What Comes Next After Health Care Vote Delayed

There are only 52 Republicans in the Senate, and two of them – Sens. McCain is expected to be recovering in his home state for at least a week or two.

The revision also seemed likely to help Montana and Alaska, represented by three Republican senators and one Democrat.

McConnell delayed a vote on the bill in June before the Senate recessed for the Fourth of July holiday because it didn’t have the necessary support.

McCain’s absence meant it would become impossible for the majority leader to round up the votes needed to move forward with the bill next week as planned.

Or he could abandon the health care effort, which has proven more hard than many Republicans envisioned after campaigning on the issue for years, and move on to tax legislation, a bigger Trump priority to begin with. But they may not like what they see. Vice President Mike Pence can break a 50-50 tie.

Instead, the new version of the “Better Care Reconciliation Act” would continue to push insurance coverage out of reach for many Americans, particularly the working poor and moderate-income adults with pre-existing conditions.

Asked on “Fox News Sunday” whether Mr. McConnell has the votes right now, Mr. Paul said, “I don’t think he does”. Bill Cassidy, says the change resolves a “Louisiana specific issue”.

“It would also jeopardize the very existence of our rural hospitals and our nursing homes, which not only provide essential care to people in rural America, but also are major employers in the small communities in which they are located”, she said.

Paul continued to attack the bill as well.

In fact, an ongoing CNN whip count showed only a handful of Republicans fully supporting the bill, many of them members of the elected leadership and chairman of other committees negotiating the bill.

The conservative Lee previously argued that the Senate bill did not go far enough to a full repeal of Obamacare.

The closest Biden comes to dealing with criticisms of ObamaCare is when he admits that the law “isn’t flawless, but the choices we made when designing the law flowed from a commitment to provide the best possible care to the most people”. The session underscored the evolving position of many Americans to government-run health care, with loud approval for programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. John McCain is able to return to Washington following surgery.

A nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office score on the legislation was expected early this week.

A third Republican senator is signaling he may not back his party’s health care bill when it finally comes to a vote. A key Senate vote – Nevada’s Dean Heller – has tied his support to Sandoval’s. Two Republican senators, Susan Collins of ME and Rand Paul of Kentucky, have said they’ll block the vote to start debate on the bill. McConnell and other Republicans are considering ways to revise it in hopes of winning broader support.

Going into this week, Sens. Rob Portman is still uncommitted.

“Well, I’m gonna take a look at the bill”.

He said he plans to come to a final decision on the bill this week.

These changes have concerned moderate Republican lawmakers and governors, as well as health care providers and consumer advocates.

Another potential stumbling block remains Texas Sen.

The reworked bill McConnell presented to fellow Republicans on Thursday aims to win conservatives’ support by letting insurers sell low-priced, skimpy policies. And on Thursday, in a rare joint statement by the biggest insurance companies in the country, called the Cruz Amendment unworkable in any form and warned it would lead to, quote, “widespread terminations of coverage”. “Our thoughts are with Cindy and his family, his staff and the people of Arizona”, McConnell wrote.

At that time, the President and White House officials were focused more on the health of Sen.