As Senate Republicans scramble to get votes for their new health care bill in Washington, Democrats in the city are sounding an alarm.
But Merkley and political observers note that some of the timelines in the Senate version of the bill have been tweaked, in light of the election calendar. People with chronic illnesses will wait until they're seriously ill before going to the emergency room, where they can't be turned away.
"It's not fulfilling the promise to be a more generous bill", said Elaine Couture, CEO of Providence Health Services.
"The current bill does not repeal Obamacare. Remember keep your doctor, keep your plan?" Dean Heller, R-Nev., spoke against the bill during a Friday news conference in Las Vegas.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., agreed the Republicans' health care bill is dishonest.
"They've worked their entire life and put money into the system so they can benefit when they get to 65 and now we're going to charge them more before they get to that point", said Parkinson. It makes no sense to single out Planned Parenthood from all the Medicaid providers.
"They're four good guys and they're friends of mine", the president said.
"There's a lot to digest".
Thune said he believes their bill creates marketplace stability, improve affordability, helps those with pre-existing conditions and makes Medicaid more sustainable.
Both the Senate and House bills eliminate this much-needed cost sharing help and allow higher deductibles.
Sandoval specifically pointed to people who were making a little more than $16,000 per year.
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It "would have a profoundly negative impact on Americans", said John Meigs, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Tim Scott, R-S.C. CEO Jeff Thomas said people who are able to have regular appointments with counselors and psychiatrists now will wait until they're in crisis to seek care and are likely to end up in overburdened jails, state mental hospitals or private hospitals for problems that could have been avoided with early care.
When Trump suggested on Twitter in late May that Republicans should change the Senate rules to a simple majority vote to speed up the process, McConnell told the president to leave Senate business to him, according to three people familiar with the conversation.
While health care is still unfinished, Trump took pride on Friday in signing a bill to make it easier to fire workers at the much-criticized Department of Veterans Affairs.
Medicaid funding is at the heart of the protester's complaints.
Congressional Democrats were also forceful in their condemnation.
"My colleagues in the U.S. Senate on the Republican side of the aisle have been trying to write a health-care bill in the dark", Cantwell said, referring to the legislation crafted by a select group of GOP lawmakers and kept secret until this week.
"Obamacare's" results have been mixed, with lower enrollment than expected, big losses for many insurers, and sharp premium increases. "The way this bill cuts health care is heartless", Schumer said Thursday. And the Senate bill is meaner.
SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Senate Republicans can only afford to lose two votes if they hope to pass their bill.
Both Sandoval and Heller agreed that the Affordable Care Act is not flawless and needs work.
He said the state's uninsured rate declined from 23% before the Affordable Care Act to 11 or 12% afterward. "It is reckless for legislation that will have such an vast impact on Americans' lives and the economy to proceed without opportunity for public hearings or any external commentary".
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