Progressive activists are ready to inflict pain on Republicans who helped push the Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill through the House last week.
The all-male makeup of the 13-member group was clearly an irritant among some of the chamber's five GOP women.
"That's really up to the leadership", Sen. Some of the Republican senators say they're wary of the loss of revenue that would result if the Obamacare taxes were eliminated, and how that could jeopardize the prospects of helping the uninsured obtain coverage.
"I'm already having those discussions", Collins said.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who is fresh off winning reelection and has been willing to buck party leaders in the past, is also not in the working group.
And as for those with pre-existing conditions, the Senator says "we want to make sure that people in this country who have pre-existing conditions know going forward that they're going to have access to an affordable insurance plan that will cover them".
"If we have to make modifications in order to pass it, we'll make those modifications and work out the differences with the House". Patty Murray, D-Wash., the No. 3 Senate Democratic leader.
GOP senators have made clear they will likely make substantial changes in the House bill. Bill Cassidy, R-La., urged viewers to call Democratic senators and tell them to engage in the health care debate and to tell Republicans to back legislation lowering premiums and providing adequate coverage. It's due for week-long recesses the weeks of Memorial Day and Fourth of July, and then a break from July 28 through September 5.When Democrats pushed the Affordable Care Act through Congress in 2009 and 2010, they had a 60-vote Senate majority part of the time and an actively engaged president. McConnell said all GOP senators are meeting daily and discussing the health care effort. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tried to explain. "Everybody's at the table". "So, to the extent I'm not going to tell Leader McConnell or the White House is not going to tell him how to conduct a panel", Spicer said. He added that once laws are passed they go through a rulemaking process, and he is anxious the Trump administration's rules could make things even worse.
Afterward, Cruz said the group agreed to seek a Medicaid package that "puts Medicaid on a long-term fiscally sustainable path" and would give states more flexibility in running the program. Democrats have criticized Republicans for excluding women from the group.
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The senators met to discuss divisions among Republicans on Medicaid cuts, their first session since the House squeaked its health-care bill through on a 217-213 vote.
Hempstead said she expects that states with more consumer protections won't go that route.
Collins told reporters that GOP women senators "are not afraid to make their voices heard" and said she was not anxious they would have no input.
Katherine Hempstead, who analyzes health policy at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, said she does not expect any states to be able to afford keeping the Medicaid expansion in place.
It was late March, just after the dramatic collapse of House Republicans' initial attempt to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health-care system.
Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., said she was unconcerned about the panel's roster, saying, "Every senator has their say".
When the reporter asked Monday why Blum was insisting on seeing identification papers of people attending a town hall meeting, Blum said he wanted attendees from his congressional district, adding, "We don't want people from Chicago there or Des Moines there or Minneapolis there".
This is especially true for states that expanded their Medicaid programs and could now see a huge pool of federal health care money evaporate.
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