Senate plans Tuesday healthcare vote—but doesn’t know what bill will be considered
Senate Republican leaders are pushing for a July 25 vote on some form of legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but haven’t decided on what will be in the bill.
The 50 votes need to pass a bill haven’t materialized on either the Republicans’ ACA replacement, the Better Care Reconciliation Act, or a revived strategy to repeal the ACA and give themselves two years to craft an alternative. The BCRA would cause 22 million more people to be uninsured by 2026 and raise an individual’s deductibles for benchmark plans to $13,000, while repeal-and-delay would grow the number of uninsured by 32 million, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
When asked if senators would know in advance what they’d voting on Tuesday, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said, “That’s a luxury we don’t have,” according to the Associated Press.
In an effort to win over skeptical Republicans, leaders are floating several proposals to add new funds to the bill, like letting states use Medicaid funds to help people buy their own private health insurance.
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