Republicans Have No Margin for Defections in Senate Health Bill
Republicans Have No Margin for Defections in Senate Health Bill
Two Republican senators immediately rejected the party’s latest health-care bill Thursday, leaving the party no margin for additional defections as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seeks a vote next week to replace Obamacare.
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Republican health bill: latest draft would scrap contraception mandate
Republican health bill: latest draft would scrap contraception mandate
Proposal in Senate bill puts women’s health coverage in precarious positionPlanned Parenthood: ‘Latest version of Trumpcare is even scarier for women’
The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Progressives dial up pressure on Republican moderates over Senate health bill
Progressives dial up pressure on Republican moderates over Senate health bill
WASHINGTON _ Moderate Republican senators who opposed the original Obamacare replacement bill will face increased pressure from health care advocates to hold the line next week in a possible vote on the revised legislation.
McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Senate GOP revises health care bill, but prospects still uncertain
WASHINGTON _ Hoping to secure the 50 votes needed for passage, Senate Republicans unveiled their revised draft health care legislation on Thursday that includes some meaningful changes but retains many of the same elements that kept the original version from winning the support of GOP moderates.
McClatchy Washington Bureau
McClatchy Washington Bureau
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Obamacare's Pocketbook Problems Made Worse in GOP Health Bill
Concern about patients spending too much of their own money on health care has driven the debate over repealing and replacing Obamacare. But the latest Senate Republican health bill does little to address those fears and may exacerbate them.
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Health-Care Bill Delays May Doom Tax Reform This Year
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- House Speaker Paul Ryan has said he wants to pass a sweeping overhaul of the tax code in time for deer-hunting season in Wisconsin, which opens around Thanksgiving. Whether he makes that deadline likely depends on how much work Republicans in Congress get done in July and…
Businessweek
Businessweek