Keckley Report July 24, 2017
It appears Republican Senators are still trying to resolve their differences about the path forward for their Better Care Reconciliation Act: some think it doesn’t go far enough in repealing the Affordable Care Act and others think its Medicaid cuts will hurt their states. Speaker McConnell is expected to schedule a vote this week to Repeal the ACA, replacing it in two years with something else.
And Democrats in the Senate have vowed to cooperate with their GOP counterparts but only IF Repeal is off the table and their pre-conditions are met.
Partisan bickering about healthcare is not new. For the past 70 years, Democratic administrations have advanced reforms aimed at expanded coverage and Republican have sought to limit the...