GOP Rep. On Health Care Bill: ‘I Want To Learn More About The Medicaid Piece’

FILE - In this June. 19, 2014 file photo Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., right, the House Republican chief deputy whip, speaks with Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, as they leave a meeting at the Capitol in Washington. Roskam may... FILE - In this June. 19, 2014 file photo Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., right, the House Republican chief deputy whip, speaks with Rep. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, as they leave a meeting at the Capitol in Washington. Roskam may have lost his spot in House leadership after an unsuccessful bid to become majority whip. The Wheaton Republican lost a vote Thursday to become the No. 3 man in the U.S. House. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana took the post with the backing of at least two other Illinois Republicans — Reps. Aaron Schock and John Shimkus. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite,File) MORE LESS
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A Republican congressman in Illinois has joined the growing ranks of those skeptical of the proposal to replace Obamacare favored by congressional leadership and the Trump administration.

“I want to learn more about the Medicaid piece, particularly in Illinois,” Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) told Crain’s Chicago Business on Tuesday. The publication reported Roskam said twice that “yes,” that meant he was open to changes in how the bill treats Medicaid.

Roskam, according to the publication, called the American Health Care Act “very much a work in progress” that was subject to change.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated in a report published Monday that the AHCA would cut federal spending on Medicaid by $880 billion over 10 years.

The cuts would come from phasing out the expansion of the program authorized by Obamacare, and from turning the program into a block grant sent to the states with per capita federal caps. The CBO estimated that 14 million fewer people would be enrolled in Medicaid as a result of the bill by 2026, versus if Obamacare stayed as law.

Though the AHCA has faced opposition from conservatives like the House Freedom Caucus and interest groups like Heritage Action, Republicans in the House and Senate have expressed concern about these Medicaid cuts as well, especially given that many of the 32 states (including Washington, D.C.) that chose to expand Medicaid under Obamacare are governed by Republicans and serve Republican-leaning electorates.

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  1. Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.

    Or is it drip, drip, drip?

    Either way, we’re now measuring TrumpCare in weeks, not decades.

  2. Drip, drip, drip or derp, derp, derp.

  3. The five words Trump World fears most:

    "I want to learn more."

    This man must be stopped!!!

  4. …Republicans in the House and Senate have expressed concern about these Medicaid cuts as well, especially given that many of the 32 states (including Washington, D.C.) that chose to expand Medicaid under Obamacare are governed by Republicans and serve Republican-leaning electorates.

    Welcome to the new GOM or Government of the Minority party. The Prez and Congress were elected by a minority of votes nationwide, and now they will have a SCt majority because they blocked the former prez’s rightful pick not because a majority of Americans want a right-leaning high court.

  5. What’s that strange glow over there on the horizon? Yes, it’s truth, dawning ever so slowly over Republican heads.

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