Los Angeles Times : reported that California single-payer healthcare bill passes first committee test

Lawmakers release new detailsWith Obamacare's future uncertain, hundreds rally at state Capitol for single-payer healthcare in CaliforniaUpdates from Sacramento What would single-payer healthcare look like in California? He said his Canadian hosts acknowledged their healthcare system was not perfect, pointing to long wait times to see specialists as a legitimate concern. In an interview, Lara described how his spring break trip to Canada helped inform his views on public healthcare. But other fears, such as whether public healthcare would dampen research and innovation, were assuaged by a visit to a high-tech cardiac center in Toronto, he said.

Centrists not at risk if they support healthcare bill

The AHCA received a big boost on Thursday after the House Freedom Caucus announced that they will support the measure. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday rejected the idea that centrist Republicans could put their jobs at risk if they support the American Health Care Act. "No," Ryan said when asked if centrist members might lose their next election. If you violate promise, if you commit the sin of hypocrisy in politics, that's the greater risk, I think, to a person's seat." "I think people's seats are at risk if we don't do what we said we would do."

No vote on healthcare bill this week in U.S. House

(REUTERS/Yuri Gripas)No vote on healthcare bill this week in U.S. HouseWASHINGTON — U.S. House leaders have decided against holding a vote on a reworked healthcare system overhaul this week after failing to find the necessary support, congressional aides said on Thursday. "We'll call a vote when we have the votes."Representative Pete Sessions, a senior House Republican, also left the door open to a vote next week. "We won't vote this week," said one House Republican aide, who asked not to be named. The Republican healthcare bill would replace Obamacare's income-based tax credit with an age-based credit, roll back an expansion of the Medicaid government health insurance program for the poor and repeal most Obamacare taxes. But by Thursday evening Republican leaders still had not collected enough votes from moderate Republicans whose backing was also needed for passage in the House, given united Democratic opposition.


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