Graham pushes back on working with Democrats on health care reform

September 24, 2017 News

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday pushed back on the possibility of working with Democrats on heath care reform, saying ObamaCare is a placeholder for "BernieCare" for Democrats."I've come to conclude that Oba...

Key Trump aide: ObamaCare repeal ‘not dead’

September 24, 2017 News

White House legislative affairs director Marc Short on Sunday insisted the Republican effort to repeal ObamaCare is not dead, despite the lack of support from several key GOP senators.

Senator Collins leaning against voting for Republican healthcare bill

September 24, 2017 News, topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine is strongly leaning against voting for the latest draft of her party's healthcare bill attempting to dismantle Obamacare, she said on Sunday.
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Collins: ‘Very difficult for me to envision a scenario’ where she backs GOP health care bill

September 24, 2017September 24, 2017 News

Republicans' latest efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act are hanging on by a thread, and the party is waiting for GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine to make her next move.

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Biggest Flash Points In The Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill

September 24, 2017 News

Despite setbacks, Republicans ‘still working’ on health care push

September 23, 2017 News

Despite Arizona Sen. John McCain's decision to oppose the latest Republican health care plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the effort is still ongoing, GOP aides say -- at least for the moment.
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Trump slams Democrats, McCain over health care bill

September 23, 2017 News

President Trump on Saturday chided Democrats who praised Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) opposition to Senate Republicans' latest effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act."Democrats are laughingly saying t...

[Editorial] For universal health coverage, tomorrow is today

September 23, 2017September 23, 2017 News

In a Comment published alongside the Lancet Series America: Equity and Inequality in Health in April, 2017, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wrote: “Today, we must do everything we can to prevent the repeal of the [Affordable Care Act (ACA)] and oppose attempts by the Trump administration to undermine it by failing to enforce the law or promulgating regulations that would sabotage it. Tomorrow, we must work to join the rest of the industrialised world and guarantee health care to all citizens th...

5 Americans Talk About How A Health Law Overhaul Would Affect Them

September 23, 2017 News

All year, NPR member station reporters around the country have asked people how they would be affected by proposals to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Here are five of those stories.
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Sunday shows preview: White House makes eleventh-hour push for ObamaCare repeal

September 23, 2017 News

The White House is making an eleventh-hour push to repeal and replace ObamaCare on the Sunday news shows this weekend ahead of the Senate's scheduled vote next week.Marc Short, the White House's legislative directo...