The Better Care Reconciliation Act, as it is formally known, would significantly roll back federal Medicaid spending by capping cost growth, starting in 2021.
As a military veteran who uses the VA, and as someone who now works in the health care field, I believe a single-payer Medicare-for-all system is the only one that will truly work.
Yesterday the Republican leadership in the Senate released a draft bill to replace it, with a vote set for next week. She's set to appear on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.
After Spicer spoke, Republican Senator Dean Heller became the fifth Republican opponent on Friday, saying he would not support the bill in its current form.
The Senate bill would make the payments through 2019, but then cut them off.
Under the proposed Senate bill, enhanced funding would be provided to Medicaid expansion states until 2021 and then slowly reduced over a three-year period. Paul said, "My hope is not to defeat the bill".
Using remarkably caustic language, Mr. Heller, who is seen as a pivotal swing vote, denounced the Senate-drafted health care bill in terms that Democrats swiftly seized on.
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Senate Republicans, who have a majority in the chamber, are looking to bring the legislation to the floor for a vote next week.
"For weeks, Republicans have been drafting their "health care" bill in secret, refusing to hold hearings or public debate". While changes can still be made to the legislation, some Democrats are holding events this weekend to stand up against the bill.
Molina also said that the bill's proposal to tie cost-sharing subsidies to the lowest-level "bronze"-rated healthcare plans will make coverage less affordable, not more, by raising customers' out-of-pocket costs".
The president said Friday he is hopeful these differences can be reconciled over the near-term. He said the changes he is seeking to the bill would go in the opposite direction of those sought by other current "no" votes - conservative hard-liners including Texas Sen. "This bill has nothing to do with health care". It would phase out Obamacare's expansion of the Medicaid program for the poor more gradually, waiting until after the 2020 presidential election, but would enact deeper cuts starting in 2025.
"We have to protect our citizens and this is going to be very hard for us", he said.
"The Medicaid cuts are even more draconian that the House bill was, though they take effect more gradually than the House bill did", Pearson says.
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