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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says the bill is not dead, but even more lawmakers came out against the proposal after the vote was pushed.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had hoped to bring the bill to the floor for a vote before the upcoming break, but support for the bill faltered within his own party. He now plans to make changes to the measure that will shore up the support of the reluctant members of the Republican caucus.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Editorial pages across the country offer strongly worded cautions about the current direction of the health care debate and how the current policy debate would play out in their respective areas.
Editorial writers and columnists analyze a variety of policy proposals advanced in the current Senate plan.
Opinion writers contemplate the cost-benefit analysis Republican senators are confronting. Many have for years dreamed of the chance to unravel Obamacare, but the Congressional Budget Office analysis offers some damning reasons to think twice before supporting it.
Media outlets report on news out of Arizona, California and Ohio.
The outbreak, which was tied to the New England Compounding Center, caused at least 64 deaths.
The study could help redirect efforts toward curbing the opioid epidemic.
Although it sounds like the wave of the future, the upsides of genome sequencing may not outweigh the negatives. In other public health news: wrong diagnoses, medical care for undocumented immigrants, superbugs, hair products and more.
The bill was more a reflection of ideological wishes than reality, and thus never stood a strong chance of passing.
"You control the Senate. You control the House. You have the presidency. There's no reason you can't get this done. Get it done and we'll open it back up," one influential donor said.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady says there are no plans to use future tax reform legislation to rework them.
The change is aimed at appeasing skittish industry leaders, but patient advocates say Americans could face grave health consequences if they have to wait for a plan to kick in before seeking costly treatments.
As the American Medical Association comes out against the Senate health care bill, The New York Times and other outlets round up reactions on it from across America.
Democratic lawmakers are digging in this week against the Senate version of repeal-and-replace legislation, including holding a rally on the steps of Capitol Hill that drew senators and protesters alike.
The legislation, which would pay insurers billions to help keep the health law markets afloat for several years and kill a tax on insurance plans, will "moderate premium increases," Anthem said in a statement.
Around the country, Medicaid stakeholders are speaking out about how a reduction in federal funding for Medicaid under the Senate plan would play out in the states.
The federal-state program, which covers 70 million low-income Americans, has long been stigmatized as substandard. But it also has grown into a powerhouse program that now provides funding for hospitals, nursing homes and drug treatment, and cutting that back has many people nervous.
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