A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against an Indiana law that would have prohibited abortions sought specifically because the fetus had been potentially diagnosed with Down syndrome or other disabilities. The law also would have required that aborted fetuses be buried or cremated and that abortion providers notify patients that seeking an abortion because the fetus may be disabled was against the law in the state.
The restrictions were signed into law in March 2016 b...
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What’s different about the revised Graham-Cassidy bill
Where Republicans' latest efforts to pass an Obamacare repeal stand.
Fox News’s Brit Hume: Rand Paul ‘incoherent’ on health care
Fox News's Brit Hume slammed Sen. Rand Paul for his steadfast opposition to efforts to repeal and replace ObamaCare, calling the Kentucky Republican's arguments "incoherent" during a Monday morning interview."Rand...
Republican plan to defeat Obamacare looks doomed as Susan Collins says no to bill
- Maine senator calls bill ‘deeply flawed’ and says she will not vote for it
- Number of Americans with cover would be ‘reduced by millions’, CBO finds
The latest Republican bill to repeal Obamacare appears doomed to fail after a key senator came out strongly against it within minutes of an analysis which said the plan would strip health insurance from “millions” of Americans.
Moments after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a partial analysis of the Republicans’ plan, Maine Senator Susan Collins announced she would not vote for the bill, and called it “deeply flawed”.
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Trump administration abandons subtlety in ACA
To the great annoyance of its detractors, the Affordable Care Act is doing pretty well, but that doesn't mean the system is immune to sabotage.
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Republicans face resistance in last-ditch effort to repeal and replace Obamacare
A new CBS News poll finds most Americans do not support the latest GOP-led effort to overhaul Obamacare. This comes as more top Republicans are backing away from the Graham-Cassidy bill. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes takes us through the latest developments on Capitol Hill.
Republicans’ latest attempt to repeal Obamacare is another legislative (and political) mess.
A new, last-minute version of Cassidy-Graham seems designed to get votes, rather than reform health-insurance policy for the better.
The Health 202: Here’s how Cassidy and Graham rejiggered their Obamacare overhaul
It's unclear whether the new bill will gain momentum.