Friday, June 30, 2017

Friday's Headlines: GOP reworking health bill, trying to appease centrists, conservatives

Trump claims Medicaid spending in bill 'actually goes up.' It does, but not as much.; Analysis: New estimate shines light on long-term Medicaid slowdown that GOP sought to bury in bill ; The faces of health care's uncertain future; 'It is really not normal': Both sides condemn Trump for vulgar tweet about Mika Brzezinski; Germany's parliament legalizes same-sex marriage, bringing it in line with most of its partners;
 
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GOP reworking health bill, trying to appease centrists, conservatives
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is rewriting the proposal to provide billions more for opioid treatment and aid to vulnerable Americans. To placate conservatives, GOP leaders plan to ease insurance mandates and increase tax deductions for health-savings accounts.
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Trump claims Medicaid spending in bill 'actually goes up.' It does, but not as much.
The president is being misleading on the impact of the Senate bill on Medicaid spending, only presenting one part of the overall picture.
 
Analysis: New estimate shines light on long-term Medicaid slowdown that GOP sought to bury in bill
The CBO estimate predicts that by 2036, the government would spend 35 percent less on Medicaid than under current law, highlighting that the health-care bill relies on the political strategy of pressing its most profound effects years into the future.
 
The faces of health care's uncertain future
As Senate Republicans retool their bill, it isn't easy for the average American to determine how they might benefit or lose. Those with much at stake in the health-care debate —parents of a child who needs complex and pricey care, adults with preexisting conditions, or an addict, now clean — are coping with anxiety over what's to come.
 
'It is really not normal': Both sides condemn Trump for vulgar tweet about Mika Brzezinski
The president's personal attack on the MSNBC host was perhaps the most caustic insult he's publicly hurled at another American since taking office. It also distracted the country from Trump's legislative agenda and added another point to the argument that he treats women differently than men.
 
Germany's parliament legalizes same-sex marriage, bringing it in line with most of its partners
The breakthrough unfolded quickly this week after Chancellor Angela Merkel allowed lawmakers to take a simple-majority vote. Merkel, the daughter of a Protestant pastor, freed members of her center-right bloc to vote based on their personal convictions.
 
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Against parents' wishes, terminally ill infant will be allowed to die
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Iranian city soars to 129 degrees, may have tied modern times' world temperature record
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