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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Trump Implores Republicans To Make Good On Their Years-Long Promise
The New York Times: Senate Braces For Health Showdown With McCain On Hand But A Plan Unclear
President Trump spent Monday ratcheting up pressure on Republican senators to get onboard. Mr. Trump criticized their inaction and warned that they risked betraying seven years’ worth of promises to raze and revamp the health law if they did not.“Remember ‘repeal and replace,’ ‘repeal and replace’ — they kept saying it over and over again,” Mr. Trump said at the White House, flanked by people who he said suffered as “victims” of the “horrible disaster known as Obamacare.” (Kaplan and Davis, 7/24)
The Washington Post: ‘Obamacare Is Death’: Trump Urges Republicans To Move Ahead With Health-Care Overhaul
President Trump on Monday made a late-hour appeal to senators — targeting members of his own party — to move forward with debate over faltering Republican legislation to overhaul the Affordable Care Act. “Any senator who votes against starting debate is telling America that you are fine with the Obamacare nightmare, which is what it is,” Trump said in an afternoon address from the White House on the eve of an anticipated Senate vote that could spell defeat of the long-sought legislation. (Wagner and Johnson, 7/24)
The Associated Press: Trump Says Upcoming Health Vote Is GOP’s Chance To Keep Vow
At the White House, Trump lambasted Democrats who helped enact the 2010 health care law and uniformly oppose the GOP attempt to scrap and rewrite it. “They run out and say, ‘Death, death, death,’” Trump said, with a backdrop of families that he said have encountered problems getting affordable, reliable medical coverage because of Obama’s statute. “Well, Obamacare is death. That’s the one that’s death.” (Fram, 7/24)
Modern Healthcare: Trump Warns That A No Vote On Healthcare Reform Bill Says 'You're Fine With The Obamacare Nightmare'
Trump said Republicans' choice is "to side with Obamacare's architects, or with its forgotten victims." He said some Americans are demanding that Obamacare be repealed. "You'll see that at the voting booth, believe me." (Lee, 7/24)
