NEW: Trump hails Senate move on health care; stakes high for Florida
"I am extremely happy we got this vote," he said. "Now we are going to sit together and come up with something spectacular."
McCain's return was reminiscent of a similar scenario involving McCain's good friend, the late Democratic Sen.
McCain called on his colleagues in the
Now debate turns to options that have big implications for
The procedural vote approved Tuesday opens the door to consider any of several versions of a bill that could roll back Obamacare's mandates and taxes -- and leave 22 million to 32 million people out of coverage by 2026 compared to keeping current law, according to the
Whether that happens remains to be seen.
Senate Majority Leader
Democratic leader
The procedural vote required a tie-breaking vote from Vice President
McCain called on both
"The
With several
That would leave in place, for now, many of the law's subsidies to help lower-income people. It's good news for those who don't want the government forcing them to buy insurance. But even it has consequences for others.
If healthy people bail out, that likely drives up premiums in
"Specifically, with a so-called 'skinny' repeal, we would see a high number of healthy, younger Floridians dropping out of the pool," Pennisi said. "As this would leave a higher percentage of people in the marketplace who are older and/or have pre-existing conditions, premiums would increase."
Such a "skinny repeal" plan likely would result in
It comes a day after Trump promised "truly great health care" if
A 60-year-old in
More likely to embrace change is a 27-year-old county resident making
Generally, younger, healthier and higher-income consumers stand to save under proposed legislation while older, sicker and lower-income people risk paying more. In part that's because the plan lets insurers charger older people five times more than younger ones, up from three times now.
Heading into Tuesday,
The
An initial
People who don't want insurance or think they could not afford it anyway would no longer have to pay a penalty for not having it under the Better Care Reconciliation Act. For that reason and others, the Congressional Budget has projected 22 million fewer Americans will have insurance in 2026 compared to keeping the current law in place under the
A bill to repeal Obamacare in two years and work on a replacement in the meantime would leave 32 million uncovered, CBO found.
On Tuesday night, just hours after opening debate, Senate Republican leaders failed to pass a bill that they
spent weeks crafting but never gained sufficient traction with the rank-and-file.
Fifty-seven senators opposed the Better Care Reconciliation Act, while
43 supported it, portending
a difficult road ahead
for the
Sixty votes were needed for
passage because it included
amendments.
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