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Obamacare repeal: Graham-Cassidy health care bill gains traction

Contributors: Vox Staff

Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have put together the GOP’s last-ditch plan to overhaul the Affordable Care Act. The plan would turn most of Obamacare's funding into block grants for states, while also overhauling Medicaid and reintroducing the possibility that people will face higher premiums because of their medical history.

Senate Republicans have until September 30 to pass a bill under "budget reconciliation," the special procedure they're using to avoid a Democratic filibuster, and that deadline is putting pressure on Republicans to deliver on their promise to repeal the health care law.

521 Total Updates Since
Nov 30, 2015, 9:30am EST
  • September 20, 2017

    Obamacare repeal vote count: The Republican senators to watch

    By Andrew Prokop

    Republicans face a September 30 deadline, and they’re making one last push for repeal.

  • September 20, 2017

    The 3 procedural roadblocks for Republicans as they try to ram Obamacare repeal through

    By Tara Golshan

    Graham-Cassidy looks closer than ever before. Here’s what needs to happen to see it passed.

  • September 20, 2017

    Bill Cassidy just said his bill “covers more people.” That’s hard to believe.

    By Dylan Scott

    Experts cast doubt on the senator’s claims about Graham-Cassidy.

  • September 20, 2017

    The new Obamacare repeal bill is the worst yet for women’s health

    By Anna North

    The Graham-Cassidy bill has all the problems of its predecessors — and some new ones.

  • September 20, 2017

    Graham-Cassidy could’ve been the GOP’s best Obamacare replacement

    By Ezra Klein

    Instead, Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy wrote the worst plan yet. Here’s where they went wrong.

  • September 20, 2017

    I’ve covered the GOP repeal plans since day one. Graham-Cassidy is the most radical.

    By Sarah Kliff

    Other Republican plans create a poorly funded version of Obamacare. This one blows up the law entirely.

  • September 20, 2017

    Graham-Cassidy, the GOP’s last health care proposal, explained with a cartoon

    By Alvin Chang

    There’s some faulty logic here.

  • September 20, 2017

    GOP senators are rushing to pass Graham-Cassidy. We asked 9 to explain what it does.

    By Jeff Stein
  • September 20, 2017

    The bait and switch at the heart of the new Obamacare repeal bill

    By Andrew Prokop

    Graham-Cassidy is being sold as giving states flexibility. But it hugely cuts health care spending.

  • September 19, 2017

    Jimmy Kimmel: new Obamacare repeal bill flunks the Jimmy Kimmel Test

    By Dylan Scott

    "This guy, Bill Cassidy, just lied right to my face."

  • September 19, 2017

    The staggering hypocrisy of Bill Cassidy and Lindsey Graham

    By Matthew Yglesias
  • September 19, 2017

    Senators really could vote to repeal Obamacare in the next 11 days

    By Sarah Kliff

    Change of passage is real, but hurdles are real too.

  • September 18, 2017

    2 of Cassidy-Graham’s sponsors want to cut millions in health care funding for their own states

    By Tara Golshan

    Report: Cassidy’s home state would lose big from his health proposal.

  • September 13, 2017

    Graham-Cassidy: The last GOP health plan left standing, explained

    By Sarah Kliff

    Graham-Cassidy would end Medicaid expansion, Obamacare insurance subsidies as we know them.

  • August 2, 2017

    Trump’s ominous threat to withhold payment from health insurers, explained

    By Nicholas Bagley

    Congress could just appropriate the money. But Trump and Paul Ryan want a cudgel to use against Democrats.

  • August 1, 2017

    John McCain did not kill Obamacare repeal for good. It could still come back.

    By Dylan Matthews

    It’s not over.

  • July 31, 2017

    The new bipartisan House proposal to fix Obamacare, explained

    By Jeff Stein

    After the Senate bill collapsed, centrist members of Congress have a plan to fill the void.

  • July 31, 2017

    Why Obamacare repeal failed

    By Dylan Scott and Sarah Kliff

    And why it could still come back.

  • July 28, 2017

    Obamacare repeal isn’t dead. It’s just directionless.

    By Tara Golshan

    House conservatives just won’t let the Obamacare repeal dream die.

  • July 28, 2017

    About last night

    By Sarah Kliff

    Last night was, without a doubt, one for the history books.

  • July 28, 2017

    How John McCain earned the “maverick” reputation he just lived up to on health care

    By Ella Nilsen

    He's bucked the GOP many times before.

  • July 28, 2017

    The Senate’s health care fiasco is a bad omen for tax reform

    By Alexia Fernández Campbell

    Republicans are carrying tons of baggage into their next battle.

  • July 28, 2017

    Obama camp praises everyone who “made their voices heard” against GOP health care bill

    By Tara Golshan

    Barack Obama reiterates call for bipartisan fixes for Obamacare.

  • July 28, 2017

    The GOP’s massive health care failures, explained

    By Ezra Klein

    How Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump botched Obamacare repeal.

  • July 28, 2017

    Mitch McConnell’s many failures on the health bill

    By Andrew Prokop

    He failed to legislate. He failed to protect his members. And he failed to protect the Senate itself.