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Fortune: Meet the Women Who Could Make or Break the "Health" Bill
The comments below are from Dan Rather on his Facebook page: ( https://www.facebook.com/newsandguts/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf )
"Oh, the irony! Dean Heller, GOP senator from Nevada, announces he won't support Trumpcare because of cuts in Medicaid that would risk the health of Nevadans.
Meanwhile, a Pro-Trump group suddenly announces seven figure ad buy against Heller, who is up for re-election, for attacking Medicaid cuts Trump promised would never happen! Go figure.
Here are the facts from the governor of Nevada, a Republican.
Before Medicaid expansion the state had an uninsured rate of 23%. Now 12%. Children went from 18% to 8%. Two hundred thousand Nevadans now have healthcare coverage.
Not having Heller's support is a problem. But in the end it may be other senators who could bring down Trumpcare in the senate. And it's not those you've read about. Three women GOP senators, who weren't consulted in the drafting of the bill, are having major reservations. Via Fortune."
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The article Rather references, from Fortune: http://fortune.com/2017/06/23/healthcare-bill-female-gop-senators/?xid=homepage
And a quote from that article:
The fate of the Senate GOP health bill could lie with three female Republican lawmakers who, like many of their colleagues, were left out of the group responsible for drafting it.
When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell selected the group of 13 lawmakers who would work on drafting a health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act in May, none of the five female Republican Senators were included. Because all Senate Democrats are expected to vote against the bill, McConnell can only lose a maximum of two Republican votes. Consequently, the three female Senators who have expressed reservations about policies included in the bill — West Virginia's Shelley Moore Capito, Maine's Susan Collins, and Alaska's Lisa Murkowski — could make or break the plan. (The fourth female Republican Senator, Iowa's Joni Ernst, said in a statement that she was reviewing the bill. The fifth, Nebraska's Deb Fischer, not did return a request for comment.)
None of the women have yet to signal they will oppose the bill, which McConnell unveiled Thursday after nearly two months of work that took place primarily behind closed doors. But they have issued lukewarm statements about the legislation. A statement from Collins' spokeswoman noted a "number of concerns," but said that she was still reviewing the legislation. Capito and Murkowski used similar language in their statements, saying respectively that they would "evaluate" the bill and "crunch the numbers."
When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell selected the group of 13 lawmakers who would work on drafting a health care bill to replace the Affordable Care Act in May, none of the five female Republican Senators were included. Because all Senate Democrats are expected to vote against the bill, McConnell can only lose a maximum of two Republican votes. Consequently, the three female Senators who have expressed reservations about policies included in the bill — West Virginia's Shelley Moore Capito, Maine's Susan Collins, and Alaska's Lisa Murkowski — could make or break the plan. (The fourth female Republican Senator, Iowa's Joni Ernst, said in a statement that she was reviewing the bill. The fifth, Nebraska's Deb Fischer, not did return a request for comment.)
None of the women have yet to signal they will oppose the bill, which McConnell unveiled Thursday after nearly two months of work that took place primarily behind closed doors. But they have issued lukewarm statements about the legislation. A statement from Collins' spokeswoman noted a "number of concerns," but said that she was still reviewing the legislation. Capito and Murkowski used similar language in their statements, saying respectively that they would "evaluate" the bill and "crunch the numbers."
