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The leaders of a key Senate committee say they are cautiously optimistic about reaching a deal to shore up the Affordable Care Act’s individual marketplaces, but even with a bipartisan effort, it is far from certain whether they can hash out an agreement in time.
Now that Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act have collapsed in the Senate, 36 conservative groups, including Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform, are focusing their efforts on blocking taxes on health insurance and medical devices in particular.
The Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to pass a bill that would make it easier for terminally ill patients to access drugs that have not been approved by the federal government.
Congressional Republicans have shifted from discussing repeal of the Affordable Care Act to talking about how to bolster the 2010 law — but the Trump administration continues to flirt with undermining it.
Defeat of Senate Republicans’ Obamacare repeal bill spares — for now — a program that has become a primary source of funding for state efforts to prevent chronic illnesses, such as heart ailments and diabetes, and the spread of infectious diseases.
More than 4 in 10 voters want Republicans in Congress to drop their push to repeal the Affordable Care Act and instead work to build on the 2010 law, according to a new Morning Consult/POLITICO survey of 3,981 registered voters.
Three Republican senators on Tuesday said they would vote against taking up legislation to simply repeal the Affordable Care Act, effectively killing GOP leaders’ backup plan to salvage their health care push.
Senate GOP leaders on Thursday unveiled the latest version of their bill to overhaul the Affordable Care Act as they seek to appease both conservative and centrist holdouts before a planned procedural vote next week.
The insurance industry is pushing back against a proposal from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that would let health insurers sell plans that don’t adhere to the consumer protections created under the Affordable Care Act, according to a document obtained by Morning Consult. The opposition signifies a setback for conservatives seeking to move the Senate GOP’s health care bill further to the right.
Most Republican senators are less popular than they were earlier this year — regardless of their position on GOP leaders’ plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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