Two Senate Republicans have already said they'll oppose a second version of leadership's health care plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, and one more could kill the bill
Month: July 2017
Sens. Collins, Paul criticize revised Senate health-care bill
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on July 16 explained why they continue to oppose a Senate bill aiming to revise the Affordable Care Act.
After delay, Senate Republicans struggle not to let healthcare stall
Following a delay in Senate Republicans' efforts to repeal and replace ObamaCare, lawmakers are struggling to move forward with viable legislation that can pass the upper chamber.
Health Secretary Price: More people will be covered under GOP bill than are currently covered
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said on Sunday that more people would be covered under Senate Republicans' ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill than are currently covered.The Republican healthcare legisl...
WATCH: Collins: GOP Senate health care bill would make ‘sweeping and deep’ Medicaid Cuts
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, explains why she's a "no" on the latest Senate health care bill.
Tom Price admits that the new Trumpcare is only repeal, no replace
Trump’s secretary of health and human services says all insurers have to do “is dust off how they did business before Obamacare.”HHS Secretary Tom Price on ABC’s This Week CREDIT: ABC
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised, over and over again, that he would replace Obamacare with “something terrific,” that would “take care of everybody” and be “a lot less expensive” for consumers and...
Senate majority whip: Healthcare debate will be ‘open process’
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Sunday that the healthcare debate to repeal and replace ObamaCare will be "an open process."
Paul: More conservatives will ‘discover’ GOP bill does not repeal ObamaCare
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday he thinks more conservative Republicans will realize the GOP Senate's healthcare bill does not repeal ObamaCare the longer the proposal is out there.During an interview on CBS's "...
Susan Collins: Pence is wrong about Trumpcare’s Medicaid cuts
The Maine senator is one of two Republicans already opposing the Senate’s latest Affordable Care Act repeal bill.Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on CNN’s State of the Union CREDIT: CNN
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) dismissed claims by Vice President Mike Pence that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) latest iteration of the Trumpcare legislation “strengthens and secures Medicaid for the need...
GOP holdout: Cruz amendment not the solution on healthcare
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who has come out against the Republican plan to repeal and replace ObamaCare, said Sunday that Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) amendment to the upper chamber's legislation is not the route to go as...