Susan Collins: Pence is wrong about Trumpcare’s Medicaid cuts

July 16, 2017 health, healthcare, medicaid, politics, susan-collins

The Maine senator is one of two Republicans already opposing the Senate’s latest Affordable Care Act repeal bill.Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) on CNN’s State of the Union CREDIT: CNN
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) dismissed claims by Vice President Mike Pence that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) latest iteration of the Trumpcare legislation “strengthens and secures Medicaid for the need...

Health care bill on brink of collapse as third Republican senator lashes out at McConnell

July 16, 2017 healthcare, mitch-mcconnell, ron-johnson, Senate

If they lose one more vote, the Senate health care bill is dead.Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. walks on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, July 13, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. plans to rolls out the GOP’s revised health care bill, pushing toward a showdown vote next week with opposition within the Republican ranks. CREDIT: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
All 48 Democrats and two ...

The Trumpcare provision that could be a death sentence for people who get sick suddenly

July 15, 2017 Donald Trump, health, healthcare, politics

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

July 15, 2017 Donald Trump, health, healthcare, politics, republican-party

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’

July 15, 2017 healthcare, politics, tedcruz

“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...

The lead crisis: Tackling an invisible, dangerous neurotoxin

July 15, 2017 features, lead-poisoning, water

Community awareness and action are key to enacting solutionsArtwork by Diana Ofosu
As Howard Mielke makes his way down the streets of his tree-lined New Orleans neighborhood toward the Bayou St. John, his walk is careful and deliberate. The canal’s waters are calm and glassy, reflecting the wisps of clouds above, and revealing none of the dangers below where alligators sometimes lurk.
Mielke is a...

The Senate’s referee-in-chief will have a key role in the fate of Trumpcare

July 14, 2017 congress, Health Care Reform, Senate

A former Senate parliamentarian explains the crucial decisions that will shape the health care debate’s third act.Senate parliamentarian Alan Frumin is seen walking towards the House Office Building on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 on Capitol Hill. Frumin has been known to sleep in his office, on call 24/7 CREDIT: AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke
Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who will spend the rema...

Faith leaders arrested on Capitol Hill for protesting GOP health care bill

July 13, 2017 healthcare, politics

“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...

Bill or no bill

July 13, 2017 Uncategorized

CEDIT: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
The new Senate health bill was released today, garnering such unfavorable reviews that it may actually be dead on arrival. This iteration includes a tax credit plan that is less than generous, provides $70 billion to insurance companies, and allows states to opt out of Obamacare’s essential benefits rule. Oh, and it will still strip millions of health care.

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The Senate’s new health care bill is already on life support

July 13, 2017 healthcare, politics

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:...