Republicans won't vote on ObamaCare repeal bill this week

Republicans won't vote on ObamaCare repeal bill this week-thehill: House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) confirmed Thursday night that GOP leadership will not bring a revised ObamaCare repeal bill to the floor this week.

McCarthy: No Health Care Vote Friday or Saturday

McCarthy: No Health Care Vote Friday or Saturday-rollcall: The House will not vote on a measure to repeal and replace the 2010 health care law Friday or Saturday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Thursday.

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As GOP Tax Overhaul Shapes Up, Democrats Push To End The Tax Return-rollcall: Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin promised the “largest tax reform in the history of our country” on Wednesday as the White House and congressional Republicans gear up for a major overhaul.

GOP senators not so keen on House's Obamacare repeal

GOP senators not so keen on House's Obamacare repeal-politico: The House may finally be on its way to scrapping Obamacare, but don’t expect the Senate to go along: Any plan sent over will undergo major surgery — and survival is far from assured.

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GOP Health Care Bill Picks up ‘A Few’ Moderate Supporters-rollcall: House leadership secured the support of a few moderate holdouts for their health care bill during a late-night meeting Wednesday.

Spending Shutdown Showdown Fizzling Out

Spending Shutdown Showdown Fizzling Out-rollcall: The first federal funding fight of President Donald Trump’s administration might be ending not with a bang but a whimper.

Treasury secretary says Trump to propose biggest tax cut in history

Treasury secretary says Trump to propose biggest tax cut in history-thehill: President Trump's forthcoming tax plan will be the "biggest" tax cut in history, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday at an event hosted by The Hill.

Republicans finalize new Obamacare repeal proposal

Republicans finalize new Obamacare repeal proposal-politico: The White House, top House conservatives and a key moderate Republican have finalized a new Obamacare repeal and replace plan they hope will break a month-long logjam on a key priority for President Donald Trump.

Dems want ObamaCare subsidies funded in exchange for $15B to military

Dems want ObamaCare subsidies funded in exchange for $15B to military-thehill: An emerging government funding deal would see Democrats agreeing to $15 billion in additional military funding in exchange for the GOP agreeing to fund healthcare subsidies, according to two congressional officials briefed on the talks.

Ryan promises to keep government open — and makes no promises on health care

Ryan promises to keep government open — and makes no promises on health care-washingtonpost: House leaders told GOP lawmakers Saturday that they plan to devote their energy in the coming week to keeping the federal government open, conspicuously avoiding an immediate commitment to take up health care despite pledges to do so by conservatives and the White House.

House GOP leaders won’t rush health care vote

House GOP leaders won’t rush health care vote-politico: House GOP leaders during a members-only conference call Saturday vowed to avoid a government shutdown and said they're closer to a deal to repeal and replace Obamacare, according to members who participated on the call.

A New G.O.P. Health Proposal Evokes the Old Days

A New G.O.P. Health Proposal Evokes the Old Days-nytimes: In the days before Obamacare, applying for health insurance meant filling out dozens of pages of forms and submitting medical records. It was almost impossible to compare prices.

White House pressures GOP leaders on Obamacare showdown next week

White House pressures GOP leaders on Obamacare showdown next week-politico: A frantic and impatient White House is pressuring House GOP leaders for another showdown vote on repealing Obamacare next week so it can notch a legislative win before President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office.

Chaffetz won't run for reelection

Chaffetz won't run for reelection-thehill: Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) will not seek reelection in 2018, he announced in a Facebook post Wednesday morning.

Senate Panel to Vote Next Week on FDA Commissioner

Senate Panel to Vote Next Week on FDA Commissioner-morningconsult: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will vote Wednesday on the nomination of Scott Gottlieb to serve as the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

How Trump and Hill GOP Could Fill the Looming Legislative Void

How Trump and Hill GOP Could Fill the Looming Legislative Void-rollcall: Forget the fake news folderol about another shutdown showdown at the end of next week, because just over the horizon looms the year’s really big fiscal morass.

Medicare advisers consider tighter rules on doctor-owned medical distributors

Medicare advisers consider tighter rules on doctor-owned medical distributors-thehill: Regulators are mulling tightened oversight over physician-owned distributors of medical products, on fears that conflicts of interest could lead to fraud.

Secret Data On Hospital Inspections May Soon Become Public

Secret Data On Hospital Inspections May Soon Become Public-npr: The public could soon get a look at confidential reports about errors, mishaps and mix-ups in the nation's hospitals that put patients' health and safety at risk, under a groundbreaking proposal from federal health officials.

Health subsidy demand jams up shutdown fight

Health subsidy demand jams up shutdown fight-thehill: Democrats’ demand that ObamaCare subsidies be wrapped into a must-pass spending package is complicating GOP efforts to prevent a government shutdown at the end of next week.

Trump to overhaul visa program for high-skilled workers

Trump to overhaul visa program for high-skilled workers-thehill: President Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday that aims to overhaul the H1-B visa program used by tech companies to bring high-skilled workers to the U.S.

