Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nevada, announced Friday he can't support the plan because it rolls back Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid and puts federal funding limits on the program. "What the Republicans are doing are just washing their hands of Medicaid, sending it back to the states and saying, basically, it's your problem, state government". "So, we have 142 pages to go through", she said.
And in a separate statement, Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown says the GOP Senate bill would hamper the state's progress in slowing the opioid epidemic, calling Medicaid the "number one tool" in the fight against opioids.
That's the basic equation in both the House and Senate bills: Medicaid for tax cuts. But proposals eliminate the taxes that were imposed on high-income Americans to help pay for an expansion of health benefits under the Affordable Care Act.
President Donald Trump will help lead talks to get the reluctant Republicans on board. "However, it is also critical that strong incentives for people to keep continuous coverage be included to ensure a balanced market", the lobby group said.
"I think that they'll probably get there, we'll have to see", President Trump said.
"This bill that's now in front of the United States Senate is not the answer", Heller, a moderate who is up for re-election in 2018, said at a news conference in Las Vegas.
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Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell wants to hold a vote on the bill before the July 4th recess, most likely next Thursday. "In this form, I will not support it".
"Policies contained in the discussion draft will repeal the individual mandate so Americans are no longer forced to buy insurance they don't need or can't afford", McConnell said. Veteran Senator John McCain said the draft bill was better than Obamacare in "100 ways", but like many Senators wanted to study the bill further and consult with his state's governor.
Mr Obama said that though repealing and replacing Obamacare has become a core issue for Republicans, "we fought for it because we knew it would save lives, prevent financial misery, and ultimately set this country we love on a better, healthier course". And while I know that division makes it hard to listen. Congressional Republicans argue their plans gives states more flexibility, so they can run efficient programs that make up the difference. She was asked about the bill's impact on lower-income Iowans now covered by Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
Trump publicly celebrated the House bill's passage, only to later criticize it in private as "mean".
Much of the architecture of the House's American Health Care Act has been left intact.
McConnell's dilemma is similar to what House Speaker Paul Ryan faced earlier this year when he struggled to get enough votes to get the House Republican bill through the lower chamber.
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