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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, MAY 6, AND THEREAFTER – Dawn Varner, of Roaring Spring, Pa., labels rolls of paper April 27, 2017, at the Appvion Inc. paper mill in Roaring Spring, Pa. When the mill's France-based owners announced plans to sell their American subsidiary in 2001, employees nationwide pitched in to take control of the company by forming a worker-owned corporation now called Appvion Inc. During the Rust Belt's decades long manufacturing decline, cities have often managed to claw their way back to a growing economy, while towns with just one or two employers can remain desolate for decades. (Gary M. Baranec/Altoona Mirror via AP)
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FILE - In this March 13, 2017, file photo, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder speaks during a news conference in Detroit. Republican lawmakers' renewed push to do away with pensions for newly hired teachers will become a reality only if they can persuade a skeptical Snyder, the accountant-turned-governor whose number crunching has left him hesitant about the upfront cost of transitioning to 401(k) plans for future school employees. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer predicts the U.S. will have a single-payer health care within seven years. (Fox News screenshot)
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People look on during a healthcare rally Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Salt Lake City. Utah's all-Republican House delegation voted Thursday in favor of a health care overhaul that could impact people with pre-existing conditions, triggering serious worries from people who fit that category. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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People look on during a health care rally Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Salt Lake City. Utah's all-Republican House delegation voted Thursday in favor of a health care overhaul that could impact people with pre-existing conditions, triggering serious worries from people who fit that category. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Rep. Fred Upton, Michigan Republican, said he was enticed to support the Obamacare repeal bill with an additional $8 billion for health care risk pools. (Associated Press)
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Taiwanese workers hold placards with the words "Demand Protection for Elderly Lives" during a Labor Day rally in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, May 1, 2017. Thousands of protesters from various labor groups marked Labor Day, or May Day as it is observed elsewhere in the world. with demands for better conditions for workers. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) ** FILE **
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President Trump said he is confident that the Republican-led Senate will pass the health care bill. (Associated Press)
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Jake Martinez, 32, looks at his medication at his home Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Murray, Utah. Martinez, who has epilepsy, is worried about health insurance as Republicans move closer to dismantling the Obama health care system, known as the Affordable Care Act, which he and his wife use. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Jake Martinez, 32, holds his medication at his home Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Murray, Utah. Martinez, who has epilepsy, is worried about health insurance as Republicans move closer to dismantling the Obama health care system, known as the Affordable Care Act, which he and his wife use. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Jake Martinez, 32, holds his daughter Jenny, 3, while his wife Kat, 31, holds their son Joe, 5, at their home Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Murray, Utah. Jake Martinez, who has epilepsy, is worried about health insurance as Republicans move closer to dismantling the Obama health care system, known as the Affordable Care Act, which he and his wife use. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Jake Martinez, 32, holds his daughter Jenny, 3, while his wife Kat, 31, holds their son Joe, 5, at their home Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Murray, Utah. Jake Martinez, who has epilepsy, is worried about health insurance as Republicans move closer to dismantling the Obama health care system, known as the Affordable Care Act, which he and his wife use. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Jake Martinez, 32, speaks during an interview while his wife Kat, 31, holds their daughter Jenny, 3, at their home Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Murray, Utah. Jake Martinez, who has epilepsy, is worried about health insurance as Republicans move closer to dismantling the Obama health care system, known as the Affordable Care Act, which he and his wife use. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Jake Martinez, 32, looks on as he stands next to his medication at his home Thursday, May 4, 2017, in Murray, Utah. Martinez, who has epilepsy, is worried about health insurance as Republicans move closer to dismantling the Obama health care system, known as the Affordable Care Act, which he and his wife use. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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President Trump celebrated with Speaker Paul D. Ryan in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday after the House pushed through their long-awaited health care bill. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017, after the House pushed through a health care bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump, accompanied by GOP House members, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017, after the House pushed through a health care bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Flags hang over the court at a varsity basketball game at Flower Flower Mound High School in Flower Mound, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. In 2011, Charles Freet lost his job as boys basketball coach at the school, and now works at a Dallas-area private school. After a Flower Flower Mound High School teacher reported that players were putting their fingers in teammates' bottoms, he told administrators investigating the allegations that the acts were merely a joke and not hazing. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-High school basketball coach Charles Freet speaks with an unidentifed man during warm ups before a junior varsity basketball game in Argyle, Texas, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. Freet is working at a Dallas-area private school after he lost his job as boys basketball coach at Flower Mound High School in 2011. After a Flower Flower Mound High School teacher reported that players were putting their fingers in teammates' bottoms, he told administrators investigating the allegations that the acts were merely a joke and not hazing. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-High school basketball coach Charles Freet stands on the sidelines during a junior varsity basketball game in Argyle, Texas, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. Freet is working at a Dallas-area private school after he lost his job as boys basketball coach at Flower Mound High School in 2011. After a Flower Flower Mound High School teacher reported that players were putting their fingers in teammates' bottoms, he told administrators investigating the allegations that the acts were merely a joke and not hazing. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
