Mr. Graham and Mr. Cassidy have touted the plan as a bipartisan solution that would give states block grants to fund their own healthcare systems as they like. The plan would also eliminate state exchanges, end Medicaid expansion and end cost-sharing reduction subsidies.
Mr. McCain, who voted against the GOP “skinny” repeal bill, along with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said he would support the Graham-Cassidy proposal as long as it was passed through “regular order.”
“As I have said all along, any effort to replace Obamacare must be done through the regular order of committee hearings, open debate and amendments from both sides of the aisle,” Mr. McCain said in a statement.
White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said President Trump would sign the bill if it were to cross his desk. However, Republicans only have until the end of the month to pass healthcare legislation with a simple majority as the budget reconciliation rules are set to expire.
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