Republicans are claiming a triumph by pushing their legislative centerpiece scuttling much of President Barack Obama's health care law through the House.
There are 21 women in the Senate, and their voices - along with the voices of Americans who have to live with any changes in their healthcare plans - need to be heard.
The bill would replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
And that was in a chamber Republicans control 238-193. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said after the bill passed the House Thursday. That measure split the Republican caucus 37-35 when it passed the House, and it would have failed without Democratic support. It would repeal the requirement that everyone buy health insurance and the penalties for those who don't.
He is also promising that the American Health Care Act will be a big league bargain for consumers. And they are urging the Senate to make some serious changes to that bill. Numerous 31 states that accepted Obama's expansion of that program are led by GOP governors, and senators have no interest in cutting their states' funds and taking coverage away from voters.
New Jersey, along with 30 other states and the District of Columbia, accepted a core deal from Obama's health overhaul to expand Medicaid; 550,000 people have gained coverage through it in New Jersey alone.
"I actually think it will get even better".
He says people with preexisting conditions may end up in high-risk pools, which are now used for things like homeowners insurance for people who live along the coast.
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Cuts to Medicaid - could jeopardize that quality of care. "Any individual that would be eligible for the benefits that would come out of a Medicaid program would be limited in what's available for them".
"This disastrous legislation once again makes being a woman a pre-existing condition; "defunds" Planned Parenthood; guts maternity coverage; strips 24 million of their health insurance; lets insurance companies charge people with pre-existing conditions exorbitant rates; forces new moms back to work shortly after giving birth; and reduces access to contraception", she said.
Collins and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, have opposed cutting federal money for Planned Parenthood.
"Common sense prevailed", said House Majority Leader Glen Casada, a Republican from Franklin.
Trumpcare now moves to the Senate, and it is more important now than ever that the people show massive opposition to this legislation both in the streets and by lighting up the phone lines to demand that our senators prevent this legislation from ever reaching the president's desk by any means necessary.
Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander said Republicans will "write our own bill", suggesting they may be far apart on agreeing with House provisions.
And with only a slim 52-48 majority, McConnell can lose only two senators from his sometimes fractious caucus, which runs the gamut from moderates like Collins to conservatives like Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas.
Republican members of the Senate health committee have assembled a group to work on healthcare reform, which consists of 13 men. Anything they tell you to the contrary is false.
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