McCain Returns To D.C., GOP Health Bill Advances To Debate
Both of Minnesota's Democratic Senators, Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, voted no on the motion to move ahead on the health care debate.
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Both of Minnesota's Democratic Senators, Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, voted no on the motion to move ahead on the health care debate.
When the banner Republican effort to scuttle and rewrite President Barack Obama's health care law crumbled this week, the falling debris popped a hefty dent into Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's image as a dauntless legislative tactician three chess moves ahead of everyone else.
President Donald Trump blasted congressional Democrats and "a few Republicans" Tuesday over the collapse of the GOP effort to rewrite the Obama health care law. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed a vote on a backup plan simply repealing the statute, but that idea was on the brink of rejection, too.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided to delay consideration of health care legislation in the Senate, after Sen. John McCain's announced absence following surgery left Republicans short of votes on their marquee legislation.
A Minnesota mother and daughter are accused of defrauding close to $1 million in a home health care scam.
The Minnesota Senate Wednesday opened hearings on what's expected to be major changes in health care on the way.
Members of Congress once had the plan that's currently given federal employees called the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (FEHB).
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is exploring options for salvaging the battered Republican health care bill.
President Donald Trump says the Republican health care effort is "working along very well" and suggested there could be a "big surprise coming." The White House did not elaborate on what Trump meant.
Lacking votes, Senate GOP leaders abruptly delayed the vote on the health care bill until after July 4th recess.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that there'll be 22 million more Americans uninsured by 2026 under the Senate health bill.
Chief lieutenants in the Koch brothers' political network lashed out at the Senate Republican health care bill on Saturday as not conservative enough, becoming a powerful outside critic as GOP leaders try to rally support for their plan among rank-and-file Republicans.
U.S. Senator Al Franken is speaking out about the Republican efforts in the Senate to repeal and replace Obamacare -- and its impact on people in Minnesota.
The Republican drive to roll back Barack Obama's health care law is on a collision course with a national opioid epidemic that's not letting up.
The House has approved a $14.3 billion social services bill that would end the state's health care exchange and send Minnesota residents to the federal marketplace instead.
The other counties ranked among the top five in health outcomes were Scott, Red Lake, Washington and Stevens counties.
President Donald Trump's health care bill went down to defeat last week with conservatives rebelling at what they called "Obamacare-lite."
Republican leaders canceled the vote to repeal and replace the ACA because they failed to win enough support in the House.
President Donald Trump had demanded a House vote and said if the measure lost, he would move on to other issues.
The GOP plans to meet behind closed doors Thursday night to consider their next steps.
A Democratic state lawmaker says people in her Madison legislative district are "terrified" about changes being proposed to the federal health care law.
Among the groups hardest hit by the Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act is one that swung for Donald Trump during last year's presidential race — older Americans who have not yet reached Medicare age.
Hundreds of Minnesotans who oppose the repeal of the Affordable Care Act held meetings across the state Saturday.
Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, a member of the Freedom Caucus, says he and other conservatives have been working with the White House on changes to the Republican health care plan.
Rep. Jessica Farrar says her bill highlights the obstacles women face "that were placed there by legislatures."
