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Donkees

(31,417 posts) Mon Sep 18, 2017, 12:23 PM Sep 2017

Yarmuth, Pelosi, Schumer, Sanders ask @uscbo for full report on Graham-Cassidy before vote

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Yarmuth, Pelosi, Schumer, Sanders ask @uscbo for full report on Graham-Cassidy before vote (Original Post) Donkees Sep 2017 OP

kick Donkees Sep 2017 #1

K&R treestar Sep 2017 #2

K&R! nt riderinthestorm Sep 2017 #3

'McConnell is requesting only the bare-minimum analysis from budget scorekeepers ... '' Donkees Sep 2017 #4

DSCC Statement On CBO Limited Analysis Of Cassidy-Heller-Graham Donkees Sep 2017 #18

Procedure Point: if Graham/Cassidy comes to the floor it would get 2 mins. of debate equally divided Donkees Sep 2017 #5

Graham-Cassidy would penalize large northern states with the most successful health care programs Donkees Sep 2017 #6

DURec leftstreet Sep 2017 #7

'What you need to know' Donkees Sep 2017 #8

How Graham-Cassidy redistributes federal money Donkees Sep 2017 #9

Kick. Nanjeanne Sep 2017 #10

CBO aims to provide preliminary assessment of Graham-Cassidy bill by early next week Donkees Sep 2017 #11

Thanks for this donkees! Great OP and more excellent info downthread Arazi Sep 2017 #12

Kick and rec. oasis Sep 2017 #13

Senate's Homeland Security scheduled a hearing on Graham-Cassidy for Sept 26 Donkees Sep 2017 #14

Thanks for the updates, Donkees. beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #15

... the block grant "would disappear altogether after 2026." Donkees Sep 2017 #16

Sixteen Patient and Provider Groups Oppose Graham/Cassidy Bill Donkees Sep 2017 #17

Donkees

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1. kick

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Mon Sep 18, 2017, 02:29 PM

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treestar

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2. K&R

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riderinthestorm

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3. K&R! nt

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Mon Sep 18, 2017, 02:38 PM

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Donkees

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4. 'McConnell is requesting only the bare-minimum analysis from budget scorekeepers ... ''

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Mon Sep 18, 2017, 02:46 PM

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Democratic leaders say they fear Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), given the truncated timeline to consider the bill, is requesting only the bare-minimum analysis from budget scorekeepers is requesting only the bare-minimum analysis from budget scorekeepers required by reconciliation rules. Given the bill’s complexity, a full CBO analysis might not be ready until after the Sept. 30 deadline.

Right now the bill is still short of the 50 votes needed. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has already said he will oppose the legislation, dubbing it “Obamacare lite” and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is expected to oppose the plan as well.

GOP leaders can only lose two Republicans and still pass the bill. If the Senate does pass legislation, the House would have to bring it up for a vote without changes.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/18/obamacare-repeal-lindsey-graham-bill-cassidy-cbo-242841

Donkees

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18. DSCC Statement On CBO Limited Analysis Of Cassidy-Heller-Graham

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Tue Sep 19, 2017, 07:02 AM

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In response to the lack of full analysis from the Congressional Budget Office on the GOP’s Cassidy-Graham-Heller health care bill, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Spokesman David Bergstein released the following statement:

“There is no reason to ram through a bill without a complete and full understanding of how it would impact Americans other than Republicans are relying on a loophole to pass a toxic health care agenda that otherwise wouldn’t have the votes. The GOP’s proposal spikes premiums, guts coverage for pre-existing conditions and imposes an age tax on older Americans — Republicans can try to ignore the CBO but they can’t escape the voters who will hold their Senate candidates accountable in 2018.”

http://www.dscc.org/press-release/dscc-statement-cbo-limited-analysis-cassidy-heller-graham/

Donkees

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5. Procedure Point: if Graham/Cassidy comes to the floor it would get 2 mins. of debate equally divided

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Mon Sep 18, 2017, 02:50 PM

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Ari Rabin-Havt ✔ @AriRabinHavt
Procedure Point: if Graham/Cassidy comes to the floor, it would get 2 minutes of debate equally divided. That's it! 1/6 of the economy/2min.

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Donkees

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6. Graham-Cassidy would penalize large northern states with the most successful health care programs

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Mon Sep 18, 2017, 02:57 PM

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The measure, proposed by Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, would penalize large northern states with the most successful health care programs and eliminate protection for people with pre-existing conditions, just like the House-passed bill President Donald Trump called "mean."

Like prior proposals, it needs at least 50 of the 52 Republican senators, a prospect that remains uncertain. Sponsors claim they have 48 or 49 votes, though no one is too sure. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said he opposes it, and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is considered a likely foe.

