Toomey, who helped craft the proposal, is among a handful of Republican lawmakers who support it, according to a roundup by The Washington Post.
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McConnell has acknowledged that he’s willing to change the measure before it’s voted on. Under the Senate bill, tax credits would be based primarily on age as well as income and geography.
GOP Senate leaders can only lose two members of their 52-senator caucus in support of the bill in order for it to pass. Heller said he spoke with Senate Republican leaders and Vice President Mike Pence on Friday morning. Under the Senate bill, these enrollees would no longer be covered after 2023.
Mr McConnell said Democrats chose not to help frame the bill. Veteran Senator John McCain said the draft bill was better than Obamacare in “100 ways”, but like many Senators wanted to study the bill further and consult with his state’s governor.
“Page by page, this Republican plan forces Americans to pay more for less, less comprehensive health care coverage”, said Sen.
The Nevada senator joins four other Republicans in expressing opposition to the draft bill as it is now written.
Four conservative senators expressed opposition but openness to talks: Sens.
Back in May, the House narrowly passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA). “We’ll have to see”.
Also appearing on “This Week” is Sen.
Sen. Susan Collins of ME reiterated her opposition to language blocking federal money for Planned Parenthood, which many Republicans oppose because it provides abortions. Most people who use Medicaid are pretty thrilled with it because, in a shocking turn of events, people really enjoy having affordable effective health insurance.
Even President Donald Trump seemed tepid, saying the bill still needed “a little negotiation”.
First up, the Congressional Budget Office’s estimate of the plan’s costs and the effects on insurance coverage is due early in the week, perhaps Monday, June 26.
Former Indiana State Health commissioner Woody Myers says the bill worsens an already-weakened health care situation after large insurers this week left Indiana’s Obamacare marketplace – something Myers blames federal Republicans for.
Some of the steepest cuts would be to the commonwealth’s Medicaid expansion, which covers 716,000 lower-income people statewide.
Those waivers would allow state to drop benefits required by Obamacare, such as maternity coverage, mental health care and prescription drug coverage.
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AP writer Regina Garcia Cano reported from Las Vegas.
