Senate GOP leaders hope for health care vote next week
Republican leaders hope to stage a climactic vote on their health care bill next week (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

WATCH: Sit-in over health care bill
Protesters held a sit-in inside Sen. Portman's office over the health care bill. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Senate GOP tries for revamped health care bill by the end of week
Congress has about three weeks left until its annual August recess (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - July 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Republican governors warn Congress to do no harm with health care changes
Senate Republicans will try to rescue their health care bill as they return to Washington this week (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - July 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Medicaid cut in GOP health bill worries the nursing home set
Medicaid cuts in the Republican health care bill are worrying those who rely on the program to help cover the costs of nursing home care (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - July 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Truman Medical CEO: 'We ’ll all be seeing more patients without insurance'
Kansas City hospitals prepare for what's next, whether that be the Senate health care bill or another policy. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - July 6, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Elise Reuter Source Type: news

The Republican health care bill is in limbo. What should Trump do now?
Republicans in Washington, D.C., have not yet been successful in crafting a suitable replacement of former President Barack Obama ’s Affordable Care Act, a top priority of President Donald Trump. The Republican-controlled House passed the American Health Care Act on May 4. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, in assessing that legislation, projected that 24 million more Americans could be uninsured over the next 10 years due to cutbacks in Medicaid funding and affordability issues than… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - July 5, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Stan Silverman Source Type: news

The Republican health care bill is in limbo. What should Trump do now?
Republicans in Washington, D.C., have not yet been successful in crafting a suitable replacement of former President Barack Obama ’s Affordable Care Act, a top priority of President Donald Trump. The Republican-controlled House passed the American Health Care Act on May 4. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, in assessing that legislation, projected that 24 million more Americans could be uninsured over the next 10 years due to cutbacks in Medicaid funding and affordability issues than… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care News Headlines - July 5, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Stan Silverman Source Type: news

The scary truth about single-payer
State lawmakers are packing their bags and putting the lid on another legislative session. They ’re heading back to their respective districts without agreeing on a health care bill that, in my opinion, should never see the light of day. The New York Health Act, also known as single-payer, would provide government-sponsored health insurance to all state residents with no out-of-pocket costs and no network restrictions. Sound too good to be true? That’s because it is. According to estimates from… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - July 5, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dr. John D. Bennett Source Type: news

The scary truth about single-payer
State lawmakers are packing their bags and putting the lid on another legislative session. They ’re heading back to their respective districts without agreeing on a health care bill that, in my opinion, should never see the light of day. The New York Health Act, also known as single-payer, would provide government-sponsored health insurance to all state residents with no out-of-pocket costs and no network restrictions. Sound too good to be true? That’s because it is. According to estimates from… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - July 5, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Dr. John D. Bennett Source Type: news

Fact Check: Five Misleading Republican Claims About Health Care
Republicans have misinformed Americans on the Senate health care bill ’ s impact in several areas and have exaggerated the Affordable Care Act ’ s problems. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 3, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: LINDA QIU Tags: Fact Check United States Politics and Government Health Insurance and Managed Care Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) Medicaid Congressional Budget Office Senate Alexander, Lamar McConnell, Mitch Toomey, Patrick J Trump, Source Type: news

AAFP, Other Physician Groups Press Senators to Rework Health Care Bill
AAFP officers and other physician leaders visited Senate offices last week to voice their opposition to a health care bill that could jeopardize insurance coverage for millions of patients. (Source: AAFP News)
Source: AAFP News - July 3, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

What the Senate's health bill means for Alabama
Senate Republicans have unveiled their health care bill. Here's what it could mean for Birmingham and Alabama. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - June 30, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news

GOP may keep some Obama tax increases to save health bill
Senate Republican are considering keeping one of former President Barack Obama's big tax increases on wealthier Americans in their health care bill (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Opioid epidemic would get worse under Trumpcare, Democrat senators say
While the state and the country are working to fight a spreading opioid epidemic, a new Democratic report outlines the risks the GOP health care bill puts on opioid treatment. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - June 29, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Coral Garnick Source Type: news