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Sen. John McCain's treatment for brain cancer could keep him out of Washington for weeks, perhaps months, and yet it's unlikely anyone will challenge his extended leave. Congress has a long tradition in which no one questions ailing lawmakers taking time to recover.
Senator John McCain announced Wednesday that he was diagnosed with brain cancer and was appreciative of all the support he had received. McCain had surgery on Friday, July 14 to remove a blood clot and during the procedure, the doctor found a brain tumor.
With Senate Republican leaders vowing to try and scrap the 2010 health-care law next week, millions of Americans with federally subsidized insurance plans are in danger of having those plans snatched from them the next time around. Although Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., may not have the votes to abolish Obamacare, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans could threaten the stability of the individual insurance market by cutting federal dollars that make those policies affordable.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin , speaking at a news conference at Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation Friday morning, framed the health care debate around the headlines. "Our friend and colleage John McCain deserves the best medical care - as a veteran, as an American.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , flanked by other GOP leaders at the White House, is racing toward an vote next week to roll back the Affordable Care Act, though he has not said what the legislation will be. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , flanked by other GOP leaders at the White House, is racing toward an vote next week to roll back the Affordable Care Act, though he has not said what the legislation will be.
The Republican-controlled Senate will make one more attempt to repeal Obamacare next week, hoping to make good on a major campaign pledge made by President Donald Trump. Trump and his Republican allies suffered a major setback when the latest effort to repeal and replace Obamacare failed in the Senate, riven by divisions between conservatives and moderates over what should come next.
The Arizona Republican's diagnosis of brain cancer shook political Washington - where the 80-year-old senator is deeply respected by both parties - and sparked an outpouring of support from friends and political opponents alike. While the focus has been on McCain's health, his absence also has repercussions for the Republican effort to repeal ObamaCare.
The absence of U.S. Sen. John McCain, who remains at his Arizona home after a diagnosis of brain cancer, not only cast a cloud over Capitol Hill, it also sank the GOP legislative agenda further into uncertainty. Even before McCain's announcement that he would remain in his home state while consulting with his family and doctors about the course of his treatment, neither Republicans' latest draft bill to repeal and replace Obamacare nor its alternative plan for a straight repeal with a two-year delay in implementation had enough support to pass.
A White House official confirmed the conversation Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity despite the president's repeated criticism of unnamed sources.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., arrives at the Senate for final votes of the week on the day after Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was diagnosed with an aggressive type of brain cancer, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Sen. Graham, McCain's closest friend in the Senate, said that they had spoken by telephone Wednesday night and that the diagnosis had been a shock to McCain.
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski Wednesday questioned Medicare's top fraud prevention official about how safeguards failed to prevent a doctor in Indiana from prescribing more than $1 million in opioids to 108 patients under Medicare's prescription drug program.
News that U.S. Senator John McCain has brain cancer triggered a wave of support on Thursday from across the political spectrum for the often outspoken former Republican presidential candidate who survived five years captivity as a U.S. Navy pilot during the Vietnam War. McCain, 80, had surgery last week for a blood clot above his left eye.
Sen. John McCain, who has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer , has received an outpouring of support from current and former lawmakers from across the political spectrum. The 80-year-old Arizona Republican underwent a procedure last Friday to remove a blood clot above his left eye at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix.
An advisory committee that President Donald Trump created to examine the integrity of U.S. voting systems held its first meeting Wednesday. And its vice chairman, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, said afterward that "we may never know" whether Trump's rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton, won the popular vote through voter fraud.
CBO says Senate's repeal bill could make insurance market unstable, increase premiums and dramatically increase the number of people without insurance. CBO: Senate Republican Obamacare repeal plan would increase uninsured by 32 million in 2026 CBO says Senate's repeal bill could make insurance market unstable, increase premiums and dramatically increase the number of people without insurance.
In this March 4, 2015 image from video, Michael Morris discusses his family's experience with purchasing insurance under the Affordable Care Act, in Concord, N.H. . Since then, his family has moved from a marketplace plan to Medicaid but hopes to return to an ACA plan in 2018.
Pausing briefly from the press's never-ending Trump-Russia obsession, both Politico Magazine and USA Today decided earlier this week to focus on the state of President Donald Trump's health. The driving force behind issuing "breaking news" alerts used to be - and still should be - the need to communicate some dramatic new event or development.
UnitedHealth was losing money selling these plans when it withdrew last year, and it and other insurers questioned the sustainability of former President Barack Obama's health reform law. Republicans have vowed repeatedly to repeal and replace the law, but have disagreed on how to do that.
House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a budget that makes deep cuts in food stamps and other social safety net programs while boosting military spending by billions, a blueprint that pleases neither conservatives nor moderates.