Senate staff will start drafting their own version of healthcare reform over the week-long congressional recess, according to Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis.
Johnson told reporters that the draft bill is being put together by leadership and staff on several committees. He didn’t detail the measures that would be in the draft but noted that it would not be the final version.
The expectation is to put the draft together over the next week, which would give senators something to work with in further talks.
The decision to start writing text comes a day after the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the American Health Care Act, the House bill that would gut Obamacare, would cause 23 million people to go without insurance through 2026 and would cause sick people to pay higher prices if they live in a state that waived Obamacare insurer mandates.
