The biggest winner in the current health-care debate: Single-payer

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events People rally in favor of single-payer health care for all Californians on Tuesday in South Gate, Calif. We still don't know who will ultimately prevail in the debate over the future of American health care: the Republicans who want to overhaul Obamacare, or the Democrats who want to keep it in place.

The Latest: McConnell says good progress made on health bill

Trump invited them to meet after McConnell decided to delay a vote on a Senate health care bill because there aren't enough votes to pass it. McConnell said after the meeting there's a "really good chance" of passing the bill, but it won't happen before July Fourth as he originally planned.

politicsEven Paul Ryan Admits People Will Hate TrumpcareHis best defense. Jonathan Chait

The Republicans' plan to roll back the welfare state without admitting they are rolling back the welfare state is producing an unremitting stream of rhetorical absurdity. Here is Paul Ryan explaining why the Congressional Budget Office's finding, that the Senate bill increases the uninsured population by 22 million, does not really take anything away from anybody: Paul Ryan: 22MIL more uninsured don't want to buy insurance.

Senate Health Care Fix or Folly?

Despite campaign promises from then candidate Donald Trump as well as from incumbent and new members of Congress to repeal and replace Obamacare, now almost six months into the Trump presidency, Obamacare is still the law of the land. Progress, albeit slow, was apparent this week as the Senate passed their version of a replacement, following the House doing the same two months ago.

CBO: Senate GOP health-care bill would leave 22 million more people uninsured by 2026

Senate Republicans' bill to erase major parts of the Affordable Care Act would cause an estimated 22 million more Americans to be uninsured in the coming decade - about 1 million fewer than similar legislation recently passed by the House, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The forecast issued Monday by Congress' nonpartisan budget scorekeepers also estimates that the Senate measure, drafted in secret mainly by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and aides, would reduce federal spending by $321 billion by 2026 - compared with $119 billion for the House's version.

GOP Senate Bill Would Cut Health Care Coverage By 22 Million

Doctors, nurses, patients and activists listen to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak about Senate Republicans' health care bill on Friday at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Schumer has vowed to help defeat the legislation, which the Congressional Budget Office scored on Monday.

Senate Republicans face key week as more senators waiver in their support for health care bill

Sen. Susan Collins , seen here in a file photo, expressed concerns about the bill's Medicaid provisions on Sunday. Senate Republicans and the White House are facing down an increasingly daunting challenge to secure the votes necessary to pass legislation before the July 4 congressional recess that would make dramatic changes to President Obama's signature health care law.

Kellyanne Conway Gaslights Americans About Medicaid Cuts In AHCA

The White House put out the O.G. sanctimonious, lying sack of bones on today's Sunday shows to talk about the new Trumpcare / AHCA bill. Yup, Kellyanne "Gutter Trash Barbie" Conway almost made me throw up my breakfast bright and early this morning.

The Kabuki Theater of the AHCA

The United States has never had a Senate leader as ruthless, as willing to bend, distort and break the rules, traditions and precedents of the Senate as Mitch McConnell. And the Senate has probably never had a majority leader as effective at accomplishing his goals as Mitch McConnell-making even Lyndon Johnson look like a neophyte in comparison.

The GOP Needs Honesty In Healthcare Bills

Watching HHS Secretary Tom Price on a chat show this morning, I was underwhelmed by his non-answer of: How many people will lose their health care under the Senate bill? My message to the D.C. GOP echo chamber: Losing healthcare is Forget all that stuff from talk radio and some think tanks about how healthcare is not a right. That's easy to say if you're one of those mega-millionaire radio entertainers or a think tank-thinker who's well paid.

AARP warns senators against supporting GOP healthcare bill

The organization dedicated to lobbying for older Americans over 50 years old took issue not only with some of the cuts the legislation would make but also the circumstances in which it was devised. "This new Senate bill was crafted in secrecy behind closed doors without a single hearing or open debate-and it shows," AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond said in a statement.

Top Republicans reject revised US healthcare bill

US Senate Republicans launched their plan for shriveling Barack Obama's health care law Thursday, edging a step closer to their dream of repeal with a bill that would slice and reshape Medicaid for the poor, relax rules on insurers and end tax increases on higher earners that have helped finance expanded coverage for millions. Four conservative Republican senators quickly announced initial o... US Senate Republicans launched their plan for shriveling Barack Obama's health care law Thursday, edging a step closer to their dream of repeal with a bill that would slice and reshape Medicaid for the poor, relax rules on insurers and end tax increases on higher earners that have helped finance expanded coverage for millions.

Senate GOP releases bill to cut Medicaid, alter a Obamacarea

Senate Republicans released their long-awaited bill Thursday to dismantle much of Barack Obama's health care law, proposing to cut Medicaid for low-income Americans and erase tax boosts that Obama imposed on high-earners and medical companies to finance his expansion of coverage. The bill would provide tax credits to help people buy insurance.