Last-minute revisions were announced late Sunday night to the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill in an effort to win over wary Republican holdouts, Politico reported.
The changes would give more federal funding to the states represented by Sens. John McCain of Arizona, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. All three states would have seen a decline in federal dollars in the original version of the bill.
The opposition would likely have sunk the bill as first written.
The GOP bill would abolish much of President Barack Obama's 2010 health care overhaul and shift money and decision-making to the states.
President Donald Trump had held out hope that a last-ditch effort to overhaul the Obama-era health law isn't over.
He took to Twitter to try to sway Paul — who's said he'll oppose the latest Republican bill because it doesn't abolish enough of the Affordable Care Act.
Here's what Trump's tweeted about Paul: "I think he may find a way to get there for the good of the Party!"
Trump's comments come a day after Sen. John McCain announced he wouldn't back the proposal.
McCain also was the critical "no" vote against a previous attempt to overhaul the law in July.
Trump also is lashing out at Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, saying that people in her state are "angry" about the current health law. Murkowski hasn't committed on the bill.
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