yes. well, they will the cbo will be looking at the legislation with the cruz amendment, i think, probably without the cruz amendment, and giving us their feedback and there will be others who are looking at it. there are actuaries out there from the insurance companies giving us feedback on that and i think there will be others who are modeling this to see what these impacts might be and we re interested in all that information as we move forward. so a cbo score before a vote, just to confirm. well, there will be a cbo score, yeah. i mean i think before the vote, correct? on the overall bill, yes. with the cruz amendment? well, i think the cruz amendment will be examined in the context of how it impacts other features in the bill. i m so sorry. i feel like i m not understanding or getting a clear yes or no answer. will the cruz amendment be scored before there is a vote to proceed? the cruz amendment will be scored. before the vote? well, it s going to be score
conference, meeting with constituents and intensive conversations with members, our conference has updated the last month s better care discussion draft with additional provisions to make it stronger. reporter: but the plan is not the major overhaul that some senators were looking for. it keeps in place many of the sharp medicaid cuts proposed. it includes a version of the so-called cruz amendment that allows insurers that sell obamacare plans to also offer policies outside the confines of affordable care act regulations. it adds more money to state stabilization funds to help lower premiums, particularly for the sick. the bill also avoids repealing obamacare taxes for wealthy americans, a reversal from the previous gop plan, and it boosts funding to combat the opioid crisis. while the mood coming out of the it all was positive, there are still concerns that the bill doesn t go far enough. no version repealed most of
whether or not the cbo has an opportunity to evaluate all the impacts of the cruz amendment before the vote, that may be a different question. but i can tell you, the cruz amendment will be scored. there are going to be a lot of folks looking at this and the overall bill will be scored by the cbo before we vote, yes. okay. let s move on. talking about senators graham and cassidy, their plan to keep obamacare taxes, give money to the states to control that come from those taxes. here s lindsey graham. is mcconnell on board? well, you know, we re going to support mitch s effort with his new plan, but we want an alternative, and we re going to see which one can get 50 votes. we re not undercutting mitch. he s not undercutting us. are you upset that they unveiled their alternative plan during the very hour you guys released your revised bill? well, i think it s, you know, we re an entrepreneurial party. we have people with lots of good ideas. everybody says they don t have an ide
lower the cost of premiums for people who are healthier but one way we can get a better sense of who it hurts, who it helps is of course the cbo score and with these new amendments and adjustments is this bill going to get a cbo score before a vote or the motion to proceed? i think we ll have a lot of feedback from cbo and a score on the overall bill. you know, each of these individual provisions are, they re being looked at, i think, not only in isolation but in the context of the broader bill and we need that feedback. that s why, you know, in order to move forward, we have to make these decisions in an informed way, but again, back to your point, if people are in the so-called, the pool where they ve got higher health care costs because of health conditions, there s $70 billion now available to help buy down and provide cost sharing for people in that pool. that s even if the cruz amendment stays in. so and the cruz amendment will be included when the cbo reveals its revised s
senate republicans are unveiling their newly revised health care bill today. vice president mike pence just issued his stamp of approval. earlier this hour, we brought his comments to you live and he said he discussed this revision with president trump, but the bill is already getting criticism within the senate. senator rand paul says it still fails to repeal obamacare, so he ecan t support it. senator susan collins says she won t vote for the deep cuts to medicaid. this leaves just one vote from the bill being dead on arrival. joining us to talk more about all this is cnn national politics reporter m.j. lee. she s on capitol hill and maeve joining us. lay out this version of what s different from the senate s first try. reporter: let me just walk through some of the big headlines from this bill that was unveiled a couple of hours ago. the one thing i would mention off the top of the list is the cruz amendment. this is the amendment that we have been talking about all