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So What Exactly Is In The Republicans’ Health Plan?
Confused about what’s in the American Health Care Act and what’s changed from the Affordable Care Act? Media outlets break it down for you.
Democrats Plan To Go Down Swinging
Although they don’t have the votes to keep the Republicans’ health plan from moving out of committee, they will not make it easy.
GOP Sets Aggressive Timeline Despite History Of Lambasting Democrats For Rushing Law
If all goes according to plan, the House will vote within a few weeks and the Senate will take up the legislation before its spring recess begins on April 7.
Despite Rising Dissent, Speaker Ryan Guarantees ‘We Will Have 218 Votes’ To Push Through Bill
The speaker’s optimism belies growing complaints from conservatives and moderates in his party.
Trump Vows To Do Everything In Power To Get Replace Plan Over Finish Line
The president met with a group of 20 House GOP whips on Tuesday to reassure them he supports their efforts to get the American Health Care Act passed. “He basically said whatever we need him to do … he’ll do that, because it’s really, as Mike Pence said, is a binary choice: you vote keep Obamacare or you vote to repeal it,” said Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla.
GOP Governors, Concerned About Medicaid, Join Chorus Of Critics On House Plan
House leaders overlooked advice from the governors on health policy, especially Medicaid, says Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, while Ohio Gov. John Kasich urges more bipartisan cooperation to find a new health plan. News outlets also examine how the plan will affect Medicaid.
Conservatives Balk At GOP Plan: ‘This Is Not The Obamacare Repeal Bill We’ve Been Waiting For’
The right wing of the party immediately panned the bill, calling it Obamacare-lite.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions from around the country.
With the release of the GOP’s official legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare, opinion writers take a hard look at what it might mean.
Outlets report on news from Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Georgia, Connecticut, California, Arizona and Minnesota.
‘We’ve Become Witch Doctors’: Prestigious Hospitals Embracing Alternative Medicine
Stat examines top hospitals and medical schools to see just how deeply rooted the new acceptance for alternative therapies is. In other public health news: social media and isolation; the disappointment of potential medical breakthroughs; elusive diagnoses; eating disorders in young children; asthma and more.
Salaries For Top Officials At Tax-Exempt Groups, Including Hospitals, Moving Up, Paper Reports
The Wall Street Journal’s review of pay for top charity officials shows many moving above $1 million. But the paper says that executive compensation at nonprofit hospitals varies widely.
New Alliance Hopes To Lower Health Spending Costs By Combining Negotiating Heft
The group, which includes Johnson & Johnson, believes it will save a combined $600 million over three years compared with their members’ current drug-benefit contracts.
Trump To Planned Parenthood: Do Away With Abortions And Keep Your Funding
The move highlights the White House’s concern over the political ramifications of stripping federal funding from the organization. Planned Parenthood says the compromise is a nonstarter.
As Health Law Repeal Bill Comes Into Focus, States Ponder Impact On Medicaid
The proposal calls for dramatic changes to the health program for low-income residents that could move many people off the rolls and sets some timelines that states seeking to expand coverage will have to meet.
Leadership Banking On Trump’s Willingness To Arm-Twist Reluctant Lawmakers
The success of the Republicans’ health care plan may depend on lawmakers’ fear of re-election retribution from the president.
Republicans Walk Political Tightrope With Proposed Health Plan
The legislation would roll back provisions that have been objected to by the Republicans’ base, but it will also cover fewer people.
GOP Plan Will ‘Rip Healthcare Away From Millions Of Americans,’ Democrats Say
Democrats moved quickly to criticize the Republicans’ health care plan, saying it benefits the rich as well as insurance companies while hurting the middle-class.
Conservatives Criticize Repeal Plan As ‘Obamacare By A Different Form’
“Writing checks to individuals to purchase insurance is, in principle, Obamacare,” says a memo prepared by the Republican Study Committee. The immediate criticism foreshadows the difficulty Republican leadership will face in trying to pass its proposed legislation.
