As expected, the Senate Republicans released earlier today the text of the revised version of their healthcare legislation. The bill language is available here.
It is unclear at this point whether this version will generate enough support for passage. The previous version had to be pulled from consideration because of too much opposition from within the Republican conference.
After its July Fourth recess, Congress returns to Washington for three weeks before leaving town for a scheduled five-week August recess.
The Senate Republicans are still trying to address intra-party differences on a “repeal and replace” healthcare bill. In the House, the Appropriations Committee continues to press forward on its versions of FY2018 spending bills even as the assumed total amount of funding available for the bills will require changes to existing law; the Senate appropriators are also attempting to move their first bill this week as well.
On Tuesday, the Senate Republican leadership postponed a vote on its healthcare legislation until at least after the chamber returns from its week-long July 4th recess.
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the entity charged with estimating the potential impacts of legislation, released this afternoon its analysis of the Senate version of the healthcare legislation aimed at replacing the Affordable Care Act.
In its view (the “score”), the CBO reports that the bill would lead to 22 million individuals losing coverage by 2026. The CBO believes that 49 million individuals would be uninsured by 2026.
As promised, the Senate Republican leadership released earlier today the text of the healthcare legislation that was being worked on by a small group of Republican Senators. The 142-page bill has a number of provisions of importance to the University of Washington and other institutions of higher education, including those related to possible changes to Medicaid.
This bill is an attempt by Senate Republicans to craft its own legislation in response to the House’s version of a bill to “repeal-and-replace” Obamacare. At this point in time, the future of the measure remains uncertain as a number of Republican Senators have expressed their opposition to it in its current form.
The text of the measure is available here.