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Opinion: So soon? The reported resurrection of repeal and replace
Vice President Mike Pence is back working with Congress on an Obamacare replacement plan, a good sign for Republicans. (Ron Sachs – Pool / Getty Images) The “foreseeable future” may not be so long...
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Opinion: David Perdue on getting a bipartisan health-reform deal
The flame-out of Republicans’ first attempt at repealing and replacing Obamacare has left Congress in something of a holding pattern. The White House and congressional leaders have signaled a desire to...
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Opinion: The single most important thing about the health care bill is …
… this isn’t the bill. The U.S. House today is expected to vote on the latest version of the American Health Care Act, a.k.a. the repeal-and-replace measure for Obamacare. It is slightly changed from...
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Opinion: The Senate health bill: too hot, too cold, or just right?
AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite Senate leaders released their draft of a health-reform bill today, and you can go ahead and discount about half of the responses. By that I mean: If you believe there is...
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Opinion: Another question raised about estimate of Senate health bill
Sen. Marco Rubio speaks with reporters on Tuesday. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON — The big news this week turned out not to be a health-care vote on Thursday or Friday, but the concession...
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Opinion: What Republicans need from their Obamacare bill
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. (Ron Sachs/CNP/Sipa USA/TNS) WASHINGTON — How this week was supposed to end: “Republicans know what...
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Opinion: The ‘skinny’ on Senate GOP’s Obamacare repeal plan
“Trust me, guys, I’ve got this. No, I’m not kidding!” AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite This afternoon we may finally see the Senate take an actual step toward fulfilling Republicans’ longtime promise to...
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Opinion: GOP’s Obamacare failure has many fathers (and mothers)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. (Melina Mara / The Washington Post) The biggest lie in politics over the past several years has been that the Republican Party is a band of blinkered zealots who mulishly...
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Opinion: The other numbers crunch for Georgia’s rural hospitals
Sometimes, while working through a complex problem, a simple but inescapable fact pops up. Here’s such a fact about Georgia’s rural health-care crisis: The minimum population needed to sustain a...
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Opinion: If Congress can’t do it, let the states fix Obamacare
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) speaks as Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) listen during a news conference on...
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Opinion: Poll shows most groups prefer state control of health care
The Georgia Capitol, not the U.S. Capitol, is where control over an issue like health care belongs. (AJC Photo / Bob Andres) In Tuesday’s post about the Graham-Cassidy health bill, I argued the biggest...
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Opinion: Why our health-care politics is so jumbled
Repealing Obamacare has proved to be a more difficult task than Republicans imagined. So difficult, in fact, that the latest “Obamacare repeal” bill doesn’t actually repeal Obamacare. It cements much...
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Opinion: The poor tax Democrats want to keep (and then increase)
Who, me? Supporting a poor tax? U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gestures during a news briefing at the Capitol, Sept. 19. (Alex Wong / Getty Images) The overriding dynamic in the...
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Opinion: The utter dishonesty about GOP’s Medicaid spending ‘cuts’
Wait a minute, don’t we support slowing down health-care costs? (Gabriella Demczuk / The New York Times) It appears the Graham-Cassidy health bill is dead — for now — after Sen. Susan Collins of Maine...
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Opinion: Obamacare’s death spiral takes another turn in Georgia
2015 — the good old days for Obamacare, three double-digit premium hikes ago. And you thought last year was bad. That statement could refer to a number of things, but today I’m talking about...
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Opinion: The stunning, swift downfall of Tom Price
AP Photo This time last year, Tom Price was handing out campaign contributions to Georgia legislators and giving every impression he was gearing up for a run for governor. Then Donald Trump became...
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Opinion: Better mental health would help with more than mass shootings
A Fulton County Jail inmate with mental health issues leans against the exercise area door while in isolation. (AJC Photo / Phil Skinner) The National Rifle Association did something unusual Thursday:...
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Opinion: The real fallout from Trump ending these health subsidies
This group might be reconvened to talk about health reform after the president’s latest move. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci) It’s an odd spectacle to see Democrats attacking a proper implementation of...
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Opinion: Bipartisan health deal won’t cure what ails Obamacare
Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) confer during a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 6. (Pete Marovich / The New York...
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Opinion: Tax reform clears a major hurdle, faces another
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) applaud with their fellow House Republicans during a...
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