The amended version of the American Health Care Act, which narrowly passed out of the House of Representatives last week, faces an uncertain fate in the Senate, where several Republicans are already airing concerns over the bill the White House is touting as a repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
At least two Republican Senators, Rob Portman of Ohio and Dean Heller of Nevada, have said they would not vote for the bill, while other Republicans have vowed to rework or completely rewrite the bill.
Amendments to the bill that allow states to apply for waivers from the ACA's essential health benefit requirements and loosen the existing age rating requirements on insurers were enough to win over House members of the conservative Freedom Caucus, who blocked the original version of the bill in March.
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