Mitch McConnell will delay consideration of health care legislation in the Senate, after John McCain's surgery left Republicans short of votes on their marquee legislation.
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The Trumpcare provision that could be a death sentence for people who get sick suddenly
Trumpcare keeps getting worse.Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., center, and her son Jared, back left, greet volunteers outside a polling place at Winfield Elementary School in Windsor Mill, Md., Tuesday, April 26, 2016. Edwards is running against Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Republican governor fact-checks Pence’s lie about Medicaid
A misinformation campaign.CREDIT: AP Photo/Stephan Savoia
During a speech before the National Governors Association on Friday, Vice President Mike Pence blatantly mischaracterized the impact Trumpcare would have on Medicaid.
“Let me be clear: President Trump and I believe the Senate health care bill strengthens and secures Medicaid for the neediest in our society,” Pence said. “And this bill put...
In scathing letter, insurers unite to call Cruz amendment ‘unworkable in any form’
“Millions of more individuals will become uninsured.”Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas is pursued by members of the media while walking the hallways on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 13, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. plans to roll out the GOP’s revised health care bill, pushing toward a showdown vote next week with opposition within the Republican ranks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Mo...
WATCH: Senate Republicans release revised health care bill as hunt for support goes on
Senate Republicans released a revised health care bill as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., continues to try to win the GOP support needed to pass a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, on which he expects voting to begin next week.
Faith leaders arrested on Capitol Hill for protesting GOP health care bill
“Don’t tell me you are ‘pro-life.’”CREDIT: Facebook/Faith in Public Life
A group of prominent clergy were arrested Thursday on Capitol Hill while peacefully protesting the Republican health care bill, describing the legislation as “immoral” and “sinful.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) unveiled a tweaked version of the “Better Care Reconciliation Act” on Thursday, but it does not ap...
The Senate’s new health care bill is already on life support
Republicans can only lose one more vote on the motion to proceed.Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine is surrounded by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 13, 2017, after a revised version of the Republican health care bill was announced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. The bill has faced opposition and challenges within the Republican ranks, including by Sen. Collins. CREDIT:...
The new Trumpcare bill keeps the single cruelest part of the old Trumpcare bill
Say goodbye to Medicaid.CREDIT: AP Photo/Molly Riley
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is fighting a two front war. At the right end of his caucus, hardliners want deep Medicaid cuts and weaker protections for people with preexisting conditions. More pragmatic conservatives, meanwhile, say they want to keep the legislation from working havoc on Medicaid.
If a new version of the Senat...
The White House’s exceedingly dishonest attack on the Congressional Budget Office
The Trumpcare misinformation campaign continues.CREDIT: screengrab
On Wednesday afternoon, the Trump administration trashed the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office in an attempt to undercut its dire analysis of Trumpcare.
The White House’s official Twitter account posted a tweet that says, “The Congressional Budget Office’s math doesn’t add up. Faulty Numbers = Faulty Results.”
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