Rand Paul, one of the conservative senators who has helped to hold up Republican healthcare reform, on Sunday derided the current Senate bill as a “monstrosity” and a “porkfest” and said he would not vote for it to proceed to debate this week. “I’ve told them I will vote for a motion to proceed if we proceed to a clean repeal vote. The CBO score on the Senate healthcare bill put that figure at 22m. Republican healthcare proposals remain extremely unpopular with the voting public. The 48 Senate Democrats are united in their opposition to Republican attempts to repeal the ACA.

Source: The Guardian July 23, 2017 15:59 UTC