Here is one reason why it may have been voted against....
That's..... a hundred BILLION of taxpayer dollars. Yikes.
One Hundred Billion $US ain't nuttin, in Wash. D.C. these days.
We gave
more than that to Iran, supposedly to induce them to stop or reduce their nuclear arms development.
It seems to me if somebody wants to insure medical care for the poor, it is most cost efficient to have government pay hospitals/doctors directly, rather than through the additional layer and markup, of insurance companies.
But that is just me. (No, I am NOT for single-payer)