Toomey calls GOP health plan a good start; Casey calls it a ‘disaster’
"This health care scheme sells out the middle class, hurts seniors and children and devastates individuals with disabilities to finance tax breaks for the very rich," Casey said in a statement issued just before noon.
By then, Casey had already posted about a dozen tweets to his government Twitter account. About half of the tweets showed excerpts of the proposal circled in red pen with accompanying criticism. By
Going through this disaster of a 'health care' plan now. https://t.co/4mbFPR5Fg6
-- Senator
In a conference call with reporters Thursday afternoon, Toomey called the draft proposal a "constructive step in the right direction" and said he is "likely to support" it, but he stopped short of giving it his blessing.
"There are a few pieces that are likely to change before we get to a vote," Toomey said.
When asked for specifics, Toomey said he was "still in the process of analyzing the text."
Toomey was part of the 13-member "working group" reportedly created to craft the plan, but he insisted Thursday that wasn't the case.
"The nature of our involvement was discussing and debating and vetting various proposals," Toomey said, noting that a team of staffers was always on hand during group meetings "taking that consensus and actually translating" what was discussed into legislation.
Toomey added: "It was only this morning that we saw the first actual legislative language."
Today, the
-- Senator
By early Thursday evening, people began gathering outside Toomey's office in
___
(c)2017 The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Greensburg, Pa.)
Visit The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Greensburg, Pa.) at www.triblive.com
Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
Amid GOP silence, Pa. health care groups worry over Senate bill
Pennsylvania stands to lose $4.5B for Medicaid under Senate health care bill
Advisor News
Annuity News
Health/Employee Benefits News
Life Insurance News