The Graham-Cassidy Bill Is Effectively Dead

Rand Paul, who voted in favor of Senate Republicans’ last health care bill – so-called “skinny repeal” – has come out strongly against Graham-Cassidy, characterizing it as “ObamaCare Lite” and vowing to vote against it.

McCain complained about the process, criticizing the lack of debate and committee time for legislation that would remake the country’s health care system.

In addition, 46 percent of voters said they would be less likely to vote for a member of Congress if he or she voted for Graham-Cassidy, while 23 percent would be more likely. “I believe we could do better working together, Republicans and Democrats, and have not really tried”.

He also says he can’t back it without knowing the proposal’s impact on insurance coverage and premiums. Senate Republicans can not afford to lose any more GOP defections, given the united Democratic resistance to the measure. Collins said she was “leaning against” the bill on Friday, according to the Associated Press.

At a Friday night rally on behalf of Alabama senator Luther Strange, who is facing a close primary runoff on Tuesday, Trump said McCain’s opposition to the new bill was “totally unexpected” and “terrible”. What we do know is that Graham-Cassidy, like previous versions of repeal legislation, revokes subsidies for the marketplace as well as federal funding for Medicaid expansion.

“The flexibility states will be given under the bill is where to cut, how much to cut and who to cut”, said Sabrina Corlette, research professor at Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute.

McCain’s rejection of the latest Obamacare replacement bill is yet another slight against the current president, someone he has repeatedly challenged from within the ranks of the Republican Party.

The nation’s doctors, hospitals and health insurance plans are unified in their opposition to the latest Republican bill to dismantle Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. “I don’t know that there’s the political will to ensure that low- and moderate-income Texans continue to get coverage that’s at least as good and at least as affordable as they do today”.

Now Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has added himself into the opposing column alongside Paul. The GOP needs 50 of the 52 Republican senators to vote for the bill on September 30, since no Democrats will vote for it. Collins is concerned that Graham-Cassidy doesn’t offer adequate protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

Most of all, on Thursday, Kimmel took aim at President Donald Trump.

If the Senate is going to pass the measure with only Republican votes, GOP leaders will have to do it by the end of the month.