Republican Sens. Jerry Moran (Kan.) and Mike Lee (Utah) announced they would not support taking up a bill repealing and replacing the ACA, effectively blocking the legislation, according to The Hill.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said late Monday that the Senate would now try to separate the repeal and replace of the ACA.

"In the coming days, the Senate will vote to take up the House bill with the first amendment in order being what a majority of the Senate has already supported in 2015 and that was vetoed by then-President Obama: a repeal of Obamacare with a two-year delay to provide for a stable transition period," McConnell said in a statement.