Senate Republicans complain of chaos in healthcare effort

July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans, scolded by President Donald Trump for failing to overturn Obamacare, tried to salvage their seven-year effort for a new healthcare law on Thursday, but leading senators indicated frustration over shifting goal posts.
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Senate GOP’s ‘new’ health bill would still un-insure 22 million people

July 20, 2017 healthcare, obamacare, republican-party, Senate

A new Congressional Budget Score confirms the latest version of the bill is pretty much like the old one.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks into the Senate Chamber at the Capitol, Thursday, July 20, 2017 CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
The Senate GOP’s Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) is dead — and yet it lives. On Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office scored a revised but sti...

Republicans still can’t craft healthcare plan that won’t drop coverage for tens of millions

July 20, 2017 Donald Trump, Republicans, US Congress, US domestic policy, US healthcare, US news, US politics, US Senate

Latest effort on brink of collapse for lack of support after CBO predicts repeal-and-replace plan would see 22 million lose insurance but cut deficit by $420bn
The latest effort by Senate Republicans to revive their plan to repeal Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) was teetering on the brink of collapse again as a new prediction said it would mean 22 million people losing their health insurance by 2026.
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Americans hate the health care industry even more than Wall Street

July 20, 2017 banks, drugs, patents, pharma, pharmaceuticals, US institutions, Wall Street

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Key Republican senator says Trump doesn’t need to understand health care bill

July 20, 2017 Donald Trump, health, healthcare, politics

Sen. Cassidy is fine with him signing it anyway.CREDIT: MSNBC screengrab
On Wednesday, President Trump revealed profound confusion about how health insurance works, suggesting to the New York Times that he thinks people can buy coverage for $12 a year.
Asked about Trump’s comments during an MSNBC interview Thursday morning, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) defended the president, saying he’s “about broa...

CBO: 22 million would lose coverage under Senate ObamaCare replacement

July 20, 2017 Uncategorized

About 22 million people would lose health insurance coverage in the next decade under the most recent revision of the Senate's ObamaCare replacement bill, according to a new Congressional Budget Office analysis.Bec...

Senate Leaders Press for Health Care Vote, but on Which Bill?

July 20, 2017July 21, 2017 Congressional Budget Office, Obama, Barack, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government

Senate Republican leaders are seeking a vote next week on the Affordable Care Act, but have yet to decide whether to repeal and replace it now or repeal it now and replace it later.

Trump’s plan to let Obamacare fail won’t work—unless he decides to actively sabotage it

July 20, 2017 blue cross blue shield, Donald Trump, GOP, health care, health insurance, health insurance premiums, Ideas, kellyanne conway, obamacare, repeal, repeal and replace, Republicans, ST

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The ideology behind Republicans’ health-care bill

July 20, 2017 Approved, United States

Oath keepers in the Senate
REPUBLICANS presented their efforts to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, which flopped this week, as a necessary response to a failing law. They frequently say the individual market, in which those who do not get health insurance through their employers can buy it for themselv...

Not repealing Obamacare

July 20, 2017 Approved, United States

GRAPPLING to comprehend Donald Trump’s populist seizure of their party, some Republicans predicted it would re-emerge as a champion of working-class whites. Others expected Mr Trump to drop his proletarian shtick and help deliver the tax cuts they had always dreamed of. Republican senators’ failure to ...