Senate Republicans just lost a key vote on their healthcare bill

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is suggesting Iowans would not be losing Medicaid coverage even as the Senate GOP health care bill would phase out financing to expand the low-income insurance program. But the Senate bill would make subsidies less generous than under current law. She was asked about the bill's impact on lower-income Iowans now covered by Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. "So we're going to see very significant reductions in coverage in Medicaid and big cuts in federal funding that will result in significant budget gaps for states".

"This is not a huge surprise", said Young, whose research and teaching interests focus on health law and healthcare management.

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin). People are removed from a sit-in outside of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office as they protest proposed cuts to Medicaid, Thursday, June 22, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington. The bill would create a new system of federal tax credits to help people buy health insurance, while offering states the ability to drop numerous benefits required by the ACA. They could buy insurance with tax credits, based on income.

Hospital groups came out against the bill on Thursday.

"I think this is going to be an evolving bill", he explained. "Because of this, I can not support it as now drafted, and I do not believe it has the votes to pass the Senate".

Mr Trump later criticised the House bill privately as "mean" and this week called for a health plan "with heart". Then, if he sticks to his timetable, Sen.

"There isn't anything in this bill that would lower premiums", Heller said.

According to the experts, it wouldn't be surprising if the bill were to fail. Trumpcare 2.0 is a tax cut for millionaires and billionaires dressed up as a health care bill. Few senators were included in the secretive drafting process, which McConnell oversaw alongside a small conclave of aides, lawmakers, and lobbyists.

"Make no mistake, the ACA does need fixing".

While Senators have been working on the legislation since the AHCA passed the House, Democrats including Menendez have taken issue with the "secretive" nature by which the bill was drafted. Most people who use Medicaid are pretty thrilled with it because, in a shocking turn of events, people really enjoy having affordable effective health insurance.

Caroline Pearson, a senior vice president of the consulting firm Avalare Health, said the Senate subsidies would be smaller than Obama's because they're keyed to the cost of a bare-bones plan and because additional help now provided for deductibles and copayments would eventually be discontinued.

The proposal would kick millions of people off their insurance, raise health care costs for Virginians, especially seniors, and leave states on the hook for hundreds of dollars for Medicaid, U.S. Sen.