NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Governor of Montana, Democrat Steve Bullock, about a bipartisan letter he signed to with his colleagues to oppose the "skinny repeal" of the Affordable Care Act.
Month: July 2017
Republicans In The Senate Continue Effort To Pass Health Care Law
Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell forced Republicans to take a vote on a measure that would have repealed parts of Obamacare and saw that effort fail. The Senate will continue those efforts.
GOP senators: House agreeing to go to conference on ObamaCare repeal
Republican senators said after a closed-door lunch on Thursday that House GOP leadership has agreed to go to conference on legislation repealing ObamaCare."Mitch McConnell told our conference that he had spoken wit...
WATCH: The Briefing Room: Jeff Sessions heads to El Salvador, WH pushes health care reform
ABC News' John Santucci, John Fishel, Katherine Faulders, Mary Bruce and Jonathan Karl provide extended analysis of the White House press briefing.
Key senator backs ‘skinny’ ObamaCare repeal
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) on Thursday said he would back a "skinny" ObamaCare repeal bill, another sign of growing momentum for a fall-back healthcare option in the Senate.Portman said he was backing the bill as a...
What Is the Health Care ‘Vote-a-Rama?’
Jonathan Weisman, deputy Washington editor for The Times, explains the voting and amendment process that the bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act must go through next.
Boy Scouts Chief Apologizes For ‘Political Rhetoric’ In Trump’s Speech
"We sincerely regret that politics were inserted into the Scouting program," Michael Surbaugh said. His apology came after Trump derided Obamacare and "fake media" in remarks to the National Jamboree.
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US Senate rejects bill to repeal Obamacare in huge blow for Trump – live
- Lindsey Graham calls skinny repeal a ‘terrible policy, a horrible policy’
- Republican healthcare debate: what is a ‘skinny repeal’ of Obamacare?
- Trump’s healthcare battle reminds Scaramucci of Lincoln fighting slavery
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Here’s footage of the notebook falling on Tim Scott on the Senate floor
On the Senate floor, @SenatorTimScott ge...
‘I Am Totally Burned Out’: Patients Watch Health Care Debate With Dread
The war in Congress over repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act has brought anxiety to the people whose health insurance is at risk.