Remember that three things must now happen. First is the “horse trading” will begin in earnest in the senate. Lots of IOUs, promises and threats, which is how they do things there.
Second, if they do get a vote, then the bill will go to a conference committee, hand picked by house and senate leaders.
While the conference could do major hanky panky to the bill, in this case they just need to smooth edges, because if they do too much, it will fail when it goes back to the house and the senate for an up or down vote.
Last but not least, it will have to pass President Trump’s muster.
President Trump *could* mess with it, by adding a signing statement, which would reemphasize some parts and downplay other parts.
I want to know how they plan on getting the insurance companies back on board without risking people losing existing policies.
Did either bill have selling insurance across state lines in it?