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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
HHS Secretary Says Goal Of GOP Health Plan Is To Make Sure 'Nobody Falls Through Cracks'
Politico: Price Invites GOP Foes Of Obamacare Overhaul To Keep Talking
A top Trump administration official leading Obamacare overhaul efforts sought Sunday to placate members of his own party in the Senate who are opposing legislation unveiled last week. Tom Price, secretary of Health and Human Services, said on "Fox News Sunday" that President Donald Trump and others are talking with the five Senate Republicans who have said they do not support the Senate version of an Obamacare overhaul. They are Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Ted Cruz of Texas, Mike Lee of Utah, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Dean Heller of Nevada. (Temple-West, 6/25)
The Hill: Price: 'No Guarantees' People Won't Fall Through Cracks Of Healthcare Bill
“That is the goal of the plan, to make certain that any transition from Medicaid to the individual market, from Medicaid to the employer-sponsored market, from Medicaid to Medicare, and the other ways that nobody falls through those cracks, that that is a seamless transition. That doesn’t occur right now, but that’s the goal of the plan,” Price said at the Aspen Ideas Festival. (Manchester, 6/25)
In other news, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway also talked about the legislation —
Politico: Conway Assails Democrats Over Obamacare Overhaul
A Trump administration official on Sunday deflected concerns about Republican opposition to an Obamacare overhaul bill in the Senate and instead criticized Democrats for refusing to cooperate. (Temple-West, 6/25)
