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“even several Republican Senators are expressing concerns. Republican Senator Heller said: ``The bill doesn't protect the most vulnerable Nevadans--the elderly, Nevadans struggling with mental health issues, substance abuse, and people with disabilities.'' He continued: ``The goal of healthcare reform should be to lower costs here in Nevada, and I'm not confident--not confident--it will achieve that goal.'' Republican Senator Susan Collins said about the bill: ``I'm very concerned about the cost of insurance for older people with serious chronic illnesses, and the impact of the Medicaid cuts on our state governments, the most vulnerable people in our society, and health care providers such as our rural hospitals and nursing homes.'' Even my friend the junior Republican Senator from Texas said that under this bill, ``premiums would continue to rise.'' My Republican friends are right to have these concerns. The bill will not lower costs for working families. It will leave the most vulnerable Americans out in the cold, devastate rural areas, and set us even further back in combating the opioid epidemic. This week, the Senate will witness a political exercise in that the majority leader will attempt to coerce the votes of these Senators and any other holdouts by adjusting the dials on the legislation a bit. There will be buyouts and bailouts and small tweaks that will be hailed as ``fixes'' by the other side.…”