Cutting almost $1 trillion from Medicaid will give states the freedom to tailor the program to suit their needs, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Sunday, as he defended a narrowly passed House bill that aims to undo parts of the health care law enacted by the previous administration.
President Trump is confident his new plan will pass after "TrumpCare" made it through the first round in the House.
Collins said she expected the Senate would come up with a "whole new fresh approach" to replacing the Affordable Care Act, enacted under President Barack Obama.
"We're not going to rush it", Republican Senator John Thune of South Dakota said.
Even though the US Senate still has to act, Republicans now largely own a measure that would curtail, and in some cases take away completely, benefits Americans have embraced after seven years. Chief among them: a guarantee of paying the same amount for coverage regardless of health history.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., plans to move forward under special procedures that allow legislation to pass with a simple majority vote, instead of the 60 usually required for major bills in the Senate. Stivers was among the 217 to vote in favor of the bill.
A political group with ties to House Republican leadership is buying $500,000 in television time to promote the Republican health care bill. The same 30 percent crowd that has always reliably come home to Republicans, no matter how terrible what they're doing gets, is now tepidly behind Trumpcare.
The potential fallout crystallized nearly immediately. Among the vulnerable Republicans is two-term New Jersey Representative Tom MacArthur, who helped revive the bill by authoring a key amendment on pre-existing conditions. Nor can we know how many people will actually lose affordable health insurance because of pre-existing conditions. Kim raised more than US$43,000 [NZ$62,000] online over the last week for a possible run.
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Republican Sen. Susan Collins of ME, however, says she's not so certain the House plan would protect people from higher costs. Her open seat in Miami is considered a prime pick-up opportunity for Democrats. No Democratic House members voted for it.
"Make no mistake, many people will die as a result of this bill", said Rep.
Major medical and other groups, including the American Medical Association, opposed the House bill.
Perhaps worst of all, the plan creates loopholes for insurance companies to deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions, or insurance companies may set astronomical rates to treat pre-existing conditions.
Most of the Republican politicians have long vowed to repeal Obamacare, which covers some 20 million Americans.
Senate Republicans and top White House officials have already indicated that the House proposal, shepherded by House Speaker Paul Ryan, is likely to undergo changes in the coming weeks and months.
Yet now that the Republicans control Congress, they haven't learned from this history at all. "It is remarkable, and we will be reminding people of it".
Outside Washington, the Trump resistance mobilized quickly. Ryan said the House vote was one part of a "multistage process". There's going to be more choice for consumers. She also said it would be "not fair" and "a mistake" to defund the women's health clinics Planned Parenthood. Standing on principle, Simpson said he voted to repeal Obamacare on Thursday to keep his promises.
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