GLASGOW, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he plans to produce a fresh bill in about a week scuttling and replacing much of President Barack Obama’s health care law. But he’s also acknowledging a Plan B if that effort continues to flounder. “If my side is unable to agree on an adequate […]
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GOP voters blame Congress, not Trump, for lack of progress
NEW YORK (AP) — In firm control of the federal government, President Donald Trump and his Republican Party have so far failed to deliver on core campaign promises on health care, taxes and infrastructure. But in New York’s Trump Tower cafe, the Gentry family blames Congress, not the president. Like many Trump voters across America, […]
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Mitch McConnell looks to revise health-care bill quickly
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to finalize a new version of the Republican health-care bill before the July 4th recess, but just what will sway both moderate and conservative hold outs remains unclear. (Jenny Starrs / The Washington Post) WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is aiming to send a revised version […]
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Duplicative government programs costing taxpayers billions
Is there anyone who can point to the “Affordable Care Act” (aka Obamacare) and credibly claim it is accomplishing the goals set for it seven years ago? Insurers are pulling out of the exchanges, premiums and related costs are going up, not down, as supporters of the misnamed law claimed they would. Many people who […]
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Health-care bill could strip public schools of billions for special education
WASHINGTON — School superintendents across the country are raising alarms about the possibility that Republican health care legislation would curtail billions of dollars in annual funding they count on to help students with disabilities and poor children. For the past three decades, Medicaid has helped pay for services and equipment that schools provide to special-education […]
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Unafraid of Trump, senators feel free to 'go their own way'
Here’s what happened after Senate Republican leaders on June 27 decided to postpone a vote on a health-care bill aiming to overhaul the Affordable Care Act. (Whitney Shefte, Rhonda Colvin, Malcolm Cook, Bastien Inzaurralde / The Washington Post) WASHINGTON — Scrambling to line up support for the Republican health-care bill, President Donald Trump got on […]
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U.S. Senate delays vote on GOP health care bill
Coverage of the Republican legislation overhauling the Affordable Care Act (all times EDT): Updated 1:50 p.m.: Sources tell the Associated Press that Senate Republican leaders have abruptly delayed the vote on their health care bill until after the July 4th recess. That’s the word Tuesday as the GOP faced five defections from its ranks just […]
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Senate Republicans scramble to keep alive plans to overhaul Obamacare
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leaders scrambled Tuesday to keep alive their plans to overhaul the 2010 Affordable Care Act as a growing number of senators expressed doubts about the measure following the release of a fresh budget analysis. The current GOP proposal would cause an estimated 22 million more Americans to be uninsured by the […]
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How Medicaid mission creep has complicated GOP's 'Obamacare' repeal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Somewhere along the way, the Republican crusade to repeal “Obamacare” also turned into an effort to limit the future growth of Medicaid. That bit of mission creep is complicating prospects for the GOP, and could lead to deadlock. The federal-state program for low-income people has long been stigmatized as substandard. But over […]
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Susan Collins and Angus King oppose GOP health care bill
WASHINGTON — After the Congressional Budget Office estimated Monday that the Senate Republican health care bill would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured in 2026 than under President Barack Obama’s health care law, Maine’s senators said they will oppose the bill. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she would vote against a GOP procedural motion, expected Wednesday, to begin […]