Policy and Legislation
Projected federal cost to pay for Obamacare insurance in 2019 lowered to $148 billion from $214 billion, CBO says.
Many middle- and lower-income Republicans benefit from the health law's Medicaid expansion and marketplace subsidies.
Bill would phase out the Medicaid expansion.
The GOP is coming under pressure from members of its own party for lack of access to the draft bill.
Committee members approve to move her nomination to full Senate by one vote.
If adopted, the bill would repeal sections of the ACA that, since 2011, prevented new physician-owned hospitals from participating in Medicare.
Despite a disappointing fourth quarter of 2016, Molina remains a fan of the Affordable Care Act overall and hopes Congress will consult with him and other insurers as it debates the health law's fate.
Democrats say the nominee did not give many specifics in her survey answers.
For some hospitals to survive or break even, it would require Congress to restore billions of dollars in funding that kept hospitals afloat before the 2010 law took effect.
Potential CMS leader says she will work to roll back "harms" created by the Affordable Care Act.