Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic — a virtual health clinic in Louisiana co-founded by then-doctor and now Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) — closed in July 2015. It had been getting increasingly harder to get grants to fund the ‘clinic without walls,’ which connected uninsured people who needed care to providers; it was a free clinic and received no federal or state funds. After much deliberation, the clinic shut its doors.
“We felt better about closing th...
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Republican’s last-gasp effort to demolish Obamacare has likely failed
The last-gasp Republican drive to tear down President Barack Obama's health care law essentially died Monday.
Republicans revolt again, seemingly doom Trump’s latest effort to repeal Obamacare
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) announced Monday that she will vote against the Graham-Cassidy bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act following the release of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score, seemingly killing the latest attempt by Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare.
The CBO didn’t have sufficient time to conduct a full analysis but said “millions” of Americans would lose their health care.
Senator Collins oppo...
National Association of Evangelicals blasts GOP effort to repeal Obamacare
A long list of faith groups from across the religious spectrum have condemned the various Republican-led efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this year, with many vocally protesting the proposals on Capitol Hill.
But now religious advocates can claim a new, unusual ally in their effort to stop the GOP’s latest effort to do away with Obamacare: the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE).
According to a list of statements distributed on Monday afterno...
Wheelchair-bound protesters removed from U.S. Senate health-care hearing
The protesters were chanting their opposition to a Republican healthcare measure, which they say would cut back on protections given to people with disabilities under Obamacare.
The latest Trumpcare bill has a nasty surprise for people with preexisting conditions
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), the leading sponsors of a massive overhaul of America’s health care system that Senate Republicans hope to pass this week, released a significant revision of their bill Sunday night.
In an apparent attempt to buy undecided Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-AK) vote, the latest version of the bill includes additional funding for Alaska. It also includes some unusual provisions that seem designed to give the impression that the b...
Even Ted Cruz not ready to support latest Obamcare repeal
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said on Sunday that he’s yet in support of the Graham-Cassidy bill to repeal the the Affordable Care Act because his concerns about health care premiums have not yet been addressed.
Cruz’s comments were made during a discussion with Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith before an audience at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin. The discussion included fellow Republican Texas Senator and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, who said he’s voting in favor of Graham-Cassidy. ...
Despite evidence to contrary, Cory Gardner says Obamacare repeal is not about his donors
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) went on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday and tried to defend his position on the Graham-Cassidy bill, the latest GOP health bill before the Senate, saying he’s voting yes for patients who see high-cost coverage rather than the Republican donors who have a stake in repealing current health law.
Asked by host John Dickerson about admissions by Republican senators that the revived effort to repeal and replace Obamacare was spurred by politic...
Senator Susan Collins all but says she’ll vote against latest Trumpcare bill
Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) told CNN’s Jake Tapper on State of The Union on Sunday that “it’s very difficult” to envision a scenario where she would vote for the latest Obamacare repeal bill, dubbed “Graham-Cassidy.” She said she will definitively decide Monday, after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) releases its preliminary estimates on the bill.
But Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) — one of the bill’s drafters — said ...
Donald Trump blasts Kim Jong-Un, criticizes John McCain in Alabama rally
Trump labelled the North Korean leader a "madman" and criticized Sen. McCain's opposition to Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.
