WASHINGTON — Details of the highly anticipated Senate health care bill revision
released Thursday shows the bill keeps in place deep cuts to Medicaid
and the elimination of the current mandate requiring people to purchase
insurance.
But changes designed to address concerns of
both moderate and conservative Republicans who had different objections
to the original bill are also in the new version, including a
last-minute addition from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas to allow individuals to
purchase cheaper, skimpier health plans.
That inclusion is a win for conservatives who
wanted more choices for consumers. Still, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who had
been working with Cruz on similar ideas, said that he was shut out of
the final language and is unsure if this is something he can support at
this time.
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