Friday's Headlines: GOP health-care plan faces uncertain fate in Senate

Fact Checker: Kevin McCarthy's claim that 'nobody on Medicaid is going to be taken away'; While the House GOP celebrates, the Senate prepares to make its own health-care bill; Republicans didn't like their bill but voted for it anyway; This bill is not the 'insurance for everybody' Trump promised; How two little-known Republicans revived the health-care effort after Trump and Ryan stepped back;   Democracy Dies in Darkness     The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories GOP health-care plan faces uncertain fate in Senate Under intense pressure to show they can govern, House Republicans pushed through the legislation, which falls short of long-held party goals, making dents in portions of the Affordable Care Act but not outright repealing it. Widespread disagreement remains among Senate Republicans about how to proceed. The Senate's rules-keeper cannot even review the legislation until the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office submits its official estimate, which could take several more weeks to complete. By Ed O'Keefe, Paige Winfield Cunningham and Amy Goldstein  •  Read more » Fact Checker: Kevin McCarthy's claim that 'nobody on Medicaid is going to be taken away' The House majority leader threads a thin needle in saying people currently on Medicaid won't lose benefits under the House health plan. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more »   While the House GOP celebrates, the Senate prepares to make its own health-care bill Republican senators are signaling that their strategy will be to effectively craft their own legislation, but it's unclear whether they will be able to resolve their stark differences on health care. By Sean Sullivan, Paige Winfield Cunningham and Kelsey Snell  •  Read more »   @PKCapitol | Analysis Republicans didn't like their bill but voted for it anyway They knew it would give Democrats ammunition and that the Senate may choke on the legislation, but they wanted to show that the GOP majority could actually govern. By Paul Kane  •  Read more »   Analysis This bill is not the 'insurance for everybody' Trump promised Five days before his inauguration, President Trump outlined a very different health-care solution. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   How two little-known Republicans revived the health-care effort after Trump and Ryan stepped back The rescue effort began with Reps. Tom MacArthur (N.J.) and Mark Meadows (N.C.), representing moderates and hard-line conservatives respectively, trading offers back and forth on a Word document. 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