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Four Republican senators are threatening an 11th hour vote on the Health Care Freedom Act, or “skinny” Obamacare repeal, ahead of the August recess. They want guarantees that this latest effort won’t be in the final version approved by the House. Republican senators John McCain of Arizona, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana […]
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster It’s looking more likely that the Senate will vote on a last-resort effort to repeal Obamacare. The so-called “skinny repeal” plan, if passed, would roll back certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including the individual and employer health insurance mandates, and lead to the House and Senate working together to compromise on […]
Senate Republicans are working to pass legislation scaling back government support for health coverage, with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calling for a vote on Tuesday to begin debate on a bill whose precise contents remain unknown. “Every Republican running for office promised immediate relief from this disastrous law,” President Trump said on Monday, referring to […]
Reuters The Senate voted on Tuesday to open debate on their plan to overhaul the US healthcare system. Exactly which healthcare bill they’ll be voting on as a final product remains very much up in the air. Among the options are the Senate’s plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the law better known as […]
Mark Wilson On Monday night, Sen. John McCain said he would return to Washington to vote on key issues — most notably the Senate’s push to overhaul the US healthcare system. McCain’s dramatic return a week after announcing his diagnosis of brain cancer seems to indicate that the vote on the Senate’s healthcare push, expected […]
Here’s what you need to know about today’s vote: * The Senate will take a crucial first vote on their health reform bill this afternoon. If it fails, the current GOP effort to repeal and replace Obamacare dies. If it passes, it does not become law. And while it would be a small victory for […]
Stephen Colbert basked in the government’s failure to move forward with an Obamacare alternative on Tuesday, declaring so-called Trumpcare “deader than the people that would have been dead if Trumpcare passed.” The Late Show host began his monologue with word that the GOP’s health care plan “was pronounced dead of terminal sucking,” mocking the likes of […]
* Senate Majority Leader is unveiling his revised health care bill to Senate Republicans today and is hoping to get enough support to win over the at least 50 of the 52 GOP senators need to pass the bill. * This revised bill is not necessarily the final draft that will go to a vote […]
For hours, Democrats have taken over control of the Senate floor to draw attention to the GOP’s attempt to draft their health care bill behind closed doors. They don’t plan to quit until at least midnight Monday. Under the direction of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York), Democrats on Monday began a series of […]
Reuters/Jason Reed Over the past couple of years there has been a mystery in the Iowa individual insurance market. According to Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer Wellmark, there was a patient in the state’s Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, exchanges that required $ 1 million a month in care. This staggering $ 12 million in […]
