Sen. Capito opposes conservative amendment to ACA repeal bill

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U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Friday she wouldn’t support an amendment to the GOP’s health care overhaul pushed by far-right Senate conservatives, pouring cold water on prospects of unifying the party around any legislation.

Following Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s decision to delay a vote on the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, a rewrite of the House-passed American Health Care Act. Capito came out against the bill as written, citing deep Medicaid cuts, the potential to worsen the growing opioid epidemic and how it could harm rural health care providers.

Since then, Republican Senators such as Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Mike Lee, R-Utah, have called for an amendment, “The Consumer Freedom Option,” that would allow insurance providers to offer coverage that does not comply with key aspects of the Affordable Care Act, so long as they also offer plans that do. However, Capito said she’s not ready to vote for a plan that takes away from some of the ACA’s most popular provisions.

“I think that reopens an issue that I can’t support, that it would make it too difficult for people with pre-existing conditions to get coverage,” she said.

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[flamingdem]

1. Via twitter

McCain thinks repeal is dead - of course we can't trust that but it's good to hear.

[SHRED]

2. A Repub that actually cares about this?

Usually they don't care how many will die for their wealthy tax breaks.

[toddwv]

7. A Republican who cares about her seat.

WV is VERY dependent on federal dollars since we don't have any real industry other than ripping an outdated and increasingly unwanted form of energy out of the ground.

[Demsrule86]

3. Awesome!

[underpants]

4. I swear I won't be surprised if the call a bill the Freedom Freedom for Freedom Act

[Blue_true]

6. Or.

Freedom for Freedom Loving True Freedom Patriots Act. Anyone else is a commie to those pricks.

[Nanjeanne]

5. Sanders is in W Va today holding rally to influence Capito not to support bill. Keeps the

pressure on.

[SMC22307]

8. Excellent. Wonder how many Dems are with him...

have caught very little news this weekend.

[Nanjeanne]

9. Since he is heading up the Dems Outreach my guess is this is part of that initiative. He

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will be going to McConnell territory KY after his WVa rally.