Cassidy of lying to his face on air, when the Louisiana Senator vowed never to support a repeal and replace plan that did not protect coverage for pre-existing conditions and prohibit lifetime caps, only to co-sponsor a bill that does neither.
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The bill has 48 of the 50 votes needed for passage.
McCain, who is battling brain cancer, provided the decisive tally to kill the Republicans’ “skinny repeal” measure in an early morning vote July 29.
Now, speaking yesterday, President Trump emphasized how he feels as though this latest healthcare bill is better than the previous ones put forth by the GOP, but he also said something that starkly contradicted his campaign rhetoric.
It’s a familiar story: Republicans want to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act, and Democrats are united in opposition.
Over 20 million more people could go without health insurance if the Graham-Cassidy healthcare legislation is signed into law, according to a study from the Brookings Institution published Friday. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and other Republicans supporting the Graham-Cassidy bill that will repeal and replace Obamacare.
“The protection is absolutely the same”, Cassidy said.
“For Donald Trump, this isn’t about the Graham-Cassidy bill”, Kimmel said.
Despite acknowledging that block grants could create greater flexibility, NAMD questioned how they would be used, writing “the overall impact they will have on state budgets, operations and citizens are all uncertain”. It forecasts the amount of federal money devoted to Medicaid and private insurance subsidies would shrink by $215 billion between 2020 and 2026. “I’m sorry, he doesn’t understand”, Cassidy said in an interview about the host the day after the Tuesday night show. Their decisions will affect how many of their residents have coverage. Those high prices will price many people out of the market entirely. The GOP can only afford two defections for it to pass. “But unfortunately – and puzzlingly – he proposed a bill that would allow states to do all the things he said he would not let them do”.
But a major sticking point for lawmakers has been the rushed process to vote on the bill.
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“Why did Obamacare fail?” The thinking was if anyone could convince McCain to vote “yes”, it would be Graham. “It can’t. We’re going to have to do that with a bipartisan bill”.
