In a last-ditch effort, OH voters used Wednesday's "constituent coffee" to voice distaste for the House-passed health bill, the American Health Care Act, and convince the senator to make closed-door health negotiations public.
The chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee said Wednesday that Republicans are fine-tuning the specifics of the Senate health care bill, one week before a vote is scheduled on the legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pauses as he speaks following a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Sen.
Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris must fight this perversion of the democratic process with every tool at their disposal.
"They're ashamed of a bill that's so mean". But acknowledged he doesn't know what's in the Senate bill, even though the Blue plans he represents as chairman of the association insure one-third of all Americans. Under the direction of McConnell, the bill has been written in complete secrecy by a small group of Republican congressional aides, with only select Republican Senators and lobbyists able to participate.
Legislators from both sides of the aisle have expressed their displeasure and Democrats hoping to block the measure need at least two Republicans to defect.
Democrats accuse Republicans of sabotaging Obamacare, and say the Republican bill will make healthcare unaffordable for poorer Americans while cutting taxes for the wealthy.
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Subsidies are now available to Americans earning up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level. He said he doesn't now support the steep Medicaid cuts in the House bill. Senators had previously toyed with the idea of keeping some of the ACA's taxes.
When Katko voted against the House version of the American Health Care Act, he said that he was upholding a pledge to hold out for a viable replacement, rather than a simple repeal, of Obamacare. With Obamcare there were multiple public hearings and Republicans still complained Democrats were attempting to rush passage of the plan.
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"It may well be that prices don't come down at all", he said. They say the program has provided coverage to millions of low-income adults and played a key role in battling the opioid epidemic ravaging their states.
But the Senate proposal may change rules for waivers that states can file with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that could allow them to potentially scale back some of these federal mandates. "I'd find it hard to believe we'll have enough time", he said, adding that if he did not get enough information, "I won't be voting yes".
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