The Republican plan to overhaul the US healthcare system might be about to look very different.
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Senate Republicans signal they plan to scrap bill the House just passed and write their own
The Senate plans to write their own healthcare bill, even after the passage of the American Health Care Act in the House.
US House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. Mitch McConnell.
Republican senators signaled they plan to almost completely gut the American Health Care Act and rewrite their own version of the bill after the AHCA passed the House on Thursday, a sign the fight over repealing and replacing Obamacare is far from over.
Sen. Chuck Grassley told the Washington Examiner that the upper chamber is "going to draft a Senate bill."
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn told the Examiner it didn't matter if the House passed their own bill or not.
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"A bill — finalized yesterday, has not been scored, amendments not allowed, and three hours final debate — should be viewed with caution," Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, tweeted Thursday.
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