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.
It would come down to making changes to it, what they would consider improvements. The only problem with that is that those should have been dealt with prior to the final day when 21% cuts to doctors were to go into effect (that being today). I’ve see what the doctors normally bill all their patients (Medicare or not) and Medicare tells the doctors that they will only approve about 1/2 of the billing. I’m amazed that doctors even take Medicare with that, as it is, and then they were talking about cutting off another 21% from that today!
BUT in terms of what one would call a “bipartisan vote” ... that was definitely something you NEVER see (with the numbers voting for it in the House and Senate) except with one other subject - ISRAEL!
You can’t get much more support for a bill than the numbers shown here. Even Obama would have been overridden on a veto, if he had attempted it. And, keep in mind that this is what the GOP has been trying to get through for a long time, but we’re blocked by the Democrats in the past.