Senate health care bill vs. Obamacare vs. House proposal

After weeks of cloak and dagger discussions, Senate Republicans on Thursday released the text of their health care overhaul plan. The new bill would not upend Obamacare as abruptly as the House legislation, passed in May, but both call for significant cuts that would likely increase the ranks of the uninsured. Source: CNN

Opinion: GOP's remarkable move to the right

In 1965, 13 Senate and 70 House Republicans joined Democrats to pass the Social Security Amendments that created Medicare and Medicaid. Many Republicans in the House and Senate took this vote kicking and screaming, but in the end, they joined the Democratic majority to create the largest expansion of government health care coverage in American history until the Affordable Care …

Senate bill includes deep cuts to Medicaid

The closely guarded health care bill written entirely behind closed doors is finally public on Thursday in a do-or-die moment for the Republican Party’s winding efforts to repeal Obamacare. Source: CNN

Read the Senate bill (full text)

The closely guarded health care bill written entirely behind closed doors is finally public on Thursday in a do-or-die moment for the Republican Party’s winding efforts to repeal Obamacare. Source: CNN

NATO jet intercepts Russian minister's plane

A Polish NATO F-16 fighter jet tried to intercept the plane of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in the Baltic Sea Wednesday, according to Russian state media. Source: CNN

New US sanctions on Russia inflame old tensions

Russia’s frustration with the Trump administration boiled over Wednesday, with Moscow abruptly canceling talks designed to improve ties with the US and threatening retaliation for sanctions the White House renewed Tuesday. Source: CNN

Health care reform: A cheat sheet to closed-door talks

Senate Republican leaders plan to release their health care plan Thursday, the first time the public — and their fellow GOP senators — will get to see what they have been working on behind closed doors. Source: CNN