GOP Gov.: GOP Health Bill Too Great of a…

July 17, 2017 Uncategorized

Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) joins MTP Daily to discuss the GOP Senate health care bill as it stands now and Medicaid expansion.
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Pence’s 2 misleading Medicaid claims

July 17, 2017July 18, 2017 Uncategorized

Vice President Mike Pence was sent to the National Governors Association's meeting in Rhode Island on Friday to convince skeptical Republican governors to back the Senate GOP's health care bill. ...

In Massachusetts, Proposed Medicaid Cuts Put Kids’ Health Care At Risk

July 17, 2017 Uncategorized

Sen. Maria Cantwell: “Republicans Almost…

July 17, 2017 Uncategorized

Sen. Maria Cantwell, a member of the finance committee, sounds off on Republicans' "war on Medicaid."
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America first

July 17, 2017 Uncategorized

CREDIT: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
As part of Trump’s “Made in America” week — a week aimed at promoting goods manufactured in the U.S. — the federal government has announced plans to increase the number of seasonal work visas this year, adding 15,000. Additionally, Trump’s “grandmother ban” is headed to the Supreme Court where it will be settled once and for all.

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‘Kill the bill’: activists use latest GOP healthcare delay to amp up pressure

July 17, 2017 Activism, Republicans, US Congress, US domestic policy, US healthcare, US news, US politics, US Senate

Moderate holdouts remain amid lingering concerns over impact on Medicaid as insurance providers call amendment crafted by Ted Cruz ‘simply unworkable’
Activists opposed to the Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) plan to make the most of a delay caused by the absence of John McCain as he recovers from surgery.
Related: ‘They’re sentencing me to death’: Medicaid recipients on the Republican healthcare plan
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Republicans’ Catch-22 on health care

July 17, 2017 Uncategorized

The more the bill's popularity sinks, the more you hear them talk about Obamacare just to try to save it.

Poll: Half of Americans prefer Obamacare to GOP health care proposals

July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 Uncategorized

The survey comes after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Saturday that he would delay a vote this week on the revised GOP health care bill

New York attorney general says will sue over Obamacare repeal

July 17, 2017 topNews

(Reuters) - New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman intends to sue the federal government if Republican lawmakers pass proposed legislation to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, his office said on Monday.
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More hurdles as Senate delays vote on GOP health bill

July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 Uncategorized

Senator John McCain underwent emergency surgery on Friday to remove a blood clot from above his eye. This has forced Republican leaders to call off this week's scheduled vote on their bill to replace Obamacare. Nancy Cordes reports.