Saturday, July 15, 2017

Evening Edition: White House turns up heat to flip GOP governors opposed to Senate health bill

If the Senate passes the bill, get ready for lightning round in the House; 'Bare bones' insurance policies really only work for people who are healthy; If you're about to go under the knife, can you be sure your surgeon isn't double-booked?; Kellyanne Conway praises Trump for getting all-girl Afghan robotics team to U.S. Critics disagree.; Could someone actually throw a 60-pound bag of drugs high enough to clear Trump's border wall?; 'Thank you, dear Donald': Why Macron invited Trump to France; Garbine Muguruza flashes by Venus Williams to win Wimbledon title; Facebook says it shouldn't have to stay mum when government seeks user data; 'London is a place where they build and build and build — but for the richest and well-off'; Former chairman of Augusta National Golf Club who resisted admitting women dies at 86; A waiter spills beer on them — and expects them to pay for it;
 
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White House turns up heat to flip GOP governors opposed to Senate health bill
Four influential governors reiterated concerns about the bill's impact on their states' most vulnerable individuals, resisting a detailed sales pitch by the administration that contained inaccuracies and that quickly met with rebukes from health advocates. Under the Senate bill, 15 million Medicaid recipients would lose coverage within a decade, the Congressional Budget Office estimates.
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If the Senate passes the bill, get ready for lightning round in the House
House Speaker Paul Ryan has gone out of his way to avoid comment on specifics of the Senate version of the health legislation. But he informed the House to expect immediate consideration if Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can find the votes.
 
'Bare bones' insurance policies really only work for people who are healthy
They might provide coverage for just one night of hospitalization, and no coverage for maternity care, mental health or medication. The Affordable Care Act did away with such plans, and experts say bringing them back — as Sen. Ted Cruz proposes — would unleash destructive forces for individuals without employer-sponsored coverage as well as for the system.
 
If you're about to go under the knife, can you be sure your surgeon isn't double-booked?
The controversial practice has been standard in many teaching hospitals for decades. Its safety and ethics have gone largely unquestioned. Known as "running two rooms," the practice occurs when senior attending surgeons delegate trainees — usually residents or fellows — to perform parts of one surgery while the attending surgeon works on a second patient in another operating room.
 
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Kellyanne Conway praises Trump for getting all-girl Afghan robotics team to U.S. Critics disagree.
Trump's personal involvement drew praise from Conway, who said in a tweet that while others talk, the president acts. But critics pointed out that selectively allowing a small group of people to come to the U.S., while denying many others, is not deserving of credit.
 
Analysis
Could someone actually throw a 60-pound bag of drugs high enough to clear Trump's border wall?
The president claimed that smugglers are lobbing their product across from Mexico.
 
'Thank you, dear Donald': Why Macron invited Trump to France
With the United States increasingly isolated on the global stage, the new French president sought to position himself as Trump's principal interlocutor in Western Europe, which has shown the White House little but disdain.
 
Garbine Muguruza flashes by Venus Williams to win Wimbledon title
The 15th-ranked Muguruza, 23, overcame Williams, 37, who was attempting to become the oldest woman to win a Grand Slam title in the open era.
 
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Facebook says it shouldn't have to stay mum when government seeks user data
Facebook is fighting in the D.C. Court of Appeals over secret government access to social-media records that it says tramples First Amendment protections of the company and individuals.
 
'London is a place where they build and build and build — but for the richest and well-off'
A month ago, the public-housing high-rise Grenfell Tower was consumed in a monstrous blaze that killed at least 80 people and left hundreds of others homeless. Affordable housing is an endangered species in London and more broadly in England and Scotland, where 1.4 million families are waiting — some for more than a year — for placement.
 
Hootie Johnson | 1931–2017
Former chairman of Augusta National Golf Club who resisted admitting women dies at 86
The private, invitation-only club in near the Georgia-South Carolina border is the site of the Masters tournament and had a long-standing rule restricting membership to men.
 
Perspective
A waiter spills beer on them — and expects them to pay for it
Sometimes when a restaurant drops the ball (or a beer), it has to be told how to make things right.
 
 
     
 
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