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Narrow Vote Preserves Landmark Health Care Law for NowWashington - Republican Sens. Susan Collins (R-Me.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined with Democrats to defeat an intense push by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to pass a so-called "skinny repeal," of the Affordable Care Act, a…

Vote Opens Door for Bills That Would Also Include Devastating Cuts to Medicaid Washington – Senate Republicans today barreled ahead with their wildly unpopular goal of repealing the landmark Affordable Care Act and severely restricting Medicaid funding.The procedural vote – called a Motion to Proceed – opens the door…

CBO Score Notes More Than $770 Billion to be Cut from MedicaidWashington – The Senate's bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, called the "Better Care Reconciliation Act" (BCRA) would yank health care coverage from at least 22 million individuals, including 15 million from Medicaid, and limit access to…

In Rush to Pass Legislation, Senate Republicans Have Produced a Heartless Bill to Roll Back Health Care ReformsWashington – After weeks in secrecy, Senate leadership has released a bill that would yank health care coverage from tens of millions of individuals and families to pay for tax breaks for…

In Partisan Fashion Senate Republicans Hope to Pass Bill Gutting Health Care  Washington – Senate leadership in brazen fashion is rushing through a repeal of the Affordable Care Act including decimating funding for the Medicaid program before the end of June.Senate leaders have said their bill – a blueprint…