New Senate GOP health care bill could allow cheaper plans with fewer benefits

July 13, 2017July 14, 2017 Uncategorized

Senate Republicans unveiled their newest health care bill Thursday as they continue to search for the majority needed to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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As long as the Republican bill cuts Medicaid coverage, it’s likely to be unpopular

July 13, 2017 Uncategorized

Nearly 6 in 10 Americans consider Medicaid to be important to their families.

Senate Health Care Bill Revisions Released In Attempt To Appease GOP Critics

July 13, 2017 Uncategorized

In need of more votes, Senate leaders have produced a new bill that offers billions more in opioid epidemic assistance but it keeps proposed cuts to Medicaid spending.
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Rand Paul makes one last pitch for the wholesale privatization of health care

July 13, 2017 healthcare, libertarianism, obamacare, rand-paul

“You have to believe that … the marketplace will bring the prices down.”CREDIT: Fox News Screengrab
One reason why the latest iteration of Trumpcare — the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act, or BCRA — seems to be in a lot of trouble right now is because it faces Republican dissenters from both the center and the right. While relative moderates like Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) oppose BCRA because it ...

First on CNN: Graham, Cassidy unveil details of alternative health care plan

July 13, 2017July 13, 2017 Uncategorized

With the prospects for passing the current Senate Republican health care bill still in jeopardy, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, are working with their GOP colleagues on an alternative approach to replacing Obamacare: keeping much of the federal taxes in place and sending that money to the states to control.
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‘Extreme’ Opioid Use and Doctor Shopping Still Plague Medicare

July 13, 2017 Uncategorized

One-third of all Medicare recipients were prescribed opioids last year, the HHS inspector general says, with more than half a million getting high doses for at least three months.
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Trumpcare would destroy Louisiana’s fragile coverage gains for the poor

July 13, 2017 medicaid, obamacare, republican-party

The state’s belated Medicaid expansion is especially vulnerable under the Senate GOP’s Obamacare repeal plan.Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma listen at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan Vucci
In 2009, Louisiana legislators were ardent defenders and critics of t...

WATCH: Senate Republicans to roll out new version of health care bill

July 13, 2017 GMA

The revised bill will likely include an extra $45 billion to fight the opioid epidemic but will keep deep cuts to Medicaid spending as GOP leaders face mounting pressure to secure enough votes.

New Senate Republicans healthcare bill already in trouble

July 13, 2017July 14, 2017 topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican leaders released on Thursday a revised plan to dismantle the Obamacare law, but it drew criticism from senators on both sides of the political divide within the Republican party, indicating a treacherous path for the bill.
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Democrats Prepare For A Hard Bargain On Health Care If GOP Bill Fails

July 13, 2017 Uncategorized

The Senate's top Republican says if the GOP can't pass a bill, they'd need to turn to Democrats to fix health care markets. The minority party would try to preserve as much of Obamacare as possible.
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