"It's about the character of our country - who we are, and who we aspire to be".
Under Senate Republicans' plan, the government would no longer penalize Americans for failing to have health insurance. Instead, it entices people to voluntarily buy a policy by offering them tax credits based on age and income to help pay premiums. It might not be ideal, but it does free Americans of the onerous mandates of Obamacare and slows the roll back in Medicaid, giving states more time to adjust.
While the ACA was passed without Republican support in either the House or Senate, Obama emphasized that many ordinary Republicans had reasons to support the measure: "intensely personal ones" that included a sick relative or concerns about massive medical bills. They are doing this even though this bill affects one-sixth of our economy. The Republican bill isn't a health care plan.
A group of four Senate conservatives issued a joint statement saying they are dissatisfied with the health care reform bill introduced by the leadership but did not rule out negotiations to change the bill more to their liking. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said, "The president said the Senate bill needed heart".
"This current draft doesn't get the job done", said Cruz who believes the bill is better than current law but doesn't go far enough.
Republican Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico - one of 32 states that expanded Medicaid under Obamacare, with the federal government picking up most of the cost - said Thursday that she hasn't had time yet to read the Senate proposal.
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. Republicans view Obama's Affordable Care Act as a costly government intrusion into the private marketplace.
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Other Republican Senators side with the Democrats, that this strips benefits from too many people.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled the bill, drafted in secret by a handful of lawmakers and aides, at a closed-door session with party faithful.
While Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House, the party's efforts to unwind Obamacare has been dogged by internal conflicts between moderate and hard-line members of the party.
Beginning in 2020, the Senate measure would also limit the federal funds states get each year for Medicaid.
Photo/Jacquelyn MartinSeveral dozen disabled people were forcibly removed and arrested by police during a protest over the a Senate health care bill outside of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office on Thursday.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) will release its forecast on the Senate draft next week. States can not opt out.
He wrote, "It remains my fervent hope that we step back and try to deliver on what the American people need". They said GOP characterizations of the law as failing are wrong and said the Republican plan would boot millions off coverage and leave others facing higher out-of-pocket costs.
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