Eight to 10 Republicans have concerns on healthcare bill: Collins

July 16, 2017July 16, 2017 topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eight to 10 Republican U.S. senators have serious concerns about Republican healthcare legislation to roll back Obamacare, moderate Republican Senator Susan Collins, who opposes the bill, said on Sunday.
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By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans prefer Obamacare to Republican replacements

July 16, 2017 Uncategorized

More worrisome for Republicans is how support for their proposals broke down by demographic.

Republicans delay Trumpcare vote after John McCain has surgery

Mitch McConnell will delay consideration of health care legislation in the Senate, after John McCain's surgery left Republicans short of votes on their marquee legislation.

Senate to vote on health care legislation next week

July 16, 2017July 16, 2017 Uncategorized

President Trump gave the revised Republican health care bill a shout-out on Twitter today. "Next week, the Senate is going to vote on legislation to save Americans from the Obamacare disaster," he wrote. Errol Barnett has more.

As McCain Recovers From Surgery, Senate Vote On Republican Health Care Bill Uncertain

July 16, 2017 Uncategorized

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., will stay in Arizona next week to recover from eye surgery. The Republican's absence in D.C. complicates the already tight math surrounding the planned health care vote.
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Health care bill on brink of collapse as third Republican senator lashes out at McConnell

July 16, 2017 healthcare, mitch-mcconnell, ron-johnson, Senate

If they lose one more vote, the Senate health care bill is dead.Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. walks on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 13, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. plans to rolls out the GOP’s revised health care bill, pushing toward a showdown vote next week with opposition within the Republican ranks. CREDIT: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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Governors Give Chilly Reception to Health Bill Push

July 16, 2017July 16, 2017 Governors (US), medicaid, National Governors Assn, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Price, Thomas E (1954- ), Verma, Seema

At an annual gathering of state executives, there appears to be broad discomfort with legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare. The only question is how to express it.

Sanders calls on Grassley, Ernst to vote against Senate healthcare plan

July 15, 2017 Uncategorized

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday urged Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to vote against the Senate GOP plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act."We need one more Republican vot...

Five key senators who will make or break healthcare reform

July 15, 2017 Uncategorized

The fate of Republican legislation to repeal and replace major parts of ObamaCare rests on a handful of senators who have strong reservations about the bill and a variety of political reasons to either support or oppose i...

The Trumpcare provision that could be a death sentence for people who get sick suddenly

July 15, 2017 Donald Trump, health, healthcare, politics

Trumpcare keeps getting worse.Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., center, and her son Jared, back left, greet volunteers outside a polling place at Winfield Elementary School in Windsor Mill, Md., Tuesday, April 26, 2016. Edwards is running against Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Republican senators are hopin...