Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., couldn’t say if Sen. Susan Collins’ decision to oppose his Obamacare overhaul bill will kill the effort Republicans have called their last shot at repealing Obamacare.
“We’ll just keep on plugging away,” Cassidy said at the conclusion of a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his bill that cuts Medicaid and gives Obamacare funding to states via block grants.
Collins, R-Maine, is the third Republican to publicly oppose the bill, joining Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and John McCain of Arizona. Republicans can only afford three senators to defect.
Cassidy said he doesn’t anticipate any changes to the bill to sway the holdouts, saying they already have a “good policy.”