A new Congressional Budget Score confirms the latest version of the bill is pretty much like the old one.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks into the Senate Chamber at the Capitol, Thursday, July 20, 2017 CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
The Senate GOP’s Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) is dead — and yet it lives. On Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office scored a revised but sti...
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Repealing Obamacare alone would leave 32 million Americans uninsured
Thirty-two million Americans would lose their health insurance by 2026 if Obamacare is repealed without a replacement.
John Legend says Trump ‘wants more people to die so he can embarrass Obama’
Singer John Legend criticizes U.S. President Donald Trump over his attempts to repeal Obamacare.
Abortion rights face a full-on assault at the state level
A new report shows more than two dozen states have introduced legislation targeting abortion rights.Activists dressed as characters from “The Handmaid’s Tale” chant in the Texas Capitol Rotunda as they protest SB8, a bill that would require health care facilities, including hospitals and abortion clinics, to bury or cremate any fetal remains whether from abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth, and they wou...
Senate Republicans are in denial that repeal without replacement is dead
Despite not having the votes, McConnell still wants to push straight Obamacare repeal to the floor.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 18. CREDIT: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) vowed to move forward on a Obamacare repeal-without-replacement vote “in the very near future” Tuesday afte...
Trump writes off failing health care overhaul, tweets ‘let Obamacare fail’
U.S. President Donald Trump declared Tuesday he's going to "let Obamacare fail" after the Republicans' effort to rewrite the 2010 health care overhaul imploded in Congress.
Republicans pivot back to a failed health care strategy they previously opposed
Repeal and delay is back.Credit: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
The longtime Republican dream of repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act hit a major bump in the road on Monday night, losing the votes needed to advance their replacement bill.
Now that he’s down four votes in the Senate — five including Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who is recovering from surgery — Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY...
Capital Journal Daybreak: GOP’s Competing Wings Slow Health Overhaul
Good morning. Here’s the latest news on the GOP’s efforts to replace Obamacare and more top stories from Washington. Click here to get the Capital Journal Daybreak newsletter delivered to your inbox. GOP Abandons Senate Health Bill, Plans Repeal Vote: GOP leaders gave up their effort to dismantle and simultaneously replace much of the Affordable Care Act […]