A Senate proposal to repeal Obamacare includes $45 billion to treat opioid addiction. But it wouldn't make up for deep cuts to Medicaid in that same bill that has funded much of that treatment.
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Fact Check: Trump’s Confusing Remarks To Senate Republicans On Health Care
After another failed attempt at overhauling Obamacare, President Trump tried to sell his party's repeal efforts (and push some senators into line) at a Wednesday lunch. Here's what he said.
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Pressure Builds On Republicans Opposing Obamacare Repeal
The Republican National Committee and several conservative political action committees are targeting GOP lawmakers in an effort to get past the critical threshold to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Uncertainty Over Obamacare Leaves Next Year’s Rates In Limbo
While Washington ponders the future of the Affordable Care Act, health insurers need to decide right now what to charge people for health insurance in 2018. "It's insane," says one CEO.
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Her Own Medical Future At Stake, A Child Storms Capitol Hill
The Republican health care bill failed in part because of opposition to shrinking Medicaid. An 11-year-old girl with sickle cell anemia went to Washington, D.C., to make sure that wouldn't happen.
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McConnell Backup Plan To Repeal Affordable Care Act Falters
Three GOP senators, Lisa Murkowski, Shelley Moore Capito and Susan Collins, say they will oppose any measure to kill the Affordable Care Act without a suitable replacement.
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Republican Health Care Bill Dead After 2 More Senators Oppose It
Republicans Mike Lee and Jerry Moran have put their names to the no column, bringing to four the GOP senators opposed to the measure. As it stands, there aren't enough votes to pass the bill.
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