Jul 11 Senate GOP leaders hope for health care vote next week By Alan Fram and Erica Werner, Associated Press Republican leaders are hoping to stage a climactic vote on their health care bill next week, though internal rifts over divisive issues like coverage requirements and Medicaid cuts leave the timing and even the measure's fate in question. Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch 6:57 What Virginia's poorest citizens want from health care reform By PBS News Hour As Republicans on Capitol Hill try to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, we visit patients and health care providers at a free clinic in rural southwest Virginia -- a region that strongly supported President Trump, in a state… Continue watching
Jul 10 The 5 sticking points holding up the GOP health care bill By Daniel Bush As the Senate picks up the health care debate, here’s a guide to the make-or-break sticking points that stand between Republicans and their longtime goal of rolling back former President Barack Obama’s health care law. Continue reading
Jun 29 GOP weighs keeping some Obama tax hikes to save health care bill By Alan Fram and Erica Werner, Associated Press The accelerated pace of closed-door Republican bargaining came as McConnell hoped to have a new version of the measure — with more support — by week's end. Continue reading
Jun 28 Most Americans disapprove of GOP's treatment of health care By Laura Santhanam A majority of Americans are unhappy with the Republicans' efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system, a troubling sign for the party as it struggles to pass a health care bill in Congress. Continue reading
Jun 27 GOP leaders delay Senate health care vote. What happened? By Lisa Desjardins Senate Republican leaders had hoped to start the voting process for the Better Care Reconciliation Act on Wednesday. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pulled the 142-page bill -- which would make sweeping changes to Medicaid and the Affordable… Continue reading
Jun 26 CBO: 22 million people would lose insurance under Senate health care bill By Laura Santhanam The bill was released last Thursday, and GOP leaders are pushing for a final vote this week. Continue reading
Jun 23 The nation's biggest drug lobby remains silent on GOP health care bill By Laura Santhanam PBS NewsHour Anchor Judy Woodruff interviewed PhRMA's Stephen Ubl on Friday at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado. Continue reading
Jun 22 Small GOP opposition puts Senate health care bill in jeopardy By Associated Press Their opposition puts the bill in jeopardy, since Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can lose only two Republican senators and still pass the legislation. Sen. Rand Paul says he and three other GOP senators oppose the bill as it's written. Continue reading
Jun 22 What's in the Senate Republican health care bill By Lisa Desjardins It's part Obamacare-replace, part sweeping-Medicaid-overhaul. At roughly 10:45 am Thursday, Senate Republican leaders posted their 142-page health care proposal. This is the key starting point. Here is our initial look at what the Senate bill proposes. Continue reading