Senate Republicans plan to counter a Democratic-led vote on expiring Obamacare subsidies with a healthcare proposal of their own, marking a shift in strategy as the GOP debates how best to challenge Democrats on affordability.

“We will have an alternative that we will put up that reflects the views of the Republicans here in the United States Senate about how to make health insurance more affordable in this country, how to ensure that it’s not the insurance companies that are getting enriched but that it’s actually benefiting the patient, and how to make sure this is a good deal for American taxpayers,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told reporters on Tuesday.

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