All Eyes on Turnout in Georgia Special Election

All Eyes on Turnout in Georgia Special Election-rollcall: Morning rain showers with scattered afternoon thunderstorms. That’s the forecast for Election Day in the House district that’s set for one of the most closely watched special elections ever.

GOP eyes insurer fund to save ObamaCare repeal

GOP eyes insurer fund to save ObamaCare repeal-thehill: If Republicans move ahead with repealing ObamaCare, a proposed Patient and State Stability Fund would likely be a key component to keeping the fragile insurance market intact amid massive changes.

Funding Deadline Tests GOP Strategy

Funding Deadline Tests GOP Strategy-rollcall: When Republicans kicked the fiscal 2017 spending deadline into April last December, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said they’d rather negotiate with incoming GOP President Donald Trump than the outgoing Democratic one.

G.O.P. Bill Would Make Medical Malpractice Suits Harder to Win

G.O.P. Bill Would Make Medical Malpractice Suits Harder to Win-nytimes: Low-income people and older Americans would find it more difficult to win lawsuits for injuries caused by medical malpractice or defective drugs or medical devices under a bill drafted by House Republicans as part of their plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.

Trump’s Renewed Focus on Health Bill Vexes GOP Tax Overhaul Strategy

Trump’s Renewed Focus on Health Bill Vexes GOP Tax Overhaul Strategy-wsj: President Donald Trump’s revived enthusiasm for tackling health-care legislation before tax policy has highlighted the complicated interplay between Republicans’ health-care overhaul and their planned tax bill.

Trump Administration Takes Steps to Stabilize Health-Insurance Market

Trump Administration Takes Steps to Stabilize Health-Insurance Market-wsj: The Trump administration took steps on Thursday to stabilize the Affordable Care Act’s individual health-care market, as insurers demand more certainty from the administration before deciding whether to remain in the law’s marketplaces next year.

Obamacare repeal bill is the zombie GOP can’t kill — or bring back to life

Obamacare repeal bill is the zombie GOP can’t kill — or bring back to life-politico: Republicans in Congress for the first time are lowering expectations for how much of Obamacare they can repeal and how quickly they can do it.

White House explores new direction on tax reform

White House explores new direction on tax reform-thehill: The White House is signaling an interest in moving the tax-reform debate in a different direction.

California Presses Forward In Fight To Regulate Pharma

California Presses Forward In Fight To Regulate Pharma-kaiserhealthnews:

Latest Trumpcare idea: Let different health plans fight it out

Latest Trumpcare idea: Let different health plans fight it out-axios: White House officials and top Republicans have been trading new ideas over the recess to get Obamacare repeal back on track — and one of the latest ideas is to allow more market competition between health plans that follow Obamacare's rules and plans that don't, according to sources familiar with the talks.

Trump faces risky ObamaCare choice

Trump faces risky ObamaCare choice-thehill: President Trump is facing a risky choice over whether to follow through on his promise to let ObamaCare collapse.

The federal panel that opposed prostate cancer screening just changed its mind

GOP infighting imperils agenda-thehill: Three months into the new Congress, some Republicans are fearful that their failure to repeal ­ObamaCare could spell doom for the rest of President Trump’s legislative agenda.

Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows pursues health care deal with Speaker Ryan

Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows pursues health care deal with Speaker Ryan-usatoday: Rep. Mark Meadows intends to deliver an Obamacare repeal and replacement plan to House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Tuesday that would leave in place the existing law's mandates for insurers to cover people with pre-existing conditions.

Club for Growth aims to muscle House moderates into accepting Freedom Caucus health proposal

Club for Growth aims to muscle House moderates into accepting Freedom Caucus health proposal-washingtonpost: The conservative Club for Growth said Monday that it is targeting 10 moderate House Republicans with a $1 million ad campaign, offering a glimpse into the right’s strategy for pushing through a GOP health-care overhaul.

The watchdogs keeping an eye on HHS and Obamacare

The watchdogs keeping an eye on HHS and Obamacare-axios: As long as Obamacare repeal is stalled, the Department of Health and Human Services has said it will uphold the law — but a new watchdog group is trying to find out what officials at HHS and other agencies are saying about it in private. American Oversight, a group of lawyers that launched last month, says it's going to use the Freedom of Information Act to dig up a lot of emails and other documents about how the Trump administration is making its decisions about Obamacare.

FDA, industry fear wave of medical-device hacks

FDA, industry fear wave of medical-device hacks-thehill: Regulators and medical-device-makers are bracing for an expected barrage of hacking attacks even as legal and technical uncertainties leave them in uncharted territory.

Week ahead: Congress heads home without ObamaCare deal

Week ahead: Congress heads home without ObamaCare deal-thehill: Congress will recess for two weeks without taking any action on healthcare, putting Republicans in a difficult position as they head home to face tough questions about why they haven't repealed ObamaCare.

GOP Health Plan Relies on Cutting Payments to Doctors, Hospitals

GOP Health Plan Relies on Cutting Payments to Doctors, Hospitals-bloomberg: A Republican health-care plan to lower insurance premiums would need to cut payments to hospitals and doctors to the same level as federally-set Medicare rates and would require billions of dollars in extra government spending to meet its goals, according to an independent analysis of the policy.

