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  1. The Long, Winding Road to Republicans’ Failure on ObamacareIt’s been quite a ride, hasn’t it?
    By Benjamin Hart
  2. Kid Rock’s Demand for Extreme Government Simplicity Is Not So SimpleSometimes government is complicated because life is complicated, and sometimes compromise requires policies that just aren’t so simple.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. Trumpcare As We Know It Is DeadAfter two more GOP defections, McConnell said his bill “will not be successful” — but Obamacare is still in danger.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. McCain’s Recovery May Take Longer Than Expected, Dimming Health Bill’s ProspectsThe vote has already been delayed by at least a week, and each day its passage becomes less likely.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. politics
    Tom Price on Health-Care Bill: Up Is DownThe Trump administration gets Orwellian in its efforts to repeal Obamacare.
    By Benjamin Hart
  6. Poll: Trump Historically Unpopular at Presidency’s 6-Month MarkIt’s unusual for a new president to be this widely disliked.
    By Benjamin Hart
  7. obamacare repeal
    Vote on GOP Health-Care Bill Delayed While McCain Recovers from Sudden SurgeryMcCain is expected to recover, but the same can’t be said for the GOP’s haphazard efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.
    By Chas Danner
  8. Insurers, Governors Join Ranks of People Who Hate the GOP Health-Care BillAnd yet, it still might pass in the next few days.
    By Benjamin Hart
  9. Cruz Amendment to Senate Health-Care Bill Now Dividing GOPInitially praised as brilliant, Cruz’s idea of letting insurers offer cheap, skimpy health plans is now looking like a deadly threat to sick people.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the national circus
    Trump’s Tweets Are Not a Distraction: They Show How Unstable He IsWith the GOP’s agenda on life support, Trump’s combative tweets suggest a complete breakdown is arriving sooner than anyone thought.
    By Frank Rich
  11. Trump Isn’t Doing Much to Push Obamacare Repeal, Which Might Help It PassThe president’s involvement only makes Mitch McConnell’s job harder.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  12. Senate GOP Has Asked CBO to Score 2 Versions of Revised Health-Care Bill: ReportIt appears that versions with and without Senator Ted Cruz’s proposed amendment have been sent off for analysis.
    By Chas Danner
  13. The Return of the Repeal-and-Delay Strategy for Killing ObamacareRand Paul and Donald Trump helped kill the original strategy for repealing Obamacare and enacting a replacement later. Now they’re both reviving it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. Democrats Remain United Against GOP Health Plan Because It’s Politically StupidUnlike Republicans as recently as the Bush administration, today’s GOP is managing to alienate many of its own voters, and everyone else.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. The Senate Trumpcare Bill’s Worst Advocate Is President TrumpHe’s already misjudged the politics surrounding the Senate legislation, and he might not like the bill if he learns what’s in it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. Democrats Are Resisting Trumpcare, Though They Can’t Stop It on Their OwnSenate rules don’t give the minority party much power, but they’re demonstrating to keep the pressure on their wavering GOP colleagues.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. Obamacare Repeal Stalled After GOP Senators Reject Current BillFollowing the CBO report, four Republicans said they won’t even let Mitch McConnell’s bill be brought to the floor for debate.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. The Senators Who May Kill the GOP Health BillRepublicans are laying out their demands, and it’s hard to see how both moderates and conservatives can be appeased.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. the national interest
    Social Darwinism Is What Truly Guides TrumpHis father taught him that the rich are better people. Who in the GOP disagrees?
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. Senate’s Trumpcare Bill Still Disliked by Pretty Much EveryoneGOP senators, governors, and medical groups expressed concerns, but the initial lack of enthusiasm may be part of McConnell’s plan.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. GOP Senators May Dislike McConnell’s Secret Trumpcare Bill, TooThe bill will finally be unveiled on Thursday, but Democrats aren’t the only ones balking at the idea of voting on it in a matter of days.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  22. Do Coastal Liberals Hate Middle America?Sometimes it is concern for, not indifference to, the values and needs of “the Heartland” that makes liberals fight its political representatives.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. GOP Lawmaker: No One Can Truly Know Whether My Bill Will Kill PeopleThe CBO says Trumpcare will price out poor sick people. MacArthur says CBO experts are “not prophets,” and the effects of his bill are unknowable.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. A Debt-Limit Crisis Could Arrive Sooner Rather Than LaterHard-line conservatives in Congress who are angry about deficits may find a way to take a debt-limit increase hostage.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. Will New York and California Take the Plunge on Single-Payer Health Care?With the national debate in chaos, big blue states might just go it alone on socialized health insurance.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. Pro-Trumpcare Republicans Owned $23 Million in Health-Care StockWhen the House GOP voted to repeal Obamacare, many were also voting to advance the interests of pharmaceutical companies they owned shares of.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. Both Parties Are Spinning Hard in Montana’s Strange, Evolving Special ElectionFinal question in a nationalized context between the parties: Who will vote on a Thursday before a holiday weekend?
