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U.S. NEWS Monday 17 July 2017

More hurdles as Senate again delays vote on GOP health bill

Continued from Front by adding billions in help
for the opioid crisis and to
But the health care legisla- defray high costs for con-
tion was already hanging sumers.
by a thread. In Phoenix, Mayo Clinic
McCain’s absence meant Hospital doctors said Mc-
it would become impos- Cain underwent a “mini-
sible for the majority lead- mally invasive” procedure
er to round up the votes to remove the nearly 2-inch
needed this week to pro- (5-centimeter) clot and
ceed on the bill. that the surgery went “very
It was the second time that well,” a hospital statement
McConnell was forced to said.
call off a planned vote, McCain was reported to
even with heavy lobbying be resting comfortably at
by Trump administration of- his home in Arizona.
ficials. Pathology reports on the
A vote was postponed last clot were expected in the
month also due to limited next several days.
support. McCain, 80, is a three-time
Democrats are unanimous- survivor of melanoma.
ly opposed to the bill, as are Records of his medical ex-
the nation’s major medical ams released in 2008 when
groups and insurers. he was the GOP candidate
“While John is recovering, for president showed that
the Senate will continue he has had removed pre-
our work on legislative items cancerous skin lesions, as
and nominations, and will In this July 13, 2017 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks to his office well as an early stage squa-
defer consideration of the on Capitol Hill in Washington. Associated Press mous cell carcinoma, an
Better Care Act,” McCon- easily cured skin cancer.
nell, R-Ky., said on Satur- votes that it will “keep try- Analyses of the earlier ver- The newest version at- Cornyn appeared on
day. ing” but will eventually sion of the Senate bill found tempts to attract conser- NBC’s “Meet the Press,”
He has already said the have to come up with a it would result in more than vative support by allow- Collins was on ABC’s “This
Senate will work through different plan. 20 million additional unin- ing insurers to offer skimpy Week” and CNN’s “State
the first two weeks of the “We’re willing to do what sured Americans over a coverage plans alongside of the Union,” and Paul was
August recess, citing a we can to shore up the decade compared to cur- more robust ones, but also on “Fox News Sunday” and
need to finish a slate of un- system now, to stabilize it rent law. reaches out to moderates CBS’ “Face the Nation.”q
finished business. to make health care avail-
McConnell did not indi- able to people now, but
cate when he would aim we want reforms to go
to return to the health care along with it,” he said.
bill, but Cornyn made clear The Senate bill, like legisla-
Sunday that moving quick- tion the House passed ear-
ly is important. lier, repeals mandates re-
“I believe as soon as we quiring individuals to carry
have a full contingent of insurance and businesses
senators, that we’ll have to offer it, and unravels an
that vote,” he said. expansion of the Medicaid
Cornyn acknowledged program enacted under
that if the Senate is unable President Barack Obama’s
to attract enough GOP law.

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