Four Republican Senators Say They Oppose Obamacare Replacement Plan

06 Mar 2017

• By Sue Darcey

In a March 6 letter to Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kent., four GOP senators said they oppose a Feb. 10 Obamacare "Repeal and Replace" plan that has been circulating around Congress because it does not provide stability or certainty for individuals in Medicaid expansion programs. A device tax repeal is included in the plan.

Four Republican senators sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell March 6 saying they do not support a recent Affordable Care Act "repeal and replacement" plan that is being circulated in the US Congress due to concerns about funding and coverage for Medicaid expansion. A copy of the letter to McConnell is available on Sen. Cory Gardner's, R-Colo., website.

Gardner, Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, told McConnell in the letter that a Feb....

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