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| |  |  | | with Josh Hafner | | Yes, Senate Republican leaders dropped a health care bill today that aids wealthy Americans and insurance companies. Yes, it's been halted in its current form by four of the GOP's more curmudgeonly conservatives. (It needs "a little negotiation," President Trump said.) | | But first: Trump admitted Thursday that he never made the "tapes" that he taunted former FBI Director James Comey with over a month ago. | | Trump first brought up tapes of their conversations as a reason why Comey shouldn't leak to the press. That inspired Comey to leak to the press, which led to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller, who's now reportedly investigating Trump for obstruction of justice. | | Tweets can backfire, people. Consider @realDonaldTrump a public service announcement. | | It's OnPolitics Today, USA TODAY's daily politics roundup. Subscribe here. | | What the health care bill would mean for you | | So the big takeaways from the Senate health care bill: It repeals taxes on rich Americans and insurance companies, deeply cuts Medicaid, ends the mandate that everyone be insured, and strips Planned Parenthood funding for a year. | | Health care through an employer? You could lose it: The bill nixes penalties for big companies who don't offer insurance to workers, which experts say will lead to fewer employers offering coverage. | | You could pay more: If you get subsidies to help pay for your premiums now, you could lose all of some of your subsidies. Most Americans who bought plans through Affordable Care Act exchanges got those subsidies. The bill would end such subsidies in two years, which would mean a 20% increase in rates, experts estimate. | | The elderly could pay way more: The bill would eliminate rules preventing insurers from charging older customers more than three times what younger people pay. Those in their 60s could pay five times as much - or more | | Those on Medicaid could lose coverage: If you gained Medicaid eligibility through the Affordable Care Act, you could lose it in a few years. Extra funding for such low-income adults would end after 2024. | | Dive into details on maternity care, tax cuts, Planned Parenthood services and more. | | Where the bill stands now | | Four Republican senators said "they are not ready to vote for this bill." There are 52 Republicans in the Senate, and they need at least 51 votes to pass the bill. So without the votes of Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Lee and Ron Johnson, the bill is stalled. In a joint statement, the four senators said their party's bill would not "accomplish the most important promise that we made to Americans: to repeal Obamacare and lower their health care costs." | | Senate Republican leaders want to vote on the bill as soon as next week, but lawmakers need time to actually read it first. Democrats are launching tactics to slow down the bill's consideration, and former President Barack Obama wants you to know " this bill will do you harm." | | Elsewhere in politics | | | | | MOST SHARED STORIES FROM USA TODAY | | | | | | | | | | | | | FOLLOW US
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