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    Here's What We Know About The Senate GOP Health Care Bill

    Senate Republicans say they will release a draft of their legislation on Thursday, with a vote likely next week.
    by Susan Davis Jun 20, 2017 5 minutes
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-K.Y., seen speaking to reporters on Tuesday, is set to release a draft of the Senate's version of the Republican health care bill on Thursday. / Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will release a discussion draft of their version of the health care bill on Thursday, with a vote likely next week.

    Private health care talks have been underway in the Senate for weeks. McConnell tapped a 13-member working group last month to hash out senators' differences over the House-passed American Health Care Act. McConnell's office has since taken the lead drafting the Senate version of the party's long-promised legislation to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.

    Senate Republicans have been coy — or simply out of the loop — on the specifics in the Senate plan, but here is what we know about what might be in the bill and where it could be headed:

    It Sounds A Lot Like The House Bill

    After the House passed AHCA in early May, leading senators asserted that the then. "We'll take whatever good ideas we find there that meet our goals."

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