Too many cooks threaten GOP healthcare bill
By Nathaniel Weixel - 06/06/17 06:00 AM EDT
Senate Republicans may have too many cooks in the kitchen when it comes to healthcare, and it’s complicating efforts to draft an ObamaCare replacement bill.
The main Senate group working on crafting healthcare legislation is the task force of 13 men backed by Senate leaders. It won negative attention early on for its lack of women, at which point GOP leaders opened it up to all members.
There’s also a rival group led by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), who have been outspoken opponents of the House-passed American Health Care Act and co-sponsored their own version of an ObamaCare replacement bill called the Patient Freedom Act.
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