08-03-2017 03:04 via alaskapublic.org

Amid buzz on health bill, Murkowski keeps quiet

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (File photo from 2016 video/Murkowski’s office.)Two U.S. House committees are due to take up the new Republican health care bill Wednesday, to replace the Affordable Care Act. When the bill gets to the Senate, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, could turn out to be a swing vote. She has said she’s willing to break with her party to keep Medicaid expansion and funding for Planned Parenthood. But Murkowski isn’t ready to say yet what she makes of the House bi
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