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Avalanche Of Polls Show Rock-Bottom Support From Public For Senate’s Health Plan
The handful of polls show fewer than one-in-five voters back the GOP push to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Republicans Have Painted Selves Into Corner With Seven Years Of Promises
They know they face intense political backlash if they can’t repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Trump Hints At ‘Big Surprise’ Coming From Senate Health Bill Efforts
“I think we’re going to get it over the line,” President Donald Trump said. Meanwhile, the president managed to convince all of the warring factions in the Senate on Wednesday that he’s siding with them.
Who Are The GOP Holdouts And What Do They Want?
Bloomberg looks at the senators Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) needs to get on board. Other outlets also examine what those hold-outs want changed in the legislation.
McConnell Wants To Get Revised Plan To CBO By Friday
The Senate majority leader is holding himself to a tight deadline.
Deep Divisions May Provoke GOP Leaders Into Doing Previously Unthinkable: Working With Democrats
Republicans have shunned any talks about bipartisan efforts before, but they’ve stumbled trying to go it alone. Either way, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is on the hunt for votes.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Viewpoints: Drug Testing In Wisconsin; The Ethics Of Discussing Abortion
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Editorial and opinion writers offer their views on health policy buzz words like single-payer, public option and even regulatory relief.
Thoughts On Medicaid: What To Do? Save It? Transform It? Protect Its Beneficiaries?
Opinion writers examine how plans to overhaul Medicaid impact those who rely on it — especially vulnerable populations.
In Defense Of The Senate GOP Plan: A Means To ‘Better Health Care;’ Pathway To Relief
News outlets feature the arguments in favor of the bill from prominent Republican leaders such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.
Detailing The Harms: The Senate Plan’s Victims; What About Kindness?
Topping opinion writers’ list of harms is the 22 million people who would lose their insurance coverage, but they don’t stop there.
Parsing The Politics: Mitch McConnell’s ‘Misery’; Is It Time ‘Tear Up’ The Bill And ‘Start Over’?
Editorial pages examine the political dynamics at work behind the Senate GOP’s now delayed effort to bring a health bill up for a vote.
Perspectives: A Drug Seen As Epitome Of Personalized Medicine Was Just Approved By FDA
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
That Scary, Long List Of Side Effects In Drug Ads? It May Not Be Long For This World
News outlets report on stories related to pharmaceutical pricing.
Media outlets report on news from Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Texas, California and Kansas.
More Than 100 Patients Ended Lives Under California’s New Aid-In-Dying Law Last Year
The majority, or 58.6 percent, of those who sought the drugs suffered from cancer.
Despite Trump’s Apparent Olive Branch, HIV Advocates Remain Frustrated By Administration
On National HIV Testing Day, the president released a statement urging Americans get tested and fight the virus. But advocates say it’s not enough. In other public health news: Lyme disease, breast-feeding and diabetes treatment.
The Opioid Epidemic Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better, Experts Warn
Stat talks with leading public health experts about the crisis and where it’s headed.
Shares Of Biotech Firm At Center Of Congressional Ethics Uproar Plummet
The controversy over the Australian company Innate Immunotherapeutics entangled now-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and Rep. Chris Collins.
