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Republicans concede their latest Trumpcare bill is dead

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A hastily written health bill — with deep cuts to Medicaid and major hits to patient regulatory protections — ran into the same political problems as bills before it, and failed to garner enough support in the Senate.

Republicans announced Tuesday the party does not have the votes to pass their latest health care bill, known as the Graham-Cassidy bill, and will forgo a vote this week. Instead they will move on to tax reform, reaching for at least one legislative win befo...

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When Cassidy’s health clinic closed, its patients only saving grace was Obamacare

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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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Republicans revolt again, seemingly doom Trump’s latest effort to repeal Obamacare

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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...

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National Association of Evangelicals blasts GOP effort to repeal Obamacare

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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...

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The latest Trumpcare bill has a nasty surprise for people with preexisting conditions

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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...

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Even Ted Cruz not ready to support latest Obamcare repeal

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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.  ...

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Despite evidence to contrary, Cory Gardner says Obamacare repeal is not about his donors

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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...

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