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The Hill
Senate Republican leaders are laboring to secure 51 votes for an Obamacare replacement bill after being forced to delay the legislation until after the Fourth of July recess. Leaders likely sent some updated proposals to the Congressional Budget Office for analysis before leaving town, but Senate Republicans have yet to lock in a new agreement. Every tweak would have consequences, but here are five changes that could be made to the Better Care Reconciliation Act.
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The Hill
Senate Republicans are working the referee as they try to salvage their shot at repealing and replacing Obamacare. They are specifically turning up the heat on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), hoping to get a more favorable analysis on the next version of their healthcare bill.
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The Washington Post
Millions of Americans of all ages and needs would be affected if Republicans in Congress succeed in overhauling major parts of the Affordable Care Act. And the latest maneuvering is only intensifying concerns.
But with Senate GOP leaders trying to retool parts of their bill — which was pulled back this week after support for a fast vote eroded — it isn't easy sussing out exactly how an individual might benefit or lose. Would an uninsured homecare worker in Ohio get a tax credit that would make private health coverage affordable? Would the big changes envisioned for Medicaid funding cut out a New Mexico house painter with emphysema? What about the medical services a young West Virginia boy might require for the rest of his life?
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Los Angeles Times
Dean Heller is Stephanie Diaz-Gonzalez's problem now. She's never met Nevada's Republican senator and hadn't had much time to familiarize herself. How could she? The 25-year-old is holding down a full-time job and raising a 7-year-old son, who keeps her busy with soccer games, math homework and those too-often terrifying moments when he can't breathe.
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Politico
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval may as well be the Senate's 53rd Republican. GOP leaders are trying to win over the popular moderate and outspoken Obamacare repeal critic, believing his strong influence over Sen. Dean Heller in the healthcare debate could get them one vote closer to victory.
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The Associated Press via ABC News
Gov. John Kasich once again stood against fellow Republicans in the Ohio Legislature on Friday to support Medicaid expansion, which now provides health insurance to 700,000 low-income Ohioans. The 2016 presidential contender vetoed a proposed freeze of the expansion and 46 other items from Ohio's state budget before signing it just ahead of a midnight deadline Friday.
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Politico
An additional $45 billion to help combat opioid addiction in the Senate Republican Obamacare repeal and replacement bill isn't enough, Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Sunday. In an interview on ABC's "This Week," Kasich, who was a contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, called the extra money, which would be spent over a decade, "not enough" to stem the opioid crisis.
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The New York Times
The Senate leadership's efforts to salvage the Republican health care bill have focused in part on adding $45 billion for states to spend on opioid addiction treatment. That is a big pot of money. But addiction specialists said it was drastically short of what would be needed to make up for the legislation's deep cuts to Medicaid, which has provided treatment for hundreds of thousands of people caught up in a national epidemic of opioid abuse.
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The Indianapolis Star
The Indiana Republican Party posed a question to Facebook on Monday: "What's your Obamacare horror story? Let us know." On Tuesday morning, within 24 hours of posting the question, the Indiana GOP's post had collected more than 1,500 comments, the majority in support of Obamacare. Since then, the post has gone viral.
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Kaiser Health News
There are about 22 million veterans in the U.S. But fewer than half get their healthcare through the Veterans Affairs system; some don't qualify for various reasons or may live too far from a VA facility to easily get primary healthcare there. Many vets instead rely on Medicaid for their health insurance. Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia chose to expand Medicaid to cover more people — and many of those who gained coverage are veterans.
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The Hill
Independence Day, a day to remember and celebrate our nation's quest for — and ultimately our achievement of — freedom from a monarch who had lost touch with the goals and aspirations of those who settled here, has less meaning for those struggling for their survival in today's America. The 29 million Americans who lack health insurance of any kind surely do not have independence, as they live in fear of illness or injury for which they have no coverage. Should they fall ill, they will not have the same ability as insured Americans to seek out treatment, because their options for coverage will be limited.
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