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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

At least three Republican senators are expected to publicly oppose the Senate’s health care proposal Thursday afternoon, a Senate GOP source familiar with their plans told CNN. Source: CNN

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 …

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

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

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

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

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

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is warning that he will vote against the GOP health care plan if there is not sufficient time to review it publicly and allow his constituents to give feedback. Source: CNN

Source: CNN