The new Senate bill's major provisions

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Ted Cruz's possible fix:

No legislative text of Cruz’s proposal is yet available, but this is the gist: As long as a health plan offered at least one Obamacare-compliant plan in a state, the plan would also be allowed to offer non-Obamacare-compliant plans in that state. Nothing is certain, but I’m told this is the main conservative ask on the health care bill right now.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is working hard to find a compromise by the end of the week, after the embarrassment of postponing a vote on the legislation until after July 4. If conservatives get that win on insurance regulations, they might be willing to accept fewer tax cuts for the wealthy in the bill.

Smaller tax cuts would, in turn, free up more money for McConnell to spend on Medicaid and insurance subsidies for poor and middle-class Americans. Those concessions are likely necessary to win over moderates who currently oppose the bill, some of whom are already agitating to scale back the tax breaks for the rich. Every part of the plan is fickle, and McConnell’s margin for error is nil. But as he scrambles for a deal in the next few days, this might be his best bet. If it came to pass, it would represent a significant restructuring of who picks up the tab to cover the most vulnerable Americans.

Ted Cruz has a big idea that just might unlock a Senate health care deal - Vox

The more people (the young and healthy) chose these light programs, the higher the premiums for the regulated (that is, containing the minimum coverage standards) will be though..