Health Affairs July 27, 2017
Timothy Jost

Editor’s note: This post is part of ongoing Health Affairs Blog coverage by Tim Jost of the Senate debate over repealing and replacing—or maybe just repealing, or maybe just minimally repealing, or maybe retaining—the Affordable Care Act. See Tim’s earlier post and updates for more coverage.

Update: Medicare-For-All And Abortion

At about 2:30, the Senate voted on an amendment put forward by Senator Daines (R MT) incorporating the House Medicare-for-All bill. His intent was to embarrass and perhaps divide the Democrats by forcing them to vote on a proposal that some of them embrace, but some do not. In fact, no Senators voted for the bill. Forty-three Democrats voted present to avoid this result. Fifty-seven Senators, including all Republicans, four...

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