Developments put the outcome of potential vote next week in doubt.
Five things to know about what the bill proposes:
It could lead to insurer rules being waived in some states.
It would change Medicaid funding dramatically.
It prohibits Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for one year.
It does not contain...
After emotional speech about getting back to a real legislative process, John McCain derails an attempt to deliver something, anything for President Trump to sign.
Years of brutal partisanship, studies, polls, promises and threats came to a climax on the Senate floor at 1:30 am Friday.
Senator John McCain (R-AZ), returned to...
Majority Leader McConnell intends to unveil a revision Thursday that would be voted on next week.
The July 4 recess let Senators spend time with constituents, nervous and vocal about proposed changes, particularly to Medicaid. Three quotes by leaders are illustrative:
Senator Charles E. Grassley (R-IA) said Tuesday that he was...Arizona News
The tightly contested BCRA pending in the US Senate gives heightened significance to how U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake will vote.
The junior senator from Arizona has not signaled how he will vote on the now-struggling Better Care Reconciliation Act. Uncertainty among Senate Republicans and poll numbers showing falling support for the repeal...
Growing criticism from GOP governors may be enough to convince some Republicans to kill the Senate’s ACA repeal legislation.
Worried about state budget impacts from loss of Medicaid funding and the reduction of citizens receiving Medicaid benefits, GOP governors are exerting influence on their home-state senators, making it more...
Leadership had hoped to bring the bill to the floor before the recess.
The delay reflects important things. The critical need for at least 50 solid votes. The 50 are not solidly predictable. It highlights the challenge facing the GOP leadership as they try to close the gap between conservatives and moderates in the party. While the...Arizona News
The picture is developing of what the impacts are likely to be.
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce predicted in a letter to U.S. Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake that the Senate bill would harm the state's economy and "blow a hole" in the state budget.
Hospital and health leaders are particularly worried about the proposed reductions...
Results of the federal analysis report on the Republican healthcare bill concluded it will leave 22 million more Americans uninsured than under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The Senate bill, which revises the American Health Care Act (AHCA), is known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) of 2017. The Congressional Budget...
Senators will visit home states May 27-June 4
Senate committee and leadership staff will begin to frame the GOP version of the repeal and replace initiative despite an apparent lack of consensus on the goals. The Congressional Budget Office score of the House-passed American Health Care Act released Wednesday has not quelled...