Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) has a truth-telling problem.
After late night host Jimmy Kimmel delivered an impassioned monologue Tuesday night, saying Cassidy “lied right to my face” when he told Kimmel that every American should have certain health benefits, Cassidy appeared on all three cable news networks Wednesday morning to defend himself. The senator spent those interviews unleashing a blizzard of untruths so thick with new falsehoods that it was difficult to keep track...
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Trump blocks woman with stage 4 cancer on Twitter after she criticized his latest health care plan
On Wednesday morning, President Trump tweeted out his support for the so-called Graham-Cassidy health care bill that would allow insurers to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions and could cause tens of millions to lose coverage.
I hope Republican Senators will vote for Graham-Cassidy and fulfill their promise to Repeal & Replace ObamaCare. Money direct to States!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 20, 2017
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Report finds that every state would suffer under Trumpcare
The latest attempt by Republicans in Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, spearheaded by Sens. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), would reduce federal funding to states by $215 billion over ten years, ultimately decreasing funding for all states, according to an analysis released Wednesday.
The bill has the support of President Donald Trump, who has consistently pushed for Republicans to repeal and replace the ACA after repeated failures to do so in re...
Caught in a lie, Sen. Bill Cassidy lashes out at Jimmy Kimmel
During his show on Tuesday night, Jimmy Kimmel called Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) a liar.
“A few months ago after my son had open heart surgery, which was something I spoke about on the air, a politician, a Senator named Bill Cassidy from Louisiana was on my show and he wasn’t very honest,” Kimmel said, going on to describe how Cassidy, during the interview on his show, came up with the concept of the “Jimmy Kimmel test” — which holds that “[n]...
GOP’s Last-Minute Health Scramble Gains Momentum
If you feel like the momentum for the new Republican effort to topple the Affordable Care Act emerged quickly, you’re not alone.
Lindsay Graham brags about his shockingly cynical strategy to repeal Obamacare
Speaking at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) discussed his bill to repeal Obamacare, which is quickly gaining momentum. In his remarks, Graham admitted that his strategy was largely based on redistributing large sums of money from large Democratic-led states like California, New York, Massachusetts, and Maryland to states that are more Republican.
In other words, Graham is attempting to purchase GOP votes by pitting Americans against each other — and exp...
How’s the job-based insurance marketplace doing? Better than Obamacare, a new study finds
When health care is talked about on the national stage, it’s largely been centered on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual and small group marketplace, which roughly affects 7 percent of United States residents. But what is the state of insurance for people who have employer-based health insurance?
Annual premiums for more than 150 million U.S. residents who get health insurance through their jobs increased 3 percent, on average. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and the Heal...
GOP rushes to pass Trumpcare through irregular order
The next 11 days are critical for health care advocates who are looking to safeguard the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as September 30 marks the deadline for passing an ACA repeal bill with just 50 votes, according to typical Senate rules. But the next two weeks will also be a test of whether lawmakers care about these rules and precedents in the first place.
After repeated failed attempts to repeal and replace the ACA, Republican lawmakers are yet again rushing through a health bill w...
Republican congressman blames opioid crisis on Medicaid
Republican Congressman Jim Renacci (OH) argued this week that Medicaid expansion in Ohio and other states may have caused the current opioid crisis ravaging the country. His comments come just ahead of a highly-anticipated vote on the Graham-Cassidy heath care bill, which would end Medicaid expansion and, eventually, the entire program.
“Medicaid was, in some ways, the driver of this opioid addiction,” Renacci said, in an interview on WAKR radio. “…If [the ex...
If Trumpcare passes, many cancer patients will face $140,000 insurance premiums
A provision of the new Trumpcare bill gaining steam among Senate Republicans — a bill commonly referred to as “Graham-Cassidy” after its two leading proponents — would allow many insurers to drive up premiums the minute someone gets sick.
This provision allows states to obtain waivers from the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that no one can be charged a higher premium because of a “health status-related factor,” effectively allowing insure...