Dems target vulnerable GOP senators with ‘Jimmy Kimmel test’ ads

September 21, 2017 News

The campaign arm of the Senate Democrats unveiled a new ad campaign Thursday targeting vulnerable GOP senators for their support of the bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare introduced by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and...

Fox News host who argued ‘we’re all going to die’ anyway now claims ‘all of Obamacare is immoral’

September 21, 2017 health, health care, media, News, obamacare, politics

When Republicans were making an ultimately unsuccessful push to pass a Trumpcare bill in late June, Fox News’ Lisa Kennedy Montgomery criticized progressive “hysteria” about the bill, which would’ve cost more than 20 million Americans their health care, since “we’re all going to die” anyway. Now the former MTV VJ has offered another hot take on the existing health care law: it’s all immoral.

Ignoring the well-understood connection between health coverage and lower mortal...

State funding changes in spotlight in Republican healthcare bill

September 21, 2017 News, topNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican leaders sought to nail down the final votes needed to pass what U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday called their "last best chance" to repeal Obamacare while a new analysis underscored how Democratic-leaning states stand to lose large amounts of federal funding under the legislation.
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WATCH: What you need to know about the Graham-Cassidy health care bill

September 21, 2017September 21, 2017 News, politics

ABC News' MaryAlice Parks answers the biggest questions about the latest Senate effort to repeal Obamacare.

Senate Dem: GOP trying to ‘purchase votes’ for ObamaCare repeal bill with Alaska changes

September 21, 2017 News

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday slammed Republicans for reportedly offering to make changes to their ObamaCare repeal bill that would benefit Alaska to win support from Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)."The o...

How will McCain vote on the latest GOP health care bill?

September 21, 2017 News

McCain has complained about the rushed process to repeal Obamacare, calling for “regular order” – but he may still vote in favor of Republicans’ latest bill

Ala. Senate candidate Moore appears to be against new ObamaCare bill

September 21, 2017 News

Roy Moore, the Republican former Alabama judge running for the open Senate seat in his state, appears to be against the GOP's latest effo...

Graham-Cassidy Health Bill Would Shift Funds From States That Expanded Medicaid

September 21, 2017 News

The bill's sponsors say their plan to reallocate federal health funding among states is more equitable. It also would cause largely Democratic states to lose funding while Republican states gain.
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The Senate is about to vote on a bill that will devastate women and gender minorities’ health care

September 21, 2017 Affordable Care Act, health, health care, Health Care Reform, News, obamacare

The new GOP health bill before the Senate — written and largely advocated by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) — threatens to devastate the health of millions of women and gender minorities.

Technically, the Graham Cassidy Bill, which will be voted on next week, does not repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement that insurance companies cover people with pre-existing conditions. Nor does it allow states to waive that provision. But the bill do...

All about ‘regular order’ and why it could make or break Republicans’ Obamacare repeal

September 21, 2017 News

A couple of senators have suggested that they would base their votes on a return to regular order. But what does that term even mean?