Republicans have argued that Affordable Care Act plans are too expensive and need to be overhauled.
The program serves about 1 in 8 Americans and is a major piece of the nation’s social safety net. It costs about $8 billion per month nationally.
The bill next goes back to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana warned off big revisions from his chamber’s version.
The Senate has confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary.
Senate Republicans blocked bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would have outlawed bump stocks after the Supreme Court struck down a ban last week.
The vote sends the legislation to President Joe Biden, a monumental step in a decades-long battle for nationwide recognition of such unions.
North Carolina primary voters are deciding which Democrat they believe could unseat Sen. Thom Tillis.
A Senate committee is expected to vote by month's end on bipartisan legislation designed to protect special counsel Robert Mueller's job.
A U.S. military plane crashes in rural Mississippi, killing at least 16 people.