“Look, I didn’t expect Donald Trump to win, I think most of my colleagues didn’t, so we didn’t expect to be in this situation,” Mr. Toomey said, according to the report.
Mr. Toomey was part of the 13-member working group that helped produce the Senate’s healthcare bill. However, he has not officially endorsed the bill yet. His outlying concerns include the loss of health insurance and Medicaid expansion, according to the report.
The Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act would increase the number of uninsured by 22 million in 2026, compared to projections of uninsured under current law, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The bill would roll back Medicaid expansion over three years beginning in 2021 and install a per-capita cap system for Medicaid, with the option to apply for block grant funding.
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