Protests break out the second the Finance committee meeting on Obamacare repeal starts.pic.twitter.com/l7NHqTHQN6
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Background on new Graham-Cassidy bill which by coincidence gives more cash to the senators they need to win over:https://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/republicans-are-trying-to-win-support-for-their-health-care?utm_term=.ucopp24jv#.ss8gg8l52 …
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Lindsey Graham, warning about the need to cap spending, says if left unchecked the US will one day spend more on Medicaid than the military
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Graham is fired up. Says people opposing his bill are those profiting off Obamacare. “If I were the insurance company I’d hate my bill.”
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Lindsey Graham: “To my friends on the left, I will do everything I can to stop and put a stake in the heart of single-payer health care."
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Well that’s weird. Graham’s portion of the hearing is ending without him taking any questions. Looks like Bill Cassidy will field them all.
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Bill Cassidy: “I am so sorry about this process.” Says he would have preferred full committee study etc, but Dems wouldn’t work with him.
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Bill Cassidy and Dem Sen. Wyden clash right off the bat as questions over the repeal bill start. Hatch has to separate them (metaphorically)
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Wyden: Will the bill released this morning be to be the one we actually vote on? Cassidy: In new version we were correcting drafting errors
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Cassidy asked about his bill saying there must be “adequate and affordable” care for those with pre-existing conditions but that not defined
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Cassidy counters “There’s a Miriam-Webster definition of affordable, it means you can afford.”
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Basically Democrats (and others) argue this protection is so loose that administrations can let states charge sick people way more.
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Cassidy argues the “adequate and affordable” clause is clear enough that sick people will not be charged more. And yet bill allows just that
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Pennsylvania senator Pat Toomey says that Democrats are diminishing their credibility by attacking the motives and character of Republicans.
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