US Senate Healthcare Reform Bill

One key unsettled issue stalling progress on President Donald Trump's big bill in Congress is particularly daunting: How to cut billions from health care without harming Americans or the hospitals and others that provide care? Republicans are struggling to devise a solution to the health care problem their package has created. Already, estimates say 10.9 million more people would be without health coverage under the House-passed version of the bill. GOP senators have proposed steeper reductions, which some say go too far. The Senate cuts in Medicaid are far deeper than the House cuts, and I think that's problematic, said GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. Senators have been meeting behind closed doors and with Trump administration officials as they rush to finish up the big bill ahead of the president's Fourth of July deadline. Much of the package, with its tax breaks and bolstered border security spending, is essentially drafted. But the size and scope of healthcare cuts are among t

After more than a year of stop-and-start negotiations, Democrats on Sunday agreed to a narrow bill to invest in energy initiatives, curb drug prices and reduce the deficit

Various versions of Republican healthcare legislation would lead to millions losing health insurance

The legislation retained two taxes on the wealthy that helped pay for the Obamacare law

The Republican healthcare reform would reduce the deficit by $321 billion by 2026: CBO report