Senate Republicans Reveal New "Obamacare-Lite" Healthcare Bill
In what could very well end up being just another exercise in futility, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has just released a new version of a healthcare plan which, among other things, incorporates demands from Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) to allow insurers to sell low-cost, skimpier plans all in an effort to draw conservative support for the new bill.
Called the "Consumer Freedom Amendment," we highlighted the main points of the Cruz/Lee proposal last month: