The new bill to replace Obama’s signature healthcare law attempts to placate moderate and conservative critics, but still a protracted battle may be ahead
Senate Republicans unveiled a revised healthcare plan on Thursday, seeking to bridge an intra-party divide that has so far thwarted efforts to make good on a seven-year pledge to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.
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The Republican healthcare plan has a formidable foe: economics | Joe McLean
The Republicans can’t craft a workable plan on healthcare because they ignore at least four immutable economic principles
Having sworn for six years to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, Senate Republicans, unable to pass a plan before their summer recess, recently got their first taste of how the folks at home feel about it. While many ducked those messy town-hall meetings, they couldn’t avoid hearing the angry voices during Fourth of July parades, picnics and fireworks. ...
What conservative pundits say about Trumpcare (spoiler: they all dislike it)
Conservative commentators have derided the Republican bill as weak, visionless, and a treasonous acceptance of the basic thrust of the Affordable Care Act
Senate Republicans pleased no one this week. Granted, they were never going to get much love from Democrats defending Obamacare, or their more progressive colleagues who are daring to talk aloud again about a single payer scheme. But their own ideological bedfellows also went after them as their plan, such as it was, was shelved un...
If Republicans lose the healthcare fight, it’s the beginning of the end | Corey Robin
The right has had its spells in the wilderness, where they’ve been exiled from power. If they lose this bill, it will put them on that road to despair
At the beginning of this week, Republican senators were planning to head home for the Fourth of July recess and celebrate the nation’s independence and freedom by enacting their idea of liberty: denying health insurance to more than 20 million people. By the middle of the week, their hopes were dashed.
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The Senate is working to finalize a vote on a Republican-drafted healthcare bill that is projected to gut funding for Medicaid, Planned Parenthood and coverage options for the middle and working class while leaving millions uninsured.
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The Resistance Now: activists say ‘hell no’ to Republican healthcare bill
Progressives sprung into action with dozens protesting outside the Senate majority leader’s office, while Democrats took stock after Ossoff’s loss
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Dozens of people were arrested after protesting outside Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell’s office on Thursday – including some in wheelchairs – as Republicans unveiled Republicans unveiled Trumpcare 2.0 (or are we on 3....
Chuck Schumer condemns Republican healthcare bill as ‘heartless’ – video
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer says the Republican healthcare bill to overhaul Obamacare is a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ and ‘heartless’. Mitch McConnell and his lieutenants in the GOP worked in secret for weeks on the bill, and McConnell said debate on it would start next week. On Thursday, Schumer said there was not enough time to properly review the bill
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The Resistance Now: big, angry crowds to fight back against Trumpcare
Activists opposing Trump’s healthcare bill take the fight to town halls; liberals raise $1m for Democratic challengers in 2018; and the GOP loves Bud Light
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After working hard to pass a bill that would strip millions of Americans of their health insurance, Congress is taking a well-earned recess for the next week. The idea is that politicians return to th...