WASHINGTON — Top Senate Republicans on Thursday considered keeping President Barack Obama’s tax increase on wealthier people’s investments and using the money to bolster their proposed health care subsidies in a bid to mollify moderate GOP lawmakers and salvage the party’s struggling bill.
Also in play was a proposal from conservatives to let insurers offer any plans they’d like, including ones with skimpy benefits and low premiums.
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