Pence pitches governors on ObamaCare repeal bill

July 14, 2017 Uncategorized

Vice President Pence on Friday pitched governors on the Senate's bill repealing and replacing ObamaCare, telling them healthcare faced a "real crisis.""Yes, President Trump will lead this Congress to rescue the Ame...

Ohio Gov. John Kasich: GOP Obamacare replacement ‘still unacceptable’

July 14, 2017July 15, 2017 Uncategorized

Senate Republicans' latest attempt to overhaul Obamacare doesn't impress Gov. John Kasich.

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The Senate’s referee-in-chief will have a key role in the fate of Trumpcare

July 14, 2017 congress, Health Care Reform, Senate

A former Senate parliamentarian explains the crucial decisions that will shape the health care debate’s third act.Senate parliamentarian Alan Frumin is seen walking towards the House Office Building on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 on Capitol Hill. Frumin has been known to sleep in his office, on call 24/7 CREDIT: AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke
Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who will spend the rema...

GOP struggling to rally support for new health care proposal

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017 Uncategorized

On Thursday Senate Republicans released the newest version of their plan to replace Obamacare. Two key opponents, Sens. Rand Paul and Susan Collins, said they would vote against it. The only holdout who has gone from no to yes is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Nancy Cordes reports.

Trumpcare, version three

July 14, 2017 Democracy in America, United States

IS THE Senate’s revised health-care proposal a good bill? And will it pass? Ideally these two questions would be related. But this is sausage-making, so they are not. Let’s take the first one first.
If you want something approaching universal health-care coverage, there are three ways to do it. One is for the governmen...

One more Republican defection would doom Senate healthcare bill

July 14, 2017July 15, 2017 topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump turned up the heat on Friday on fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate to pass a bill dismantling the Obamacare law, but with their retooled healthcare plan drawing fire within the party even one more defection would doom it.
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Why Senate Republicans can’t agree to repeal Obamacare, in charts

July 14, 2017 Uncategorized

Senate Republicans have been trying to thread the needle on health care reform for weeks, but they've come up empty so far in their search for the perfect compromise.
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WATCH: Senate leaders face GOP opposition with new health care bill

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017 GMA

The Republicans' revised bill includes a provision for conservative senators that would allow insurers to offer cheaper, bare-bones insurance plans and, to win over moderates, keep some Obamacare taxes on the wealthy.

Trump: ‘Republican Senators must come through’ on healthcare

July 14, 2017 Uncategorized

President Trump said early Friday morning that GOP plans for ObamaCare repeal and replacement "must happen" as Senate leadership works to gather the necessary support for its revised legislation.In a series of earl...

Kentucky expected to be hard hit by proposed Medicaid cuts

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017 Uncategorized

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's home state of Kentucky is expected to be hard hit by proposed cuts in Medicaid funding. After Obamacare was enacted, Medicaid expansion led to a sharp drop in the number of uninsured in the state. Omar Villafranca reports.