Both the House and Senate bills rollback the Obamacare expansion of Medicaid, the publicly-funded insurance program for low-income people, the disabled, and children, and both plans cap the program's funding.
Unlike the House version of the healthcare bill, the Senate's preserves a system of tax breaks for low-income Americans to help them purchase insurance, though the amount of those subsidies and the number of people eligible is less than the ACA provides.
The bill would let states get waivers to ignore some coverage requirements under Obama's law, such as specific health services insurers must now cover.
Earlier today, the U.S. Senate released the text of its health care reform bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), and reports indicate a Senate vote is likely next week. Neither the House or Senate bill would remove that provision.
Shortly after Republican leadership finally pulled back the curtain on the health care legislation they have been working on in secret for weeks, reaction-much of it critical-began pouring in. "The Senate bill may be even meaner", Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said.
"If the bill is good for Nevada, I'll vote for it and if it's not, I won't", said Heller, whose state added 200,000 additional people under Obama's law.
Enactment of the Senate plan would cause a rise in the uninsured and end Medicaid expansion in 2024, compared to the 2120 phase out in the House bill passed in May.
But by Thursday afternoon, at least four senators from his own party said they can't support the bill as is.
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Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is hoping to push the measure through the Senate next week. Whether it will pass is far from certain. It would provide flat age-based tax credits for the purchase of private health insurance ranging from $2,000 to $4,000 per year that would be capped at upper-income levels.
Because no Democrats are expected to support the bill, Republicans can only afford to lose two votes on their side in order for it to pass a vote with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a tie.
The tax was imposed to help pay for Obamacare.
"It's been demeaning for the people who hired him to do his job", said Lizzie Anderson, one of the demonstrators who say they are sending a message to Toomey, camping outside his office on Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh overnight.
"Republicans believe we have a responsibility to act - and we are".
In a statement, Capitol Police say the protesters "removed themselves from their wheelchairs and lay themselves on the floor, obstructing passage through the hallway and into nearby offices". So the deep cuts to Medicaid funding are our primary concern. Home-state governors, including Republicans, have lobbied to avoid the kind of Medicaid cuts the GOP Congress is proposing.
The Senate bill keeps the same harmful effects of the House version-it rips coverage away from millions of Americans, eliminates protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions, and increases costs for middle-class families.
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