{"id":92573,"date":"2017-09-24T17:52:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T17:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/senates-bill-to-repeal-replace-obamacare-not-dead-top-trump-adviser-says.html"},"modified":"2017-09-24T17:52:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T17:52:32","slug":"senates-bill-to-repeal-replace-obamacare-not-dead-top-trump-adviser-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/senates-bill-to-repeal-replace-obamacare-not-dead-top-trump-adviser-says.html","title":{"rendered":"Senate’s bill to repeal, replace ObamaCare ‘not dead,’ top Trump adviser says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What are chances latest GOP health care bill passes?<\/a><\/h4>\n

Chair of the Program in Business and Finance at The King’s College Brian Brenberg weighs in<\/p>\n

The White House tried Sunday to garner public support for the Senate\u2019s upcoming vote on Republicans\u2019 latest plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare, with a top adviser to President Trump saying the pending legislation is still alive and that a \u201cvast majority of Americans\u201d will benefit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not dead,\u201d Marc Short, the White House director of legislative affairs, told \u201cFox News Sunday.\u201d \u201cHere we are, just days away from a final vote, and we\u2019re trying to win over the support of the last couple of senators to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like previous Senate efforts this year to repeal and replace ObamaCare, the latest measure, the Graham-Cassidy bill, appears a few votes shy of passage.<\/p>\n

The GOP-controlled chamber has until Sept. 30 to pass the legislation with a simple, 51-vote majority, under so-called budget reconciliation procedures.<\/p>\n

However, at most 48 of the chamber\u2019s 52 Republican senators appear to support the bill, which has no backing from Democrats.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to make sure that we win over the last couple Republicans,\u201d Short said. \u201cThat\u2019s our path to victory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Friday that he\u2019ll vote no. And Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union\u201d on Sunday that she would have trouble envisioning a scenario in which she would \u201cend up voting for the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I know Rand Paul and I think he may find a way to get there for the good of the Party!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz put the bill in even more jeopardy Sunday afternoon when he said its authors have effectively rejected proposed changes by him and Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a fellow Republican.<\/p>\n

“Right now they don’t have my vote, and I don’t think they have Mike Lee’s either,” Cruz said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, fellow Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski, of Alaska, and Rand Paul, of Kentucky, appear undecided. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope we can earn his support,\u201d Short said about Paul, whom Trump tried to persuade Saturday in a tweet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know Rand Paul and I think he may find a way to get there for the good of the Party!\u201d Trump tweeted.<\/p>\n

The Graham-Cassidy bill, sponsored by GOP Sens. Bill Cassidy, of Louisiana, and Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, attempts to give states more flexibility in administering a federally-sponsored health insurance program by awarding them block grants to run their own, unique plans. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Short acknowledged that revisions continued to be made to the bill\u2019s funding formula, but said no \u201csignificant\u201d changes are being made, amid reports Alaska could get more money to sway Murkowski.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want this to be handled back (in) the states,\u201d he told Fox News. \u201cThe vast majority of Americans will benefit with lower costs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The House this spring passed an ObamaCare overhaul bill. But the Senate has failed\u00a0in at least two attempts, including a failed, final vote in August. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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