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THE GOP WILL VOTE on several options to reform health care. The GOP's most comprehensive health bill overhaul failed to pass in a late night senate session on Tuesday by a significant margin. The Senate also voted against a full repeal. /BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Obamacare repeal fails early in Senate’s health care debate

Government 07/26/2017

NEW YORK - The Senate rejected a simple repeal of Obamacare on Wednesday, still in the early stages of an unpredictable floor debate on...

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Mitch McConnell called a vote Tuesday to begin the process of repealing Obamacare again./ BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Senate GOP agrees to debate health plan with no votes to...

Government 07/25/2017

NEW YORK - Senate Republicans agreed to begin floor debate on health-care legislation, a hard-fought step amid uncertainty about exactly what plan senators will...

GOP LAWMAKERS ARE STILL UNSURE of which health care proposal they’ll ask members to vote on this week. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

Senate GOP still not sure which health care plan they’ll push

Government 07/24/2017

NEW YORK - Senate Republican leaders must decide which health care proposal they’ll ask members to vote on this week, in what has become...

THE MOST RECENT ITERATION of the GOP's proposed health bill would increase the number of uninsured by 22 million over a decade according to the Congressional Budget Office. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOT/ANDREW HARRER

Senate’s latest health bill boosts uninsured by 22 million

Health Services 07/20/2017

NEW YORK - The latest plan by Senate Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare would increase the number of uninsured Americans by 22 million...

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, Mitch McConnell / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

GOP’s Obamacare repeal would cut insured by 32 million, CBO says

Government 07/19/2017

WASHINGTON - A Republican fallback plan to repeal all of Obamacare without a replacement health program would lead to 32 million more people uninsured than under...

McConnell’s new Obamacare repeal lacks GOP votes to pass

Uncategorized 07/18/2017

NEW YORK - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s new proposal to simply repeal Obamacare appears to be dead less than 24 hours after he...

AS EFFORTS TO PASS the Better Care Act came to a halt, President Donald Trump took to criticizing Democrats and the Republicans who did not support the bill. Trump is now advocating for a repeal of the Affordable Care Act with the intention of replacing it all together. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/OLIVIER DOULIERY

Trump faults Democrats, some in GOP over health wreck

Government 07/18/2017

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump blamed Democrats in Congress - and a few Republicans - on Tuesday for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s...

A CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE review of the newly revised health bill is expected Monday. A vote on the bill has been delayed due to the absence of Sen. John McCain who underwent unexpected surgery this week. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

GOP leaders brace for CBO estimate on revised health bill

Government 07/17/2017

NEW YORK - Senate Republicans anxiously awaiting a key analysis of their revised health bill have more time to wait, and debate on the controversial...

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Mitch McConnell will take another run at an Obamacare repeal plan Thursday. /BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ AARON P BERNSTEIN

Revised health bill said to have $70B more for exchanges

Health Services 07/13/2017

Updated at 10:23 a.m. NEW YORK - Senate Republicans’ revised proposal to replace Obamacare would provide an added $70 billion to stabilize insurance exchanges over...