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Report finds that every state would suffer under Trumpcare

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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...

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Caught in a lie, Sen. Bill Cassidy lashes out at Jimmy Kimmel

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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]...

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Lindsay Graham brags about his shockingly cynical strategy to repeal Obamacare

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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...

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Legislation to extend funding for clinics serving poor and uninsured stalls in Congress

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Congress is fast approaching the deadline to renew federal funding for thousands of community health centers across the country, or risk leaving millions of Americans without health care.

Lawmakers must act by September 30, the end of the current federal fiscal year, to extend the Community Health Center Fund, which provides $3.6 billion of funding to nearly 1,400 community health center organizations. The health centers serve approximately 26 million people, including about 1.2 mil...

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Congress is extremely close to repealing Obamacare

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The last Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal bill left standing had a dubious chance of passing the Senate. But now, Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) are reportedly weighing whether they could support the Cassidy-Graham bill, which would repeal ACA subsidies and the Medicaid expansion and instead give states a temporary block grant.

McCain tells @GarrettHaake he wants bipartisan bill with wks of hearings. BUT may "reluctantly" back Gr...

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GOP congressman says Trump’s unhinged tweets just show that he’s ‘a fun guy’

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On Sunday morning, President Trump retweeted a GIF featuring a doctored video of him striking Hillary Clinton with a golf ball that was originally posted by a user named “Fuctupmind.” That user has posted many racist tweets about the Obama family, along with Islamophobic and anti-Semitic memes.

In recent weeks, Trump has repeatedly retweeted bigots, accounts that traffic in wild conspiracy theories, and memes depicting violence against his perceived enemies.

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