Senate Republican leaders on Thursday morning will post online their proposal to repeal and replace Obamacare, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Wednesday.
The bill should be available by 9:30 a.m., and Senate Majority Leader John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters a price tag for the GOP proposal is expected Friday from the Congressional Budget Office.
McConnell is calling the plan a “discussion draft,” and said Tuesday a vote on legislation could happen as early as next week.
“A discussion draft will be made public tomorrow,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “Every member of the Senate will have it, and it will be posted online for everyone to review.”
Republicans huddled privately in the Capitol Wednesday to continue hashing out differences, including how long to extend the Obamacare Medicaid expansion.
Democrats have railed against GOP plan in Senate floor speeches that predicted changes to Medicaid would leave states grappling with how to provide medical coverage for the poor and disabled.
McConnell said Obamacare must be changed because it is collapsing and becoming unaffordable.
“For the past seven years Republicans have offered ideas for a better way forward,” McConnell said. “Soon we will finally have the chance to turn the page on this failing law.”
