Health and Wellness : Hospitals warn that repealing ObamaCare could spark 'unprecedented public health crisis'

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An obscure Senate rule just put the GOP healthcare bill in more trouble


... That's because of something called the Byrd rule. The Byrd rule was passed in 1985 and says that any bill going through the budget reconciliation process — what Republicans in the Senate hope to do with their healthcare bill — can be blocked on the grounds that it contains an "extraneous matter" or something "merely incidental" to the federal budget ...

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/obscure-senate-rule-just-put-211900113.html

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Lydia Ramsey
Business InsiderJuly 25, 2017


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Obamacare 'skinny repeal' bill fails in Senate
GOP dealt stiff blow in Senate's bid to repeal 'Obamacare'


WASHINGTON (AP) — Dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump's agenda, the Senate early Friday rejected a measure to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama's health care law after a night of high suspense in the U.S. Capitol.
Unable to pass even a so-called "skinny repeal," it was unclear if Senate Republicans could advance any health bill despite seven years of promises to repeal "Obamacare" ...

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-eyes...3--finance.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_12




ERICA WERNER and ALAN FRAM
Associated PressJuly 28, 2017

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McConnell lashes out at GOP defectors, Democrats in aftermath of 'disappointing' health care vote

An angry Sen. Mitch McConnell rebuked Democrats and Republicans who voted against the GOP health care plan early Friday morning.
“This is clearly a disappointing moment,” said the Senate Majority Leader after a vote on the Republicans’ “skinny repeal” of Obamacare fell 49-51 ...

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/mcconnel...disappointing-health-care-vote-130150705.html

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell goes onto the floor during an all-night sessionJuly 27 to consider the Republican health care bill. (Photo: Melina Mara/Washington Post via Getty Images)






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Editor
Yahoo NewsJuly 28, 2017

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AZ Memo: McCain helps Senate defeat Obamacare repeal; House OKs border wall funds; more Hamilton hazing charges advised

Capping his dramatic return to Capitol Hill while fighting brain cancer, Sen. John McCain cast the deciding vote to sink his fellow Republicans' so-called "skinny repeal" of the Affordable Care Act.

McCain, R-Ariz., joined Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and every Senate Democrat to bring down the bill on a 49-51 vote ...

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http://www.azcentral.com/story/nlet...e-fashion-square-trump-border-wall/518934001/

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Everyone's tweeting the dramatic moment John McCain killed Obamacare repeal

The Senate has killed the Obamacare repeal bill and everyone on Twitter is praising one guy, John McCain, who returned to Washington early this week after a diagnosis of brain cancer.
McCain was instrumental in voting against the so-called "skinny repeal" proposal, a bill which would have left 16 million additional people without health care and driven premiums up by 20% per annum ...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/everyone-apos-tweeting-dramatic-moment-093009504.html

Sen. John McCain just contradicted his own healthcare vote in a speech



Gianluca Mezzofiore
Mashable•July 28, 2017

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