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Several Republican senators sent a warning shot to the House after its passage of an ObamaCare repeal bill Thursday, indicating it wont be easy to get the measure through the upper chamber.
Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), one of the most vulnerable GOP senators up for reelection in 2018, said he wouldnt support the Houses bill in its current form.
We cannot pull the rug out from under states like Nevada that expanded Medicaid and we need assurances that people with pre-existing conditions will be protected, he said in a statement.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) made clear his concerns over how the House bill treats Medicaid. While ObamaCare expanded the healthcare program to more low-income Americans, the House bill would eliminate that expansion in 2020.
Ive already made clear that I dont support the House bill as currently constructed, Portman said in a statement, because I continue to have concerns that this bill does not do enough to protect Ohio's Medicaid expansion population, especially those who are receiving treatment for heroin and prescription drug abuse.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/331996-gop-senators-to-house-healthcare-bill-must-change
pangaia
(24,324 posts)What about Medicare..and the other millions who will get fucked?
superpatriotman
(6,232 posts)The motto of the unservatives
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Thrill
(19,178 posts)None of these Republicans, give a shit about covering peopel