Alexander: Budget To Craft Health Bill Soon With Finance & Health Committee Input

May 17, 2017 at 4:41 PM
Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander said the Senate health bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will be written soon by the Budget Committee and will not be bipartisan. Meanwhile, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said the Senate's select working group on health reform is deliberating whether to have a separate market stabilization bill or to include it in one large health reform package that also scraps the ACA. Alexander said the working group -- made up of senators...


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