Midterm trends threaten GOP House majority

Midterm trends threaten GOP House majority-thehill: Republicans controls both the House and Senate, but the unified GOP Congress might not last past the midterms. House Republicans are seeing signs that Democrats could take a significant number of House seats in the 2018 elections.

Senator Mitt Romney?

Senator Mitt Romney?-theatlantic: Republican leaders and high-powered donors in Utah are waging a quiet but concerted campaign to convince 83-year-old incumbent Senator Orrin Hatch not to seek reelection next year—and now, they may have found a successor. Mitt Romney, the one-time presidential nominee and leading Trump critic, is exploring a run for Hatch’s Senate seat.

GOP Has No Choice But To Keep Pushing Health Care Rock Up The Hill

GOP Has No Choice But To Keep Pushing Health Care Rock Up The Hill-kaiserhealthnews: This week’s effort to resurrect the GOP bill to overhaul the Affordable Care Act has apparently met the same end as the first try in March — not even a vote on the floor of the House. Apparently the roadblock was the same, too. Efforts to gain votes from holdout conservatives repelled moderate Republicans in the House, while efforts to placate moderates kept conservatives from signing on.

Repeal push complicates state efforts to get ObamaCare waivers

Repeal push complicates state efforts to get ObamaCare waivers-thehill: A number of states are readying blueprints for substantial changes under an ObamaCare waiver program, but a renewed push to repeal the law is complicating their plans.

GOP leaving town with little to crow about

GOP leaving town with little to crow about-thehill: House Republicans are heading back to their districts without much to brag about.

Republicans considering broader change to Senate rules

Republicans considering broader change to Senate rules-thehill: Republicans are discussing making an additional change to the Senate’s rules to more quickly confirm President Trump’s nominees.

Paul Ryan, Eager to Talk About Taxes, 'Hillbilly Elegy'

Paul Ryan, Eager to Talk About Taxes, 'Hillbilly Elegy'-rollcall: Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Wednesday that Republican efforts to rewrite the tax code will come easier than overhauling the health insurance system because the procedural rules they will use are more conducive to changing tax policy.

Divisions Among House Republicans Stall Health Care Talks, Again

Divisions Among House Republicans Stall Health Care Talks, Again-morningconsult: House Republicans aren’t expecting to vote on a health care bill this week, and talks probably won’t resume until after a two-week recess for Easter.

GOP healthcare talks stall

GOP healthcare talks stall-thehill: The Republican push to revive legislation repealing and replacing ObamaCare has stalled again, with GOP leaders shooting down the latest request to change the legislation from the Freedom Caucus.

With a resume that’s both asset and liability, Scott Gottlieb preps for FDA confirmation hearing

With a resume that’s both asset and liability, Scott Gottlieb preps for FDA confirmation hearing-stat: Dr. Scott Gottlieb has been preparing for this job his whole life.

Ceding to One Side on Health Bill, Trump Risks Alienating Another

Ceding to One Side on Health Bill, Trump Risks Alienating Another-nytimes: The White House stepped up its push on Tuesday to revive legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act by placating the most conservative House members, but the effort risked alienating more moderate Republicans whose votes President Trump needs just as much.

What Democrats want in shutdown fight

What Democrats want in shutdown fight-thehill: Democrats plan to drive a hard bargain when the White House and GOP congressional leaders seek to pass a stopgap spending bill by the end of April to prevent a government shutdown.

Pence presents new healthcare offer to Freedom Caucus

Pence presents new healthcare offer to Freedom Caucus-thehill: White House officials presented an offer to the conservative House Freedom Caucus on Monday night as they seek to revive the ObamaCare replacement bill.

White House, conservatives mull deal to revive Obamacare repeal

White House, conservatives mull deal to revive Obamacare repeal-politico: House conservatives and the White House are mulling a potential agreement to revive the GOP Obamacare replacement bill that was pulled from the House floor just over a week ago, POLITICO has learned.

With help from Pence, House Republicans suddenly rekindle health-care talks

With help from Pence, House Republicans suddenly rekindle health-care talks-washingtonpost: White House officials, led by Vice President Pence, jump-started negotiations on a stalled health-care bill Monday, raising hopes that the closely watched legislation could pass the House as soon as this week.

Congress seen as not likely to pass tax overhaul quickly

Congress seen as not likely to pass tax overhaul quickly-ap: After their humiliating loss on health care, Republicans in Congress could use a quick victory on a big issue. It won't be an overhaul of the tax code.

This week: Senate gets ready for showdown over Gorsuch

This week: Senate gets ready for showdown over Gorsuch-thehill: Republicans short of significant legislative victories to date plan on touting one accomplishment when they return home to their constituents during this month’s spring recess: confirming Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

Trump claims he will rally on health care

Trump claims he will rally on health care-usatoday: President Trump expressed confidence Sunday — both on social media and the golf course — that he and aides can somehow resurrect their attempt to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law.