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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told members of the Senate Finance Committee on Monday that his health care plan isn't the "last chance" to repeal the Affordable Care Act. He explained to his colleagues that Obamacare is "collapsing" in South Carolina and that he wants to save the country from a single-payer health care system.
Next week, Congressional Republicans will vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill supposedly designed to "repeal and replace" Obamacare. Shockingly, they will do so without a score from Capitol Hill's nonpartisan scorekeeper, the Congressional Budget Office .
Republicans have released a revised version of their legislation dismantling the Obama health care law. It contains added money and newly eased coverage requirements aimed at winning over GOP senators whose opposition could well sink the bill.
In this Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, file photo, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks to members of the media while attending an event in Lewiston, Maine. Collins said Sunday, Sept.
In this July 27, 2017, file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Legislative budget analysts say a possibly doomed Republican health care bill would mean a first-year loss of $1.7 billion of funding for Arizona for the Medicaid eligibility expansion and the health exchange.
In this Nov. 8, 2016, file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. waves to supporters as he arrives for his victory party prior to officially announcing his victory over Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick in Phoenix.
Based on initial inspection, it is a lot like the original bill, which would have decimated existing federal health programs. But the new legislation, which Politico and Vox first reported, also includes two key sets of changes - an even more aggressive assault on protections for people with pre-existing conditions, as well as some extra money for a handful of states.
The latest Republican effort to repeal former U.S. President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law faced possible defeat this week as several senators in the party voiced concerns about the bill under consideration. The U.S. Senate is up against a Saturday deadline for deciding the fate of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, because of an expiring rule that lets the Republican healthcare legislation pass with just a simple 51-vote majority, instead of the 60-vote threshold needed for most measures.
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With the potential loss of more than a billion dollars in local aid at stake, legislative leaders and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy this week face their biggest deadline yet to finally reach a compromise budget deal for the fiscal year that began July 1. If they fail to vote on a compromise that can clear the House and Senate, then get Malloy's signature by Oct. 1, dozens of the state's wealthier towns will fall victim to a bare-bones executive order from the governor and will miss out on the first of a scheduled four payments for local schools.
Sen. Bill Cassidy , center, joined by fellow senators, including Sen. Lindsey O. Graham , far left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , far right, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 19. The Affordable Care Act faced immediate constitutional challenges once it was enacted.
Unless there is a miracle and several Republican or Democratic senators change their mind, any healthcare reform bill that requires 51 votes to pass the Senate chamber, is dead. Democrats are celebrating.
Last-ditch Obamacare repeal would be poison Graham-Cassidy is another cynical effort that would deny health insurance to millions Check out this story on dailyworld.com: U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., likens President Donald Trump's management style to the former owner of the New York Yankees after a meeting with veterans at the LITE Center in Lafayette on Thursday, August 24, 2017. Given up as a lost cause this summer, the Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare is back, this time in the form of a last-ditch effort led by GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham, Bill Cassidy, Dean Heller and Ron Johnson.
With John McCain's defection yesterday afternoon, Republicans are scrambling to try and salvage one of their most notable campaign promises: Getting rid of the Affordable Care Act. In an effort to make sense of what's been happening, here's the state of play for the Obamacare The bill has been rendered all but dead thanks to the efforts of Rand Paul and John McCain.
Like a reanimated corpse in the final frames of a horror film, the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act lurched back to life this week, giving the American public one last jump scare. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has promised the Senate will hold a vote on the new Graham-Cassidy bill before his window to repeal Obamacare with a simple majority closes next Friday.