That could leave the outcome to the other two Republicans who torpedoed the last GOP effort in July, Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, though both of their states fare poorly under the plan. On CBS' Face the Nation Sunday, McCain praised the rival effort by GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington to bolster Obamacare, using the regular legislative process. But he also told NBC News he may "reluctantly" back Graham-Cassidy.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/09/18/gop-final-effort-dismantle-obamacare-looks-uncertain

leftstreet

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7. DURec

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Donkees

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8. 'What you need to know'

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Donkees

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9. How Graham-Cassidy redistributes federal money

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Mon Sep 18, 2017, 03:14 PM

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Quick take:

Alaska is among the losers here, and it's hard to see Sen. Lisa Murkowski getting on board with this bill or this process.
Same goes for Sen. Susan Collins.
Sen. Rand Paul has said he's a "no".
Sen. John McCain was a "no" last time, largely on process grounds. The process hasn't changed. And this bill would hurt his state.
Two of those "no" votes would have to flip to "yes" — by the end of the month — for this bill to pass. And that's just the Senate.

https://www.axios.com/vitals-2486505861.html

Nanjeanne

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10. Kick.

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Donkees

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11. CBO aims to provide preliminary assessment of Graham-Cassidy bill by early next week

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Mon Sep 18, 2017, 03:26 PM

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Sept 18, 2017

CBO is aiming to provide a preliminary assessment of the Graham-Cassidy bill by early next week. That assessment, which is being prepared with the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, will include whether the legislation would reduce on-budget deficits by at least as much as was estimated for H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act, as passed by the House on May 4, 2017; whether Titles I and II in the legislation would each save at least $1 billion; and whether the bill would increase on-budget deficits in the long term. CBO will provide as much qualitative information as possible about the effects of the legislation, however CBO will not be able to provide point estimates of the effects on the deficit, health insurance coverage, or premiums for at least several weeks.

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53116

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Arazi

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12. Thanks for this donkees! Great OP and more excellent info downthread

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Mon Sep 18, 2017, 03:28 PM

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oasis

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13. Kick and rec.

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Donkees

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14. Senate's Homeland Security scheduled a hearing on Graham-Cassidy for Sept 26

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Mon Sep 18, 2017, 03:37 PM

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Block Grants: How States Can Reduce Health Care Costs
Full Committee Hearing
September 26, 2017 10:00 AM
Location: SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building

https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/block-grants-how-states-can-reduce-health-care-costs

beam me up scottie

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15. Thanks for the updates, Donkees.

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Mon Sep 18, 2017, 03:38 PM

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Donkees

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16. ... the block grant "would disappear altogether after 2026."

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Mon Sep 18, 2017, 03:54 PM

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Sept 18, 2017

Oh, yes, and the report also noted, with italicized emphasis, that as currently written, the block grant "would disappear altogether after 2026." What happens then? The bottom line, said Jacob Leibenluft, a senior adviser at the center, is that Graham-Cassidy "punts all the problems to governors while giving them insufficient tools and resources to address them."

And for those whose objective is single-payer, there are many options available that could gradually open the way for it. As Medicare for All's leading advocate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., noted in an underappreciated tweet in July: "In the short-term, to improve the Affordable Care Act, we should have a public option in 50 states and lower the Medicare age to 55." Many progressives and moderates who favor universal coverage but are not yet sold on single-payer would embrace options of this sort. Such measures would help a lot of people immediately and make any move to single-payer less disruptive.

What the country cannot afford is to go backward, which is where Sens. Graham and Cassidy would move us. Politics is about priorities, and the priority now must be to stop Congress from ripping health coverage away from millions of our fellow citizens.

http://www.standard.net/National-Commentary/2017/09/18/Obamacare-ACA-Graham-Cassidy-block-grants-Medicare-Sanders-column-Dionne

Donkees

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17. Sixteen Patient and Provider Groups Oppose Graham/Cassidy Bill

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Mon Sep 18, 2017, 05:41 PM

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September 18, 2017 - WASHINGTON, D.C.

Sixteen patient and provider groups oppose the proposal put forward by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Dean Heller (R-Nev.), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) that will negatively impact patients' access to adequate and affordable health coverage and care.

This bill would limit funding for the Medicaid program, roll back important essential health benefit protections, and potentially open the door to annual and lifetime caps on coverage, endangering access to critical care for millions of Americans. Our organizations urge senators to oppose this legislation.

Affordable, adequate care is vital to the patients we represent. This legislation fails to provide Americans with what they need to maintain their health. In fact, much of the proposal just repackages the problematic provisions of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), which we opposed. Fortunately, the BCRA was voted down by Congress earlier this year.

Our organizations, instead, strongly support the bipartisan hearings spearheaded by Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and by Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in the Senate Finance Committee. These hearings, focused on market stabilization and other critical issues, represent a modest, yet promising first step towards addressing our nation's health care challenges. Bipartisan agreement on the Children's Health Insurance Program also represents a welcome return to regular order, and we applaud the committees for undertaking this critical work.

Signers:

ALS Association
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
American Lung Association
Arthritis Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Family Voices
JDRF
Lutheran Services in America
March of Dimes
National Health Council
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
National Organization for Rare Diseases
Volunteers of America
WomenHeart

http://www.lung.org/about-us/media/press-releases/sixteen-patient-and-provider-groups-oppose-graham-cassidy-bill.html

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