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Sen. Rand PaulRand PaulSunday shows preview: Trump admin makes healthcare pitch Obstacles mount for tax reform Pence takes GOP healthcare pitch on the road MORE (R-Ky.) is pushing an alternative ObamaCare repeal bill amid growing opposition to the House GOP leadership's plan.

Paul introduced a bill known as the ObamaCare repeal bill mirrored off a 2015 bill that cleared the Senate along party lines.

The Republican Party is unified on Obamacare repeal, Paul said in a statement.We can honor our promise right away by passing the same language we acted on in the last Congress."

Paul's proposalwouldeffectively separate repeal of ObamaCare from replacement. The move could alienate a group ofcentrist Republicans who want, at aminimum, the key details of replacement nailed down before they vote to repeal.

"[After repeal]we can have a separate vote on replacement legislation that will deliver lower costs, better care, and greater access to the American people," he said.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has introduced the legislation in the House.

The bill includes a staggered repeal of ObamaCare taxes, including a repeal of the Medical Device Tax in 2018 and the Cadillac Tax in 2020.

The legislation would also eliminateeligibility for ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion as of 2020 as well as the higherfederal matching rate included in the Affordable Care Act.

The move would likely draw opposition from agroup of moderate Senate Republicans who havethreatened they would voteagainst any bill that doesn't protect the Medicaid funding expansion in their home states.

1. House health-care bill can't pass Senate w/o major changes. To my friends in House: pause, start over. Get it right, don't get it fast.

"I support making structural improvements to the Medicaid program, but we must provide stability and certainty for individuals and families in Medicaid expansion programs and real flexibility for states," he said.

Republicans have a narrow path to passing ObamaCare repeal. They have a 52-seat majority, meaning they can only afford to lose two GOP senators and still pass repeal.

The rest is here:
Rand Paul introduces ObamaCare repeal alternative - The Hill (blog)