(Bloomberg) -- A key GOP holdout on the party’s health-care bill said Wednesday that he wouldback the measure, saying he thinks an amendment he proposed may beenough to win passage in the House later this week.
Representative Fred Upton of Michigan told reporters at theWhite House after a meeting with President Donald Trump that he’sready to vote for the bill once a new amendment he helped devise isadded that would boost funding for people with pre-existing conditions.
"I think it is likely now to pass in the House," Upton said.Republican Representative Billy Long of Missouri, another holdout,also said he’s ready to back it.
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