[Star Traveler]

Presidential candidates on the bill ...

Eight senators opposed the bill, including Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) who are both seeking the presidency in 2016. They were joined by Sens. Lee, David Perdue (R-Georgia), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Richard Shelby (R-Ala).

Sen. Pand Paul (R-Ky.), another 2016 candidate, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who is also considering a run, voted to support the bill.

http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/238871-senate-overwhelmingly-approves-house-doc-fix-bill

[napscoordinator]

Are you supportive of the bill or do you think that it should have been voted down? Only curious. I am not sure really.

[generally]

Knowing nothing about the bill except who voted for and against, I’m inclined to side with the 8 who voted against. I would like to hear what they had to say about why they voted against it.

[plain talk]

"The principal change proposed in this bill is to move from a Medicare payment system based on volume to one based on bureaucratic measures of quality and value,” Mr. Lee said.

I read the whole article and have no idea what this change really means. If Obama likes it then it can't be good. All of Congress supported it because it avoided big cuts to doctors who would dump medicare patients. Beyond that who knows what is in this bill.

[GrandmaC]

This is why Senator Cruz opposed it: “While I appreciate the work done by my colleagues in the House, I cannot support the Boehner-Pelosi bill, which institutionalizes and expands Obamacare policies that harm patients and their doctors while adding roughly half a trillion dollars to our long-term debt within two decades,” Cruz said in a statement to National Journal.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/ted-cruz-will-oppose-house-s-medicare-reform-bill-20150414