AP Sources: Senate GOP Health Bill Would Overhaul Obama Law

WASHINGTON (WJZ/AP) — Senate Republicans would cut Medicaid, end penalties for people not buying insurance and erase a raft of tax increases as part of their long-awaited plan to scuttle President Barack Obama’s health care law, congressional aides and lobbyists say.
After weeks of closed-door meetings that angered Democrats and some Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has released the proposal. The package represents McConnell’s attempt to quell criticism by pa