Looks like RyanCARE 2.0 is ready to go. Details about the list of changes isn’t publicly known yet, but it’s said that most of the Freedom Caucus will support this bill. I hope there are drastic changes from the first RyanCARE joke of a bill. Call it RyanCARE, Trumpcare of MunsterCARE. I’m not getting my hopes up.
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The White House, top House conservatives and a key moderate Republican have finalized an Obamacare repeal and replace plan they hope will break a month-long GOP logjam.
GOP leadership has been circulating the text to the House Freedom Caucus, a conservative group that helped block the original bill, and to more centrist Republicans. But it not yet clear if the deal will provide Speaker Paul Ryan the 216 votes needed for the House to pass the legislation.
The proposal would allow states to opt out of key Obamacare regulations under certain conditions.
Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows, who helped author the changes, is likely to support the measure, according to a conservative source. At least two members of the House Freedom Caucus also are shifting to support the new proposal, a sign of potential momentum for the stalled campaign to eliminate the Democrats’ health care law.
Reps. Dave Brat (R-Va.) and Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.), both of whom opposed prior versions, indicated they will support the legislation once the new provisions are added to allow states to opt out of some of Affordable Care Act consumer protections.