Senate leadership mulls options to woo moderates,including keeping tax increase on certain investments and nixing cuts to subsidies for destitute and elderlyWhat you need to know about the Republican healthcare billAs senators started to leave Washington for the Fourth of July recess on Thursday, a compromise over the beleaguered GOP healthcare bill that would attract enough votes to pass seemed distant.
Days after the Senate Republican leadership faced a revolt from both wings of their caucus over a draft bill to repeal and replace Barack Obamas Affordable Care Act (ACA), and lawmakers were considering whether to reach out to moderates by keeping the former president’s tax increase on wealthier people’s investments and retreating on cuts for subsidies to the destitute and elderly. Related: whether Republicans lose the healthcare fight,it's the beginning of the end | Corey Robin Related: Why are 13 men in charge of healthcare for all American women? Related: Why opioid deaths are this generation’s Aids crisis | Mary O’Hara Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com