Defenders of the Obama health care law are applying as much pressure as they can to get U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski to vote no on the latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and Tuesday, all eyes were on Murkowski at the Capitol.
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CBO sees peril in U.S. Senate health care bill for uncrowded regions
The Congressional Budget Office has what amounts to a warning for “sparsely populated areas” in its analysis of the Senate’s draft health care reform bill.
Republicans’ AHCA would leave 23M more uninsured, Congressional Budget Office says
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the GOP’s Obamacare repeal-and-replace bill would also reduce the deficit and leave some sick Americans unable to buy coverage.
As GOP health care push moves to Senate, White House questions value of CBO analysis
“I think I know the gospel pretty well,” a White House spokeswoman said after the House passed a health care bill without the official legislative scoring, “and I’d say the CBO is not the gospel.”
GOP health bill won’t cure what ails Alaska market, two industry pros say
The bill to replace the Affordable Care Act is on shaky ground in Congress, drawing criticism from left, right and center in the U.S. House. Guests on “Talk of Alaska” Tuesday said the bill would do more harm than good.
Report predicts windfall for Alaska if federal lands, water opened to drilling
A new report from an oil and gas trade association is predicting a windfall for Alaska if the government opened federally owned lands and water to drilling.