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. Far From the Beltway Madness, Montanans Battle in a Special ElectionIn a Trump state that still has ticket-splitters, populist Democrat Quist is within striking distance.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. Poll: Voters Favor Impeaching Trump by 7-Point MarginFor the first time, PPP finds more voters favor Trump’s impeachment than oppose it. And the survey has similarly bad news for GOP congresspeople.
    By Eric Levitz
  30. Aetna CEO Says America Should Have a ‘Debate’ About Single Payer“Single payer, I think we should have that debate as a nation,” Mark Bertolini told employees in a private meeting.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. Congressman Raul Labrador to Run for Idaho GovernorHe will not let his widely mocked comments about health insurance hold him back.
    By Jen Kirby
  32. AHCA-Supporting Congressman Walks Out of Interview, Faces Rough Town HallIowa’s Rod Blum said he was “ambushed” by a question about why he limited access to his town-hall events.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. Obama: Congress Must Show the ‘Courage’ Not to Deprive Millions of Health CareHe hopes they’ll “look at the facts and speak the truth, even when it contradicts party positions” — though that’s not really their style.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. 7 Reasons the GOP Got Its Hideous Health-Care Bill Through the HouseHere’s why House moderates voted for a more unpopular, right-wing version of a bill that was too unpopular and right-wing for them just weeks ago.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. Trump Says Australia’s Universal Health Care Is Better Than U.S. SystemHours earlier, he celebrated the passage of a health-care bill that will likely make millions of Americans lose their coverage.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. early and often
    Senators Approach House Republicans’ Health Bill With ‘Suspicion’As House members celebrate passage of a bill even they don’t really like, senators begin crafting their own legislation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. fake news
    Exclusive! Paul Ryan and Reince Priebus’s Secret Chats About Zombie Trumpcare“Ever heard of freedom, Reince?”
    By Owen Ellickson
  38. Zombie Trumpcare May Undergo Another Last-Minute MutationThe GOP finally got House conservatives onboard. Now they need another round of changes to win back moderates.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. GOP Says It’s Now or Never for Zombie Trumpcare, AgainRepublican leaders say we’ll see the repeal of Obamacare by the end of the week. Or at least, the end of the year.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  40. GOP Won’t Vote on Obamacare Repeal Before Trump’s 100th DayRepublicans still don’t have the votes to revive Zombie Trumpcare.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. early and often
    GOP Health Plan Gets Even Worse for Sick People, But Now Conservatives Like ItMembers of the Freedom Caucus signaled that they back a new version that could make more people lose coverage.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. GOP Still Thinks America Didn’t Like Trumpcare Because It Wasn’t Cruel EnoughLast month, Trumpcare was too draconian for moderate Republicans. Now, Paul Ryan has a new “compromise” bill that’s even crueler.
    By Eric Levitz
  43. Pro-Trump Group Launches Ads to Bolster Trumpcare SupportersAmerica First Policies will spend $3 million on boosting supporters of the president’s health-care law, as Trump tries to revive it on Capitol Hill.
    By Eric Levitz
  44. Obamacare Was a Political SuccessIt hurt the Democrats in the short run. But new polling confirms that the ACA gave the left a permanent advantage in the health-care debate.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. health care
    White House Said to Have Plan for Even-Less-Popular Health-Care BillGOP representatives say they’re close to unveiling a proposal that would weaken protections for people with preexisting conditions.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. health care
    Conservative Trumpcare Fix Leaves Moderates Angry, Freedom Caucus NoncommittalLast-minute concessions yielded another moderate “no,” and no firm support from the conservatives.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. health care
    These Senators Can Kill Trumpcare, and McConnell Can’t Do Much to Stop ThemRepublicans can only spare two votes, and six GOP senators oppose the bill for complex and contradictory reasons.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. health care
    Despite AHCA Tweaks, Conservatives Say They Have the Votes to Defeat the BillThere are concessions to various Republican factions, but conservatives say GOP leaders have “seriously miscalculated.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. health care
    GOP Health Bill Is One Vote From Death After Senator Susan Collins Opposes ItShe’s the second Republican senator to give a firm “no,” but several others have been railing against the legislation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. health care
    Trump Admits AHCA Would Hurt His Voters, Says It’s ‘Going to Be Negotiated’“If we’re not going to take care of the people, I’m not signing anything,” he told Tucker Carlson.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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