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Sen. Johnson, three other Republican senators won't vote for current GOP health care bill

Posted at 1:32 PM, Jun 22, 2017
and last updated 2017-06-22 20:26:36-04

After the release of the GOP health care bill, four Republican senators, including Wisconsin's Ron Johnson, released a joint statement saying they were "not ready to vote for this bill."

Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Mike Lee (R-UT), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Johnson issued the following statement in response to the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017:

"Currently, for a variety of reasons, we are not ready to vote for this bill, but we are open to negotiation and obtaining more information before it is brought to the floor. There are provisions in this draft that represent an improvement to our current health care system but it does not appear this draft as written will accomplish the most important promise that we made to Americans: to repeal Obamacare and lower their health care costs."