Paul Ryan Signals Compromise on Health Care for Older Americans: `We Believe We Should Have ...
(WorldNews Health)

WASHINGTON — Days before a pivotal vote, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday he will seek changes to a GOP health care bill to provide more help to older people. The new willingness to compromise was a bid for more support from moderate Republicans, who expressed continuing unease about the plan to replace Barack Obama’s health law unless significant changes were made. Ryan insisted that he felt “very good” about the bill’s prospects but acknowledged that House leadership was “making fine-tuning improvements to the bill to reflect people’s concerns.” A House vote was scheduled for Thursday. “We believe we should have even more assistance....