9 Trump promises the GOP's 'Better Care' act breaks

President-elect Donald Trump said in a weekend interview that he is nearing completion of a plan to replace President Obama's signature health-care law with the goal of "insurance for everybody," while also vowing to force drug companies to negotiate directly with the government on prices in Medicare and Medicaid. [The Washington Post]

The Senate bill will reportedly phase out the expansion of Medicaid under ObamaCare, although it the process won't start until 2021. In the end, the impact is the same. The Congressional Budget Office found that rolling back Medicaid expansion would cost 14 million people their health insurance. [ThinkProgress]

During a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday night reminiscent of his time on the campaign trail, President Trump brought up the GOP's plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare, saying, "I hope we are going to surprise you with a really good plan." Trump revealed that he has been "talking about a plan with heart," adding that he told Republican senators, "Add some money to it!" [The Week]

The "philosophy in some circles that if you can't pay for it, you don’t get it'? Trump insisted that "that's not going to happen with us" — implying that there would be universal coverage regardless of income. What's more, people could "expect to have great health care" that would be "in a much simplified form. Much less expensive and much better." [The Washington Post]

Trump promised that the [health-care] plan would take "care of preexisting conditions." [The Washington Post]

"As of Thursday morning, 11 GOP senators have indicated they have concerns with the bill. If three vote against it, the bill would fail." [The Washington Post]