GOP, Paul Opposition Imperil Senate Health Bill

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says he and three other Republican senators are preparing to announce their opposition to the Senate health care bill as it's written.

Their opposition puts the bill in jeopardy, since Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can lose only two Republican senators and still pass the legislation.

Paul said in an interview that the bill released Thursday resembles "Obamacare" too closely and does not go far enough to reduce costs for the insured.

"I don't think the republican plan fixes that. The plan just puts a bunch of subsidies in there for insurance companies asking them to promise to lower the rates for everybody. It might work, but to me it doesn't seem like an answer, it seems like a band-aid." Paul said.

Paul says that he and the other senators are "definitely open to negotiation" but that they need to make their opposition clear in order to ensure negotiations happen.

McConnell is pushing toward a vote next week but Paul's stance throws that into question.