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Before supporters of universal health coverage get all wrapped up debating a single-payer system, they need to focus on a dire threat to the Affordable Care Act likely to come up for a vote in the Senate before the end of the month. The latest repeal bill is an offering from Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., that would tear apart the existing system and replace it with a block grant to the states.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is backing a new plan by two Republican senators to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's signature health care law. The GOP governor said at a news conference on KUED-TV Thursday that the plan from Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy offers the kind of flexibility he's been seeking for the state without a "one-size-fits-all" approach.
Senator Lindsey Graham admits that when a defense specialist like him feels compelled to roll out a health-care bill, something has gone wrong-and that's an understatement for the Republican failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The question is whether a last-ditch effort by Sen. Graham and a few colleagues represents an improvement over the ObamaCare status quo.
Americans would get health coverage simply by showing a new government-issued card and would no longer owe out-of-pocket expenses like deductibles, according to legislation Sen. Bernie Sanders released Wednesday. But the Vermont independent's description of the legislation omitted specifics about how much it would cost and final decisions about how he would pay for it.
Republicans have been searching for eight months now to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. That effort effectively died on the floor of the Senate in July when the party couldn't get 51 votes do little more than punt the serious health care policy questions to a conference committee.
Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana returned to Washington Tuesday saying that they still had hope that an amendment they are working on could act as a vehicle to repeal and replace portions of Obamacare. The amendment , which has not been fully written and has not been scored by the Congressional Budget Office, would transfer Obamacare's revenue from taxes to states so they can come up with their own plans.
Edwards started his day in Alexandria, where he toured the state's mega shelter with his wife Donna. It was the governor's second time visiting the shelter since Thursday, and he said he wanted to make sure everyone was being taken care of.
Senate Finance Chairman Orrin G. Hatch, seen here with Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow wants to look at a possible repeal of the 2010 health care law's taxes as part of a larger tax package. The Republican effort to repeal President Barack Obama's signature health care law may have stalled, but lobbyists are pushing the GOP to continue to target the provisions the industry most despises: the law's taxes.
The sought-after game fish has been at the center of a years-long debate between environmentalists and recreational anglers. Under Trump, recreational anglers feel tide turning in their favor on red snapper The sought-after game fish has been at the center of a years-long debate between environmentalists and recreational anglers.
BREAKING: The Senate has dealt a devastating setback to the Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare, defeating a GOP "skinny repeal" bill early Friday morning. Sens. John McCain, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins joined with Democrats to oppose the measure.
Louisiana's two U.S. senators were among the Republicans who agreed to start debating legislation to undo much of Barack Obama's health care law. The votes Tuesday from Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy helped Republicans reach the 50 votes - with Vice President Mike Pence as the tiebreaker - needed to move ahead with a weeklong debate and a long list of amendments.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is praising a last-ditch Republican bill to repeal and replace "Obamacare" - the latest sign the GOP's repeal effort may be back from the dead. McConnell calls the bill by Sens. Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham "an intriguing idea, and one that has a great deal of support."
President Donald Trump is making a weekend push to get a Republican Senate bill to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law "across the finish line," Trump's top legislative aide said Sunday, maintaining that a repeal-only option also remained in play if Republicans can't reach agreement. Marc Short, the White House's legislative director, said Trump was making calls to wavering senators and insisted they were "getting close" on passing a bill.
Jessica Michot, center, left and Angela Lorio, center right, speak in favor of the benefits of Medicaid as Parents, children and healthcare providers gather at the Baton Rouge office of Sen. Bill Cassidy to urge him and other senators to avoid cuts to Medicaid. Parents, children and healthcare providers hold signs and gather in the atrium at the Baton Rouge office of Sen. Bill Cassidy to urge him and other senators to avoid cuts to Medicaid.
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Senate Republicans struggling to boost support for their "Obamacare" repeal bill were dealt a damaging blow Monday with the release of a non-partisan report forecasting that the plan would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured by 2026. The legislation introduced last week by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was already in jeopardy, with support for the health care plan stalling within his own party despite expressions of optimism by President Donald Trump.
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, one of the Senate Republicans who's been openly hesitant about the health care bill released this week by the Senate, told Face the Nation 's John Dickerson this morning he was still undecided about whether he could support it. "There are things in this bill which adversely affect my state that are peculiar to my state, a couple of things I'm concerned about," Cassidy said.
I had the great misfortune to begin my career as a physician practicing in Louisiana without the initial expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Although many hundreds of thousands of people would have benefited significantly from the expansion, the gubernatorial politics of the time were firmly set against it.