GOP Health Bill Steers Cash to the Home State of a Reluctant Senator
- Alaska would benefit disproportionately from funding formula
- Senator Lisa Murkowski has been a holdout on Republican bill
Senate Republicans Release Revised Draft of Health Bill
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Call it the Polar Payoff.
Changes made to the Republican legislation to repeal large parts of Obamacare would send hundreds of millions of extra federal dollars to Alaska, whose Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has been holding off from giving her much-needed vote to the bill. Under formulas in the revised legislation, only Alaska appears to qualify for the extra money.