Technically, the one thats before us is the version that passed the house of representatives, but i think the republican leader, senator mcconnell, knows from the beginning that has no chance whatsoever. So many republicans have taken a look at what the house passed and said, we cant vote for that. Youve got to give us something different. The problem that the Senate Republicans ran into is they couldnt come up with anything better. They tried. They wrote several different versions, and every time they would write a version of the new Affordable Care act, it got worse, worse for the American People. Heres what i mean. Under the one proposal from the republicans not the one before us, but the Senate Republicans one Million People in my home state of illinois would have lost their Health Insurance. 12. 5 Million People in illinois, one million would have lost their Health Insurance because of dramatic cutbacks in medicaid and cutbacks in the premium support thats given to a lot of workin
Technically, the one thats before us is the version that passed the house of representatives, but i think the republican leader, senator mcconnell, knows from the beginning that has no chance whatsoever. So many republicans have taken a look at what the house passed and said, we cant vote for that. Youve got to give us something different. The problem that the Senate Republicans ran into is they couldnt come up with anything better. They tried. They wrote several different versions, and every time they would write a version of the new Affordable Care act, it got worse, worse for the American People. Heres what i mean. Under the one proposal from the republicans not the one before us, but the Senate Republicans one Million People in my home state of illinois would have lost their Health Insurance. 12. 5 Million People in illinois, one million would have lost their Health Insurance because of dramatic cutbacks in medicaid and cutbacks in the premium support thats given to a lot of workin