Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
'I'm Not Sure What Happens Next': McConnell Asks For Patience With Congress Over Health Care
Cincinnati Enquirer: McConnell Sees 'No Path Forward' For Health Care Plan
As McConnell spoke inside Hilton Cincinnati Airport in Florence, more than a dozen protesters holding signs on a sidewalk outside on Turfway Road urged improving the Affordable Care Act known as Obamacare rather than repealing it. [Duane] Froelicher, a Florence city councilman, pressed McConnell with a second question, asking if there are plans to reintroduce another health care bill. (Mayhew, 8/7)
Los Angeles Times: 'May You Die In Pain': California GOP Congressman Gets An Earful At Town Hall
“May you die in pain.” That was the nastiest moment of Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa's early morning town hall in the Northern California town of Chico on Monday. The wish was uttered by an older man who criticized LaMalfa for voting for the House GOP plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. He was also holding a pink sign that read “Lackey for the Rich!" (Willon, 8/7)
Meanwhile, experts, community activists and pastors say African-American men are more likely than any other group to be left behind as Congress and the administration start rolling back the ACA —
USA Today: Churches, Community Groups Step Up To Address Black Health Disparities
In a small room down the hall in the Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, about two dozen people listened one recent afternoon as Donald Solomon rattled off ailments ravaging African-American communities. “We’re a sick crowd … Whatever is wrong in the country, we have it worse. We need to get health into the church,” said Solomon, a founder of Congregations for Public Health and co-author of Body and Soul, a healthy living guide for church leaders. (Berry, 8/7)
