Republicans unveil Senate health bill, but lack votes to pass it

WASHINGTON: US Senate Republicans on Thursday (Friday in Manila) unveiled a revamped health care plan aimed at fulfilling President Donald Trump’s pledge to repeal Obamacare, but a revolt by four conservatives put the bill in immediate jeopardy.

Democrats formed a united front against the controversial measure that was drafted in secret, criticizing it as a “war on Medicaid,” the health care program for lower income Americans, and calling it a worse plan than one that passed the House of Representatives in May.