The new option being considered by Senate leaders could plausibly be described as Obamacare repeal. But it would disrupt markets and raise premiums.
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What to Watch for in the G.O.P.’s Health Care Showdown
On Tuesday, Republicans will make another attempt to try to repeal and possibly replace the Affordable Care Act. But will they have the votes this time?
GOP congressman blames health care struggles on ‘repugnant’ Republican ‘female senators’
Rep. Blake Farenthold suggested he’d like to resolve things with a gunfight.CREDIT: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File
Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) is livid at the inability of the Senate to repeal Obamacare, and he knows exactly who to blame: the Republican women of the Senate.
During a radio interview on a Corpus Christi station last Friday, Farenthold said he finds it “absolutely repugnant” that...
Senate Parliamentarian Challenges Key Provisions of Health Bill
Elizabeth MacDonough on Friday challenged key provisions in the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, dealing another serious blow to its prospects.
GOP senator says public won’t have ‘luxury’ of learning about health care plan before a vote
A manufactured crisis.From left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX), and Sen. John Thune (R-SD), leave the White House on Wednesday following a luncheon with President Donald Trump and other GOP leadership. CREDIT: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Despite the failure of the latest Trumpcare bill on Monday, Senate Republican leadership is moving forward with pl...
Senate GOP’s ‘new’ health bill would still un-insure 22 million people
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...
On Washington: Republicans’ Push to Overturn Health Law Is Back From the Dead
The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has taken extraordinary measures to pump oxygen back into the G.O.P.’s badly fading effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
Trumpcare: How Republicans Have Tried to Sell It
Since his campaign, President Trump and the Republican Party have pushed hard for a repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
The 3 Republican Women Who Doomed a Senate Repeal of the Health Law
Senators Shelley Moore Capito, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins shared objections to Medicaid cuts, but also had concerns specific to their states.