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In this April 8, 2012 handout photo, Staff Sgt. Travis Mills holds a weapon while deployed with other soldiers in Afghanistan. The soldier's life changed on April 10, 2012, when an IED exploded and robbed him of all four limbs. This week Mills is opening a summer retreat to Maine to help others like him who have suffered severe war injuries. (Photo courtesy of Travis Mills via AP)
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Chicago White Sox starting pitcher David Holmberg leaves the baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in the fourth inning Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Minneapolis. The Twins won 4-2. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)
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Young women in many cases have survived harrowing journeys north, some of them pregnant from being raped along the way. They are entitled under law to medical care, which can mean abortion — sometimes at taxpayer expense. (Associated Press/File)
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Colorado Rockies' Nolan Arenado falls backward out of the batter's box after striking out swinging against Arizona Diamondbacks starter Zack Greinke during the sixth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Denver. Colorado won 4-3. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens as Democratic senators hold a hearing hosted by Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., about how the GOP health care bill could hurt rural Americans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this Monday, May 15, 2017 file photo, people are treated for suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. The U.N. health agency and some major partners have agreed on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 to send 1 million doses of cholera vaccine to Yemen to help stanch a spiraling and increasingly deadly caseload in the impoverished country, which is already facing war and the risk of famine. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, file)
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Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, pauses for a reporter's question as he arrives at a closed-door GOP strategy session on the Republican health care overhaul with Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and others, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Sen. McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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This image provided by the National Eye Institute shows a microscopic image of a retina being damaged by the so-called “dry” form of age-related macular degeneration. An experimental drug is showing promise against an eye disease that blinds older adults. Age-related macular degeneration gradually erodes seniors’ central vision, making it difficult to read or see faces. (National Eye Institute via AP)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, Alan Leafman, center, president of Health Insurance Express, Inc., helps Raquel Bernal, right, and her husband John Bernal, both of Apache Junction, Ariz., navigate the nation's health care insurance system online at the Health Insurance Express store in Mesa, Ariz. Enough insurers are planning to sell coverage through the Affordable Care Act in 2018 to keep the market place working, if only barely, in most parts of the country. However competition in many markets has dwindled to one insurer, or none in some cases, and another round of steep price hikes is expected to squeeze consumers who don’t receive big income-based tax credits to help pay their bill. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 16, 2016 file photo, a woman receives a flu vaccine shot at a community fair in Brownsville, Texas. On Wednesday, June 21, 2017, U.S. health officials released new estimates showing the previous winter’s flu vaccine was ineffective in protecting older Americans against the illness, even though the vaccine was well-matched to the flu bugs going around. (Jason Hoekema/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
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In this Jan. 12, 2003, file photo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Warren Sapp tries to get the crowd going during the third quarter of the NFC divisional NFL football playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers in Tampa, Fla. Sapp is donating his brain for medical research. Sapp announced on social media Tuesday, June 20, 2017, that his brain will go to the Concussion Legacy Foundation after his death. The 44-year-old said in a statement that he's started to feel the effects of the many hits he took during his 13-year NFL career. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, File)
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Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Greg Holland throws to an Arizona Diamondbacks batter during the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Denver. Colorado won 4-3. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zack Greinke pauses after giving up a two-run triple to Colorado Rockies' Nolan Arenado during the eighth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Denver. Colorado won 4-3. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Colorado Rockies' Nolan Arenado yells after hitting a two-run triple off Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zack Greinke during the eighth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Denver. Colorado won 4-3. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Colorado Rockies' Nolan Arenado watches his two-run triple off Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zack Greinke during the eighth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 20, 2017, in Denver. Colorado won 4-3. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by, from left, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., speaks about the health overhaul following a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, confers with Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., left, as Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., speaks at right, about the health overhaul following a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to release a discussion draft of a secret Republican health care bill on Thursday. (Associated Press)
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined by, from left, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., speaks about the health overhaul following a closed-door strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Republicans will have a "discussion draft" of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
