Victory meant more to the GOP than the health of millions — LUPICA

"Under this bill, no matter what, you can not be denied coverage for a pre-existing condition", Ryan explained.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, who also appeared on "This Week", acknowledged that the Senate would make changes to the bill.

"That is an important issue to me because I don't think that low-income women should be denied their choice of health care providers, for family planning, cancer screenings, for well women care (but) it's not the only issue in this huge bill", she said.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of ME, a moderate Republican whose vote will be critical in getting a bill to Trump's desk, voiced concerns about potential higher costs for older people and those with pre-existing conditions.

A moderate Republican, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) provided Americans: "It's hard to assess the new House bill because we still don't have a CBO analysis of the impact of coverage and costs".

So with all of the partying, back-slapping and meeting with Trump after their votes, hold on: They just spiked the ball on the 50 yard line. Such a scenario would then force the House and Senate to work together to forge a compromise bill that both houses can support.

The Republican controlled house of representatives finally executed their plan to take health care insurance away from Americans and in so doing initiated a death sentence for thousands of Americans. The bill passed with 217 votes, a two-vote margin. Republicans have long opposed Obamacare and say it's failing.

In his remarks, Obama said he hopes that lawmakers recognize "it actually doesn't take a lot of courage to aid those who are already powerful, already comfortable, already influential". And, that program did not explode the deficit or have other dire consequences for the economy or for health care.

At this point, it's nearly unfathomable that any woman in the United States of America would support the American Health Care Act (AHCA). Under Obamacare, health insurance premiums can be three times higher for older Americans than younger Americans, and under Trumpcare, premiums can be up to five times more expensive. One is the weakening for protections of people (with) pre-existing conditions.

But he's defending the House version anyway.

She said she'd spent 15 minutes at Tuesday's Senate GOP lunch describing a high-risk pool ME uses to help cover costs for people with serious diseases who are expensive to treat. A half-dozen or more Republican senators have spoken against the measure's cuts to Medicaid. Gov. Cuomo said after the bill passed that it would be an "assault on NY", pointing out that if passed into law it would deprive 2.7 million residents in the state of their coverage, and weaken the state's Medicaid funding.

GOP senators have made clear they will likely make substantial changes in the House bill.

On the other side, a health advocacy group is launching a six-figure advertising campaign this week targeting 24 Republican House members who voted to repeal Barack Obama's health care law.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said the Senate will come up with a "new, fresh approach" to health care rather than rigidly follow the Obamacare replacement bill narrowly passed by the House on Thursday. "We're going to draft our own bill, and I'm convinced that we're going to take the time to do it right".

Collins cited concerns about potential higher costs to older Americans and those with pre-existing medical conditions. Fundraising surged nationwide as new recruits stepped up to challenge vulnerable Republicans who backed the plan.

In addition, the Republicans in the House approved gutting $880 million from the federal Medicaid program which affects half of all kids in the United States.

Still, Democrats have reason for optimism: The Cook Political Report moved 20 House race ratings in the party's direction Friday after the passage of the American Health Care Act, which repeals and replaces Obamacare. And so we want to give the states the ability to customize the Medicaid program to work for their particular states. According to the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the earlier legislation, which included parallel Medicaid provisions, 14 million fewer people would have access to health care coverage.