House leaders were working hard to to win over remaining holdouts, both conservatives and moderates in their party, a process known as whipping votes.
Some moderate Republicans also wanted to increase tax credits for older, poorer people -- a demographic that would pay substantially more for health coverage under the GOP bill than under Obamacare.
Medicaid TweaksThe changes to the bill give states another option for how their Medicaid payments from the federal government would be calculated.
Most members of the Freedom Caucus want to go further and make it mandatory in all states, a GOP aide said.
House leaders expect an updated analysis of the bill from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office before lawmakers vote on it, Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady told reporters Monday.
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