Senate GOP Plans Secret Health Debate That May Take Months
- ‘Sometimes it’s best to just put it on the floor,’ Hatch says
- House’s secretive approach was criticized by some GOP senators
The Fate of the GOP Health Bill in the Senate
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Senate Republican leaders are starting what’s shaping up to be a secretive process to write their version of an Obamacare overhaul -- even after some GOP senators complained that the House devised sweeping health-care legislation behind closed doors.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky held a private meeting Tuesday of an all-male working group of GOP senators who will help shape the chamber’s own version of an Affordable Care Act replacement. Among other changes, they’ll probably curb the House bill’s deep cuts to Medicaid and bolster protections for insurance customers who are older, poor or have pre-existing health conditions.